Preached by Rev. Erik Kindem.
Scripture: Jeremiah 2:4-13; Luke 14:7-14
Summary
God’s people have forgotten their stories. They’ve lost touch with the narrative that gave them birth. And because they have forgotten, they’ve lost touch both with God and with themselves. And into that VACUUM other stories have rushed to take their place.
“My people have committed two evils, says the Lord. They have forsaken me, the fountain of living water…and dug out cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns that can hold no water.”
The stories we remember and tell matter. When stories are no longer told, we forget. And when the stories of a people is no longer told, the people forget who they are.
The FALSE NARRATIVES we cling to—FEIGNED RIGHTEOUSNESS, MANIFEST DESTINY; our DIVINE CHOSENNESS, our God-given ENTITLEMENTS—have the power to BIND US.
The MEAL Christ instituted shows us how to re-member what had been dis-membered by human attempts to separate and divide, judge and cast out, select or punish. At this Table we are brought into the ongoing work of making creation whole.