Our Weekly Thought – May 25 - 31, 2020

In John’s Gospel, the disciples were worried that the authorities might be out to get them, too. (John 20:19-23). The disciples were wrong. They were no threat to authority, yet. On the night of Jesus’ resurrection, they were still a scared bunch of people, afraid of being caught knowing Jesus. What they didn’t know was that merely knowing Jesus is no threat to the powers that be. What threatens the principalities and powers of the world is a group of believers who, empowered by God’s Holy Spirit, go out into the world and effect the kingdom of God...opening their hearts to the poor and powerless, so that all may know God’s love and be changed. How can we carry out God’s mission to change the world?