Benediction: God's Inseparable Love (based on Romans 8:38-39)

As we make our way through life, may we be mindful of the fact that nothing can separate us from God's love; not even going through difficult times, not even God sometimes feeling somehow distant or absent, not even our own shortcomings and missteps.  

May this truth give us both hope and joy in life.  May it inspire us to share God's boundless love in the world which God created and called "good." 

Benediction: Faithful Stewards of Grace (based on 1st Peter 4:10)

May you go as faithful stewards of God’s grace. May we use what we’ve been given to serve others with courage and love. 

Jesus' Great Commission = A Rebuttal To Nationalist Christianism & Rededicate 250 - by Rev Jim Wallis at Religion News

Jesus' Great Commission is a repudiation of White Nationalist Christianism.

Jesus' Great Commission offers a direct rebuttal to the Nationalist Christianism vision on display by some politicians today and at Rededicate 250.

Its call to make disciples of all nations rejects any privileged status for the USA, or for any racial or ethnic group, and, by its own logic, is a repudiation of White Nationalist Christianism.

Equally important is the distinction between making disciples and making converts. Jesus' Great Commission is an invitation into the life, teachings and values of Jesus — love, justice, compassion, forgiveness and care for others.

The kingdom of God, in other words, is not a political regime or a national identity. It belongs to the whole world.

The full article is available here