1 00:00:00,770 --> 00:00:04,500 Hey everyone, welcome to another episode of the Sunday Sit down 2 00:00:04,510 --> 00:00:08,740 where it's not Sunday, but we are sitting down and, and today 3 00:00:08,750 --> 00:00:13,200 I have the honor and privilege to be here with Annabelle Edward 4 00:00:13,770 --> 00:00:16,400 who was preaching yesterday morning. 5 00:00:16,410 --> 00:00:21,080 It's Monday here in real time. And and it was I was actually 6 00:00:21,090 --> 00:00:24,000 away yesterday. I I missed it. 7 00:00:24,010 --> 00:00:27,190 I was sad to miss it. OK, it's online. 8 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:28,120 That's right. That's right. 9 00:00:28,130 --> 00:00:30,630 So I, but I, I had a good listen this morning. 10 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:35,250 Yeah. And I was, I was so encouraged 11 00:00:35,260 --> 00:00:38,910 by the word you gave. And I mean in so many ways, 12 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:42,510 which we'll get into a little bit, but I also like, I was 13 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:45,830 thinking as I was listening, you're you mentioned in the 14 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:48,890 passage, which is about Mary and Martha and Mary at the feet of 15 00:00:48,900 --> 00:00:50,750 Jesus. And we'll we'll get, we'll read 16 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:53,250 it in a moment. But one thing I was like very 17 00:00:53,260 --> 00:00:56,730 acutely aware of, and I just think it's quite poignant is 18 00:00:56,740 --> 00:01:03,920 that it makes so much more sense for a woman to do this sermon, 19 00:01:03,980 --> 00:01:06,270 which was like, it was perfect. It was so perfect. 20 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:08,530 Just because, you know, one of the things you highlighted is, 21 00:01:08,540 --> 00:01:11,310 is that, you know, Mary was sitting at the feet of Jesus, 22 00:01:11,380 --> 00:01:15,150 which, you know, was stretching the boundaries of, of what women 23 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:20,990 could do in that day and age. And there are so many, there are 24 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:23,990 so many voices in our, even in Christian, you know, in the 25 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:27,710 Christian universe today that still try to limit the activity 26 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:31,610 and voices of women. And and I'm so glad that you 27 00:01:31,700 --> 00:01:33,960 were the 1 to give that. Message Yeah, it was it was 28 00:01:33,970 --> 00:01:37,600 actually quite fun when I was I the quote I said on Sunday for 29 00:01:37,610 --> 00:01:40,970 mentee right there was like, yeah, Mary is sitting at Jesus 30 00:01:40,980 --> 00:01:46,410 feet as a would be like preacher and teacher of the scripture 31 00:01:46,420 --> 00:01:52,220 would have first had to be an apprentice to another teacher as 32 00:01:52,230 --> 00:01:54,160 Jesus was called many times in the Bible. 33 00:01:54,450 --> 00:01:59,240 So it was it was it was fun to like see that in this passage 34 00:01:59,250 --> 00:02:01,300 because it's not one that's normally quoted when people are 35 00:02:01,310 --> 00:02:03,780 like, Oh no, women can do it. So I was like, hey, there's 36 00:02:03,790 --> 00:02:06,620 another one. But yeah, so that was quite 37 00:02:06,630 --> 00:02:09,940 cool. And my hope is that that that is 38 00:02:09,949 --> 00:02:14,340 always something that is near and dear to our heart in our, in 39 00:02:14,350 --> 00:02:17,560 this church community. And it's one of the reasons why 40 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:23,670 every, every chance we can get, whether it's you or my wife, NZ 41 00:02:23,740 --> 00:02:27,830 or Allison or Connie or who, whomever else, right? 42 00:02:28,640 --> 00:02:31,610 It's just we, you know, we need more of that in our lives. 