Today, we
reflect
on the fact that among all the different kinds of Christians in the world…
there is something…
something
…by God’s grace…holding all of us together.
Think about
that
for a second!
There is something shared in
common
between…
the Coptic Church in Cairo, Egypt, where worshipers crowd into stone benches, carved out of the side of a
cave
…
and the
drive
-in church at Daytona Beach, where you don’t have to leave the comforts of your SUV.
There is something shared in
common
between…
Grace
Cathedral in San Francisco, with its massive organ, and flying buttresses and fluted vaults …
and the plain clapboard Baptist church in rural Kentucky, where a song leader still lines out each hymn.
There is something shared between the Disciples of Christ congregation, where lay people take turns
serving
communion each week…
and certain traditional Roman Catholic parishes, where the priest turns his back to the congregation, and chants in Latin as he breaks the bread.
There is something shared between the too-cool-for-school
megachurch
, that meets for worship in a night club… where the preachers wear skinny jeans with perfect rips in the knees, and $1000 sneakers…
and the tiny
church
down the street, that worships without a pastor, in somebody’s living room.
