Luke 14:12-24 Last Wednesday in our Agape Prayer group meeting, a member shared what a joy it was to see my wife at the grocery store. Now, my wife is a lovely person, in fact, we just celebrated 20 years of marriage together, but it is interesting that – in our current state of affairs – a chance meeting in the grocery store is cause for celebration. It makes me wonder who else is longing for the touch of another person’s hand – a friend, a stranger, anyone really. We are all longing for hugs and handshakes and the physical, tactile reminder that we are not alone in the universe. The mere suggestion of a sporting event sends some of us into shock, and our church buildings and public spaces seem to have an almost magnetic pull when we think about them. We long for Sunday dinners and BBQs and all of our rituals of community formation. It makes me think back to Sunday dinners at home as a child, church suppers here in our fellowship hall, and open grill nights in seminary. We would fire ...
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