We'll be together. So here are some my reflections on the Kingdom...
Favorite imagery - The Family. There's something about families. I'm in the midst of redefining my own "family" as I begin to include some of my closest friends as brothers and sister, and mentors as Mothers and Fathers. It hard to fight with family. Underneath it all there's a special connect an innate kind of love that makes dialogue, tension and resolution happen.
Favorite Parable: The mustard seed. I'll do some biblical storytelling on this cause I love it so much..."for the birds of heaven to make their nests". What kind of nest are we building under the branches of the kingdom?
Favorite Play-on-words: King-dom is an odd translation. Mainly this is odd because Jesus as "king" has some odd implications. Also it implies a male dominated "reign" and brings back into the story of God's people to a well, less than hoped for time period. The whole Kingdom thing wasn't exactly great for Israel. I like Assai-Diaz's "kin-dom". While probably a looser translation, it gives a relationship to the family of God concept.
Clearly, to me anyways, Matthew isn't talking about heaven or hell, he's not talking about a politcal reign or any other sorta power reference, or any other Platonic-influenced concept. So what do I think he's talking about...you'll see.
TS
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