43 00:02:31,620 --> 00:02:35,650 So I'm glad. Grateful that our church does 44 00:02:35,660 --> 00:02:39,350 that and allows me to preach other women to preach and 45 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:41,540 anyone. It's not just about women, it's 46 00:02:41,550 --> 00:02:44,890 also about like the outcasts and the people that you wouldn't 47 00:02:44,900 --> 00:02:48,250 normally see welcomed into circles that are. 48 00:02:48,620 --> 00:02:51,970 I wanna make like a slight like distinction from you use the 49 00:02:51,980 --> 00:02:55,360 word allow there and I and I want to like just like little 50 00:02:55,370 --> 00:02:59,440 qualifier there just because I don't like the last thing I want 51 00:02:59,450 --> 00:03:04,080 is is for it to feel like, you know, like Grant or I or like we 52 00:03:04,090 --> 00:03:09,510 are like allowing from on like man, I I just I hate not I hate 53 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:11,210 when people have that mentality about it. 54 00:03:11,220 --> 00:03:13,670 Like, well, thanks, thank you for the opportunity. 55 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:17,030 But it's like, you know, like you're you're gifted, you are 56 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:24,090 called and, and like we just God has done that work in you and 57 00:03:24,100 --> 00:03:26,670 now you get to pour that out to other people. 58 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:28,470 And it's like that's just that's just good. 59 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:30,770 And, and and we just need more of that. 60 00:03:30,820 --> 00:03:34,130 So yeah, thank. You, but yes. 61 00:03:34,180 --> 00:03:37,470 Cool, so this was Luke chapter 10 I'm going to read. 62 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:40,430 It was a shorter, shorter section. 63 00:03:41,910 --> 00:03:50,720 So this is Luke chapter 10 verse 38 to 414242 and I'm reading 64 00:03:50,730 --> 00:03:52,160 from the NIV which which is that? 65 00:03:52,170 --> 00:03:53,740 Is that what you read? From yes I did. 66 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:58,360 There we go. So as Jesus and his disciples 67 00:03:58,370 --> 00:04:01,720 were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named 68 00:04:01,730 --> 00:04:06,280 Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary who 69 00:04:06,290 --> 00:04:10,320 sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said. 70 00:04:10,870 --> 00:04:13,760 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be 71 00:04:13,770 --> 00:04:16,630 made. She came to him and asked, Lord, 72 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:20,660 don't you care that my sister has left me to do the work by 73 00:04:20,670 --> 00:04:23,680 myself? Tell her to help me, Martha. 74 00:04:23,690 --> 00:04:26,720 Martha, the Lord answered. You are worried and upset about 75 00:04:26,730 --> 00:04:31,360 many things, but few things are needed, or indeed only one. 76 00:04:31,410 --> 00:04:36,160 Mary has chosen what is better and it will not be taken away 77 00:04:36,170 --> 00:04:40,230 from her. Cool. 78 00:04:40,280 --> 00:04:47,280 So I, I left my iPad at home and I'm, I'm, I'm going analog. 79 00:04:47,290 --> 00:04:49,600 I I made, I made notes. This. 80 00:04:49,670 --> 00:04:52,640 That's fun. I mean, recently I've started to 81 00:04:52,650 --> 00:04:55,300 do that with school. I'm like looking out the screen 82 00:04:55,310 --> 00:04:57,500 for so long. It hurt your eyes. 83 00:04:58,650 --> 00:05:01,520 This is like, but I mean this is like such like a, a grant thing 84 00:05:01,530 --> 00:05:05,020 to do and and so, but it's really just a function of me. 85 00:05:05,030 --> 00:05:08,580 I didn't wanna, I didn't want to have my like like 16 inch laptop 86 00:05:08,590 --> 00:05:13,730 screen in front of me anyway. Do you know that you're fine 87 00:05:13,740 --> 00:05:15,380 That one, that one's a better size. 88 00:05:15,390 --> 00:05:20,340 And yeah. So there's a few thoughts, a few 89 00:05:20,350 --> 00:05:25,840 questions that were percolating for for myself and for grants. 