4 Reflections on Jesus' Response
to "Who is My Neighbor?"
in the Gospel of Luke (10:25-37)
to Live into (Extra) Ordinary Time
"The story of the Good Samaritan as told by Jesus is designed to split open the worldview of its hearer and let in a shaft of new and unexpected light. Instead of the closed world of Jesus's hearers, in which only their own kith and kin were properly to be counted as neighbours, Jesus demands that they recognize that even the hated and feared Samaritan is to be seen as a neighbour."
+ N.T. Wright
"Who is my neighbor? The neighbor was the Samaritan who approached the wounded man and made him his neighbor. The neighbor ... is not he whom I find in my path, but rather he in whose path I place myself, he whom I approach and actively seek."
+ Gustavo Gutiérrez
Walking with Jesus transforms us
to see others through His eyes.
Welcoming and loving our neighbors
like He does will give us
the gift of stopping the rush of life
to listen to and have compassion
on those we get the privilege
to cross paths with where
we work, live, and play.
to see others through His eyes.
Welcoming and loving our neighbors
like He does will give us
the gift of stopping the rush of life
to listen to and have compassion
on those we get the privilege
to cross paths with where
we work, live, and play.
"The Jericho Road is a winding, meandering road. It's really conducive for ambushing ... In the day of Jesus it came to be known as the 'Bloody Pass.' And you know, it's possible that the priest and the Levite looked over that man on the ground and wondered if robbers were still around. Or it's possible that they felt that the man on the ground was merely faking. And he was acting like he had been robbed and hurt, in order to seize them over there, lure them for quick and easy seizure. And so the first question that the Levite asked was, 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But then the Good Samaritan came by. And he reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?'"
+ MLK
"There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. ... It is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub and exploit ... Our merriment must be of that kind (and it is, in fact, the merriest of kind) which exists between people who have, from the outset, taken each other seriously – no flippancy, no superiority, no presumption."
+ C.S. Lewis
Fresh Wind
+ UNITED, 2022 A.D.
+ UNITED, 2022 A.D.
Spirit sound, rushing wind,
Fire of God fall within,
Fire of God fall within,
Holy Ghost, breathe on us,
We pray.
We pray.
As we repent, turn from sin,
Revival embers smoldering;
Revival embers smoldering;
Breath of God,
Fan us into flame …
Fan us into flame …
We need a fresh wind,
The fragrance of Heaven.
Pour Your Spirit out … (ask x2)!
The fragrance of Heaven.
Pour Your Spirit out … (ask x2)!
For hearts that burn with holy fear,
Purified in faith and deed;
Purified in faith and deed;
Refiner's fire,
Strengthen what remains.
Strengthen what remains.
So we the Church who bear Your light,
Lamp aflame, city bright
Lamp aflame, city bright
King and Kingdom come
Is what we pray …
Is what we pray …
We need a fresh wind,
The fragrance of Heaven.
Pour Your Spirit out … (ask x2)!
The fragrance of Heaven.
Pour Your Spirit out … (ask x2)!
A holy anointing,
The power of Your presence.
The power of Your presence.
Pour Your Spirit out … (ask x2)!
Let all the redeemed
Prophesy and sing,
“We can hear the wind blowing
(blowing x3)!”
Prophesy and sing,
“We can hear the wind blowing
(blowing x3)!”
Move upon our praise,
Sons and daughters sing,
“We can hear the wind blowing (x3)!”
Sons and daughters sing,
“We can hear the wind blowing (x3)!”
(Repeat + Chorus)
Bonus Neighbor Posts:
+ Stay Put
Christ is all,
Rev. Mike “Sully” Sullivan
Rev. Mike “Sully” Sullivan
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