Christ Church

And like Jesus’ chosen family, our family exists for a purpose: to heal and liberate. That is what Jesus does, he takes the time to heal his own chosen family, to enable them to use their gifts so that everyone can use their gifts. Jesus heals Simon’s mother-in-law who diakoneos Jesus so that Jesus can go out and heal and liberate all those crowding into the family courtyard.

I want to get to know this place. Not just you and Christ Church, but our neighbors. This church sits on the border between a downtown full of arts and education institutions; a comfortably wealthy neighborhood, and one shaped by redlining and racial discrimination; and a growing healthcare complex. I want to get to know this place with you. I hope that over the next months and years, you will join me in learning about this place. Certainly share what you already know, but also join me in learning new things so that we know the fish in our sea, and how we can join in stewarding the waterways that flow all around all of us.