90 00:05:26,470 --> 00:05:29,080 Send me a few few and I kind of like they kind of aligned with 91 00:05:29,090 --> 00:05:31,520 some of the questions that were percolating for me. 92 00:05:31,530 --> 00:05:36,020 And this is a plug for if you have any questions about, you 93 00:05:36,030 --> 00:05:38,660 know, a sermon, any thoughts that come up, you can send them 94 00:05:38,670 --> 00:05:40,840 to you questions at courtrightchurch.org. 95 00:05:40,850 --> 00:05:45,500 And we always check before we record to see if there's 96 00:05:45,570 --> 00:05:49,420 anything there just to facility discussion for something that 97 00:05:49,430 --> 00:05:52,380 you're processing or working through in light of the sermon. 98 00:05:53,770 --> 00:06:02,120 So first question, what might it look like to createspace in my 99 00:06:02,130 --> 00:06:05,720 day to sit at Jesus feet like Mary did? 100 00:06:05,730 --> 00:06:09,600 And so you touched on on this idea of of Mary. 101 00:06:10,590 --> 00:06:15,660 You know, what Mary's doing is, is you know, she is receiving 102 00:06:15,670 --> 00:06:18,790 from Jesus. She's receiving his teaching as 103 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:20,930 an apprentice, as a as a disciple. 104 00:06:21,090 --> 00:06:26,060 And so when we think about, when we think about what she's doing 105 00:06:26,070 --> 00:06:29,650 there, how can we, what are some ways? 106 00:06:29,660 --> 00:06:31,830 And you highlighted a couple of them, but maybe I just want to 107 00:06:31,840 --> 00:06:33,850 go a little deeper. And because there's the other 108 00:06:33,860 --> 00:06:37,670 the other piece of the coin that we talked about a little bit 109 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:41,360 before pressing record is that there are things that we can do 110 00:06:41,370 --> 00:06:44,580 alone. Things that are, you know, we we 111 00:06:44,590 --> 00:06:47,570 see that modeled in Jesus that Jesus would withdraw to to pray 112 00:06:47,580 --> 00:06:52,280 and to be with God the Father. And but that there are also a 113 00:06:52,290 --> 00:06:54,880 lot of things that we ought to be doing in community. 114 00:06:54,890 --> 00:06:59,740 And Mary was in community here. She wasn't alone at the feet of 115 00:06:59,750 --> 00:07:01,460 Jesus. That's why Martha was running 116 00:07:01,470 --> 00:07:03,520 around doing all things because there was lots of company over 117 00:07:03,530 --> 00:07:05,180 right. Yeah, a lot of people. 118 00:07:05,190 --> 00:07:06,580 Jesus. Yes, there. 119 00:07:06,590 --> 00:07:08,820 Yeah, exactly. Actually stressed. 120 00:07:08,830 --> 00:07:10,340 I love I love the way you highlighted. 121 00:07:10,350 --> 00:07:13,290 I like James Jesus. Like if anyone's coming to your 122 00:07:13,300 --> 00:07:15,860 house, stressful. But Jesus, yeah, what if he 123 00:07:15,870 --> 00:07:17,820 noticed the dust on your cupboards? 124 00:07:17,950 --> 00:07:20,260 That would be stressful. I know. 125 00:07:20,330 --> 00:07:24,500 And that's like attention in, in, in our household that we've 126 00:07:24,510 --> 00:07:27,030 gotten better at over the years. Like when it's a company's gonna 127 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:28,700 come over. Yeah. 128 00:07:28,780 --> 00:07:33,120 And it's like, what is the level of cleanliness that that is 129 00:07:33,130 --> 00:07:36,590 appropriate for, you know, anyway? 130 00:07:36,660 --> 00:07:40,740 No, I, I have started, as I have become an adult, I have started 131 00:07:40,750 --> 00:07:42,360 to notice these things as a child. 132 00:07:42,370 --> 00:07:44,970 I'd be like, why is everyone so stressed about it? 133 00:07:44,980 --> 00:07:48,690 And now I'm like, Oh no, like what if they go upstairs? 134 00:07:48,700 --> 00:07:50,010 They won't. But what if they do? 135 00:07:50,020 --> 00:07:53,150 It needs to be cleaned. Go on. 136 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:58,130 I think it was Friday night. Friday night, a friend who I 137 00:07:58,140 --> 00:08:02,040 haven't seen in like 2 years. I, I was having like, I was 138 00:08:02,050 --> 00:08:08,100 having like a nap on the couch because I was gonna be a late 139 00:08:08,110 --> 00:08:11,200 night because I had a ball game that was gonna be on an 140 00:08:11,210 --> 00:08:13,400 important very Blue Jays playoff game. 141 00:08:13,490 --> 00:08:17,020 And, and, and I was, I, but I was like, I was so tired from 142 00:08:17,030 --> 00:08:19,520 the previous game, which went into like 1130. 