What were we waiting for??
There are some people who eat the part of the meal they like best first, and some who save it for last. After laundry day, some people wear the good underwear first, and others work through the lesser underwear before they treat themselves. (I'm basing this on a small, anecdotal, data set.) And some of that's a matter of preference.
Sometimes though, saving "the good stuff" until later is not just arbitrary, not just a neutral choice. Sometimes saving the good stuff is wasteful. Because if not now, when?
Sometimes saving "the good stuff" until later is even bad theology. Between Jesus proclaiming that the kingdom of heaven is here, among us, now!, and his stories about how saving up kind of anything for later is a waste of effort — not to mention him intoning a few glasses of wine into a meal that he was with his friends only "a little while" — you could get the idea that there's something important about this present moment, and treating it like the only one we've got.
So our new theme — No Time Like the Present — kicks off with the story of a woman lavishly anointing Jesus' feet with, really, too much of the good stuff, and his defense of her doing so. Also: puppets. Because if not now, when??
While we’re apart, you can find sermons and music over here. We can’t leave the music up indefinitely (for various, not-that-interesting reasons) so get at it. This week, the puppets sing I Don’t Want to Wait (Paula Cole) and Right Here Right Now (Jesus Jones). Find just the sermon here.
And join us for our next Zoom prayers-of-the-people session. Check Facebook for details and links, but we’re planning on Sunday nights at 5 pm.