Slightly Distorted
Slightly Distorted
I own a pair of expensive prescription sunglasses (above) that aren’t quite right. I can’t tell you exactly how they’re wrong, but the lenses seem to ever so slightly distort my periphery, and, if I wear them long enough, give me headaches.
Conscience is a lens; the lens through which we perceive reality. We can see in Scripture three ways an otherwise healthy conscience can be distorted, or bent: inward, outward, and if far enough in either direction, shattered.
This week’s Gospel reading—a story of Mary, Martha, Messiah, and manipulation—is a case study in how a conscience slightly distorted reveals itself in the warp and woof of life.
See you Sunday.
Steve+
Second Sunday Sandwiches and July Vestry Meeting
Sunday following worship
Fifth Sunday Potluck
July 31 following worship. We need two volunteers to help coordinate, setup, and clean up. Email Lauren Wishart (wishartlauren@gmail.com) if you can help.