143 00:08:19,570 --> 00:08:22,060 And so I needed to sleep. I needed a nap. 144 00:08:22,130 --> 00:08:24,420 And so, and then all of a sudden my wife wakes up. 145 00:08:24,430 --> 00:08:29,380 She's like Justin, Justin, someone's at the door and it was 146 00:08:29,390 --> 00:08:31,300 a friend who I hadn't seen in years and he was just like 147 00:08:31,310 --> 00:08:33,580 passing by and had, you know, thought he'd stop in. 148 00:08:33,650 --> 00:08:37,299 But we went through this thing of like, I think my wife would 149 00:08:37,309 --> 00:08:40,440 like just did a workout and was like workout clothes and and 150 00:08:40,450 --> 00:08:43,320 like the house was not in a state. 151 00:08:43,330 --> 00:08:45,520 There was like there was like I'd gone to PetSmart and picked 152 00:08:45,530 --> 00:08:47,640 up some like cat litter for our cat and there was sitting in the 153 00:08:47,650 --> 00:08:51,340 front of the door and and but we didn't care, didn't care. 154 00:08:51,350 --> 00:08:52,860 Is nice to see my friend, you know? 155 00:08:52,900 --> 00:08:56,400 But it's a tension. It is nice to see people. 156 00:08:56,410 --> 00:08:59,300 But yeah. But Martha is on the other side 157 00:08:59,310 --> 00:09:01,390 of that. Yes, yeah. 158 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:03,570 And we'll, we'll come back to that and some of that balance a 159 00:09:03,580 --> 00:09:06,430 little bit later. But so I want to think about 160 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:08,490 like, yeah, what does it look like to sit at the feet of Jesus 161 00:09:08,500 --> 00:09:12,260 to create that space alone and in community? 162 00:09:12,270 --> 00:09:14,610 So if you have any thoughts around that, yeah. 163 00:09:14,740 --> 00:09:17,180 Yeah, that was something I was really thinking about leading up 164 00:09:17,190 --> 00:09:21,010 to the sermon, because I was at the beginning really focusing on 165 00:09:21,020 --> 00:09:23,710 that alone aspect and like, how do you do it alone? 166 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:25,870 And then halfway through the week I was someone mentioned 167 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:27,850 they're like, well, do you have to do it alone? 168 00:09:27,860 --> 00:09:34,140 And I was like, Oh yeah, that that is like half of our call is 169 00:09:34,190 --> 00:09:38,380 to do it together. And the church is not separate. 170 00:09:39,130 --> 00:09:42,160 Like we're all one eye. We're all separate body parts is 171 00:09:42,170 --> 00:09:45,780 the analogy to be the function of the church. 172 00:09:45,830 --> 00:09:51,790 And that is very important. So but to go back to alone, I 173 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:54,560 think it's very important also to have your personal 174 00:09:54,570 --> 00:09:59,960 relationship with Jesus. Sometimes it can be easy to like 175 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:04,410 grab on to other peoples a relationship with Jesus and, and 176 00:10:04,420 --> 00:10:08,650 that is great to pull you through hard times of like 177 00:10:08,820 --> 00:10:12,250 leaning on someone else. But also having your strong 178 00:10:12,260 --> 00:10:15,540 foundation is essential and not easy. 179 00:10:15,550 --> 00:10:18,710 As I mentioned multiple times on Sunday, because I, I struggle 180 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:22,340 with it too of the but what does that even look like? 181 00:10:22,350 --> 00:10:24,640 Because a lot of people talk about you need a relationship 182 00:10:24,650 --> 00:10:26,150 with Jesus. That's what I've just said for 183 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:27,860 the last few minutes. You need a relationship with 184 00:10:27,870 --> 00:10:29,570 Jesus. But how do you do that? 185 00:10:29,750 --> 00:10:34,820 And the things I've come up with were quite practical because it 186 00:10:34,830 --> 00:10:38,520 would be lovely to spend all your time reading your Bible, 187 00:10:38,530 --> 00:10:44,260 but it's not very practical. A lot of us have jobs or school 188 00:10:44,270 --> 00:10:48,930 or kids for other things going on, but that doesn't mean you 189 00:10:48,940 --> 00:10:51,550 can't spend like carve