Rev Says

Colleagues,

Greetings. I will be away for two weeks but hopefully we will be able to keep in touch. What testimony do you bare with your life and the activities that you are involved in? What experiences of God do you have? I believe it is important to always remember that Scripture serves to confirm and comfort us but also to unsettle and dislocate us. So often we interpret the biblical text in ways that confirm our beliefs. Sometimes, we might need to talk back to Scripture and mine from it alternative interpretations and understandings. This is important because we all have our own individual experience of God and we all bear testimony. According to Chopp, (1997)"Testimony is not just confession of what something meant- that is what it means to me- though it is that to a limited degree. In its fullest sense, the person who gives testimony articulates the truth of what she has heard, experience, and endured." We also realise that "To bear witness, to testify, is to give an account through ones life to that which both fills and moves beyond one's life." This understanding of testimony might be considered risky business and in the minds of some traditionalists sacrilege or perhaps blasphemy. At the Kingston SCJ MCC, I trust that we would dare to be different and dare to experience God's goodness and grace in new and different ways. We can also dare to talk back to Scripture and God, not in rancorous ways but in a quest for deeper understanding. May you have experience God's Grace and Goodness in new and different ways today and always and then be prepared to communicate to other. A blessed and holy weekend, sabbath or Lord's Day whichever is applicable.

Peace,
Rev