Incarnation: Making Promises and Keeping Them

We are quick to throw away the things that don't work anymore, wear out, or just simply aren't fashionable anymore. This is true of the clothing we wear, the food we allow to rot in the produce drawer, and the relationships we have with one another. When something wears out or  breaks or doesn't interest us anymore  - we toss it. This is especially true when something doesn't cost us much: most people treat a 'rental' differently than a home they own. We care for what costs us - we dispose quickly of what costs little.  This mentality is destroying the earth, vulnerable communities, and pushing humans further into isolation and shame and crippling despair. Imagine a community that made promises, and then kept them! Imagine putting down roots, making a home, and saying, "I will fix this and repair it and make it last."  The God of our ancestral faith is a Covenanting God - a God who demonstrates "homefulness" - God takes what's broken or worn out and fixes it. We call this forgiveness. Our God is a forgiving God - a Covenanting God - a God who takes brokenness and makes all things new.