out time for it. 190 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:54,610 And that also doesn't mean you can't do it during the other 191 00:10:55,060 --> 00:10:58,470 hectic parts of life. So a few that I mentioned for 192 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:03,340 individually were like carving out moments to read your Bible 193 00:11:03,380 --> 00:11:07,570 in the morning, afternoon, at night, anytime that you have 194 00:11:07,580 --> 00:11:12,150 time or which worked for me for a while, but then school got 195 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:13,640 busy. So what do you do when you 196 00:11:13,650 --> 00:11:15,690 really don't seem to have that time? 197 00:11:15,790 --> 00:11:18,470 And like is there stuff on the go? 198 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:22,770 Like Geo 365 is what I mentioned is something you can listen to, 199 00:11:22,980 --> 00:11:26,630 And someone mentioned that to me a few weeks ago of it doesn't 200 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:30,330 always have to be reading your Bible and trying to figure it 201 00:11:30,340 --> 00:11:33,510 out and do it that way. Like sometimes it's just lovely 202 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:36,840 to listen to what other devotionals and stuff like that 203 00:11:36,850 --> 00:11:38,670 and just received and just receive. 204 00:11:38,680 --> 00:11:39,900 Yeah. Because. 205 00:11:39,950 --> 00:11:44,930 And that's sort of ties into the community aspect of doing it 206 00:11:44,940 --> 00:11:49,540 alone is really hard and it's nice to hear other people's 207 00:11:49,550 --> 00:11:51,760 thoughts. Preparing the sermon, I asked a 208 00:11:51,770 --> 00:11:54,220 bunch of people what they saw in the passage. 209 00:11:54,230 --> 00:11:59,600 We sat down with Grant and Allison and talked it through 210 00:11:59,610 --> 00:12:03,780 because we all have different opinions, different approaches, 211 00:12:03,790 --> 00:12:06,300 different ways. We see things things that pop 212 00:12:06,310 --> 00:12:08,600 out to us more than others. So I. 213 00:12:08,610 --> 00:12:10,840 Think we need each other? Like, we need each other. 214 00:12:10,850 --> 00:12:15,860 Yeah, it is vital in the walk with Christ. 215 00:12:15,910 --> 00:12:18,560 We need people. And that's what you see Mary 216 00:12:18,570 --> 00:12:21,140 doing. She's not by herself with Jesus. 217 00:12:21,250 --> 00:12:23,240 In a way, she is like, it's her and Jesus. 218 00:12:23,250 --> 00:12:25,550 She's learning from him. But she also has all these 219 00:12:25,560 --> 00:12:27,940 people around her that want to. And that's, I think, the key 220 00:12:27,950 --> 00:12:30,020 component. Like we need to surround 221 00:12:30,030 --> 00:12:34,010 ourselves with people that are actively seeking Jesus and 222 00:12:34,020 --> 00:12:37,160 knowing and being known by him. So going back to practical 223 00:12:37,170 --> 00:12:38,990 things, what does that look like? 224 00:12:39,060 --> 00:12:44,030 I have like going to a Bible study, making your own Bible 225 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:45,780 study. We need more leaders. 226 00:12:45,790 --> 00:12:48,210 There's yeah pitch for more Bible study leaders. 227 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:51,830 If you are feeling called to it, because even if you're leading a 228 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:55,730 Bible study, you're still part of it and you're still listening 229 00:12:55,740 --> 00:12:59,730 to other people and it's last year as part of a Bible study 230 00:12:59,740 --> 00:13:02,150 and it was great because it was unintentional time. 231 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:04,330 Every Wednesday, I think it was Wednesday, don't actually 232 00:13:04,340 --> 00:13:08,670 remember that, we sat down and we took an hour to go through 233 00:13:08,680 --> 00:13:11,630 whatever it was. So that's one. 234 00:13:11,740 --> 00:13:16,040 I also think coffee hour after church or before church, if you 235 00:13:16,050 --> 00:13:18,830 didn't know, we also have coffee before church now. 236 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:21,880 