Hanging on the cross, Jesus said to his mother, “Here is your son,” and he was not referring to himself. This is not the first time Jesus messes with the accepted idea of family. In another story, his mother and brothers think he’s not making wise decisions and they call for him, only for him to say, “Who are my mother and brothers?” It’s a new way of relating to others in his Kingdom; not the way culture has understood it. Everyone, Jesus insists, is family and to be treated as such. This is what the “disciple who Jesus loved” understood, for it is reported that this disciple took the mother of Jesus to live in his home.
It is presumed “this disciple” (you know, the one whom Jesus loved) is John. That’s one way of understanding it. But what if by not naming this disciple throughout the Gospel, John is giving a subtle nudge for us to find ourselves in the story. What if John is asking us to see ourselves as the “disciple whom Jesus loved?” What if we are standing at the cross? What if we pay witness to the shame Jesus bears as he hangs there, suffering, the object of scorn? If this is the case, then this is our mother, and we are the child. Because in the kingdom, we are family.
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April 21 2024: Is This Seat Taken? - Michael Hidalgo
April 14 2024: A Lament for Everyone - Hannah Thom
March 31 2024: The Wounds Are Still There - Michael Hidalgo (Easter Sunday)
The Cursed and Disgraced - Maggie Knight
March 17 2024: The Coronated King - Hannah Thom
March 10 2024: What is Truth? - Michael Hidalgo
March 3, 2024: I Have No Idea What You are Talking About - Michael Hidalgo
February 25, 2024: No Jury Needed - Michael Hidalgo
February 18, 2024: Under Arrest - Hannah Thom
February 11, 2024: You've Got to Let it Go - Michael Hidalgo
February 4, 2024: Growing Everywhere - Mattie Motl
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January 21, 2024: Wake Up! - Hannah Thom
January 14, 2024: The Pain of Reconciliation - Michael Hidalgo
January 7, 2024: It’s Not Going to be Like That - Paula Williams
December 24, 2023 (Christmas Eve): Right Where You Cannot See It - Michael Hidalgo.
December 17, 2023: The Lack of Denial - Michael Hidalgo
December 10, 2023: And Then I See a Darkness - Hannah Thom
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