iMonk Bulletin Board

Thought for the Day

These days, too many people are suspicious when you start to talk about contentious issues like homosexuality. They think you must have hidden motives, that you represent a “side,” that you are going to try and twist the Bible to make it say whatever supports your personal or political agenda. But I believe there is a host of people out there like me, who are being drawn into this discussion because we sincerely want to know how to live and speak the Gospel in this cultural moment. We want to know how to love God and love our neighbors in the real world, not some imaginary world of “positions.” We want to serve the church so that she lives up to her calling to lift up Jesus and look like Jesus. We want to serve the world so that they know there’s a place at the table for all who are hungry.

• Chaplain Mike