Both/And

In a culture that’s become increasingly driven by divergent ideologies, we’ve become more and more attuned and susceptible to “Either/Or” thinking. “Both/And is something you’re hearing less and less.

The church, because it’s full of humans, isn’t immune from an either/or way of seeing things…even in its orientation to worship. It’s often expressed as Word or Sacrament, one of them being by far dominant.

But Jesus, on the afternoon of the Resurrection sets a pattern for both/and that’s served his Church since.

In fact, it’s how he’s known.