Today’s gospel starts with disciples obsessing over who will be closest to Jesus, leading to Jesus teaching his followers about God’s take on importance and power. Here Jesus makes it explicit that the reversal of values in God’s community is a direct challenge to the values of the dominant culture, where wielding power over others is what makes you great. When we pray “your kingdom come” we are praying for an end to tyranny and oppression. We pray this gathered around the cross, a sign of great shame transformed to be the sign of great honor and service. Our service will be live streamed from Atonement Lutheran Church starting at 10:45 AM. Click on the image above to watch the live stream. The bulletin for this service can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EFzyNJ3JD9lqXXPR8FShSlJuNmfMY8Fm/view?usp=drive_link

Today’s gospel starts with disciples obsessing over who will be closest to Jesus, leading to Jesus teaching his followers about God’s take on importance and power. Here Jesus makes it explicit that the reversal of values in God’s community is a direct challenge to the values of the dominant culture, where wielding power over others is what makes you great. When we pray “your kingdom come” we are praying for an end to tyranny and oppression. We pray this gathered around the cross, a sign of great shame transformed to be the sign of great honor and service. Our service will be live streamed from Atonement Lutheran Church starting at 10:45 AM. Click on the image above to watch the live stream. The bulletin for this service can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EFzyNJ3JD9lqXXPR8FShSlJuNmfMY8Fm/view?usp=drive_link

El evangelio de hoy comienza con la obsesión de los discípulos por saber quién estará más cerca de Jesús, lo que lleva a Jesús a enseñarles a sus seguidores la importancia y el poder que Dios tiene para ellos. Aquí Jesús deja claro que la inversión de los valores en la comunidad de Dios es un desafío directo a los valores de la cultura dominante, donde ejercer poder sobre los demás es lo que te hace grande. Cuando oramos “venga tu reino” estamos orando por el fin de la tiranía y la opresión. Oramos esto reunidos alrededor de la cruz, un signo de gran vergüenza transformado en un signo de gran honor y servicio. Únase a nosotros para nuestro culto que comienza a las 12:00 p. m. en la Iglesia Luterana Atonement (1980 Silver Lake Road New Brighton, MN 55112). ¡Todos son bienvenidos!