Yay. But talk, talking with people, 237 00:13:21,890 --> 00:13:24,770 seeing how their weeks going, what they're wrestling with, 238 00:13:24,780 --> 00:13:28,750 just building that community I think is key. 239 00:13:28,820 --> 00:13:33,570 And it looks different, and there's many different ways to 240 00:13:33,580 --> 00:13:35,350 do that. Inviting over a friend, You 241 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:38,620 haven't seen those? Those kind of things, yeah. 242 00:13:38,790 --> 00:13:40,770 Yeah, I love, you know, sometimes when you, when there's 243 00:13:40,780 --> 00:13:44,320 a, a friend and you know, have a shared faith and all of a sudden 244 00:13:44,330 --> 00:13:47,150 it becomes this like, you know, this moment to like where you're 245 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:48,880 just catching up. But you're like, you know, how 246 00:13:48,890 --> 00:13:51,100 is your soul like what's going on in your world? 247 00:13:51,110 --> 00:13:54,120 How like what, what can we, you know, what can we be supporting 248 00:13:54,130 --> 00:13:56,840 each other and like, which is such a huge, you know, like I 249 00:13:56,850 --> 00:13:59,740 love when friendships can go that deeper level. 250 00:13:59,750 --> 00:14:05,080 So that's not going to happen. I have learned a lot now the 251 00:14:05,090 --> 00:14:09,690 last few years months has been like, I don't like small talk. 252 00:14:09,700 --> 00:14:12,770 Small talk is great, but sometimes you just stop at the 253 00:14:12,780 --> 00:14:15,250 small talk and you're like, oh, how's your dog doing? 254 00:14:15,380 --> 00:14:18,510 Or how are your kids and your and and that's it. 255 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:21,890 And that's great. But with those friendships that 256 00:14:21,900 --> 00:14:25,710 like are deep and you both have a relationship with Jesus and 257 00:14:25,780 --> 00:14:29,330 like actually going out and being like, how are you really 258 00:14:29,340 --> 00:14:31,330 doing? Not just how's your day going, 259 00:14:31,380 --> 00:14:34,630 but you can start with that. But then, but how are you? 260 00:14:34,690 --> 00:14:39,470 How's your walk with Jesus? Have you read the Bible today? 261 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:42,460 Not like it's like a check up. No, we don't want that. 262 00:14:42,470 --> 00:14:48,410 Yeah, but to be more intentional with nurturing our relationships 263 00:14:48,420 --> 00:14:52,990 together and really seeing how people are doing good and the 264 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:56,590 bad. If a few 100 years ago, John 265 00:14:56,600 --> 00:15:02,930 Wesley, theologian, itinerant preacher, dude, he, he had this, 266 00:15:02,940 --> 00:15:08,360 he developed like this little, I kind of like small group format. 267 00:15:08,470 --> 00:15:12,450 This is like in the 1700s and, and these, you know, small 268 00:15:12,460 --> 00:15:14,230 groups of people would get together and one of the 269 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:16,360 questions that they would ask each other, which I think is 270 00:15:16,370 --> 00:15:19,700 such a like such a, it gets to the, the, the point of it is 271 00:15:19,710 --> 00:15:23,200 like, I think the phrasing, if I'm recalling it correctly, I 272 00:15:23,210 --> 00:15:26,920 think I am, is like, how is it with your soul? 273 00:15:27,170 --> 00:15:29,900 And just like guess to like the heart, Like how is it with your 274 00:15:29,910 --> 00:15:32,240 soul? Like, like are, is your soul? 275 00:15:32,370 --> 00:15:34,460 Is there something in it that is disturbed? 276 00:15:34,470 --> 00:15:38,160 Is there something that is it, is it say well, is it, is it, 277 00:15:38,250 --> 00:15:40,800 you know, like I just think it it, it leads anyway. 278 00:15:40,810 --> 00:15:42,990 I just thought of that as you were talking about that and I 279 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,940 was like, Oh, John Wesley, he had some good, some good stuff 280 00:15:45,950 --> 00:15:50,560 in there. And I know that I, I work at a 281 00:15:50,570 --> 00:15:54,160 Presbyterian Church here, but I went to a Wesleyan leaning 282 00:15:54,170 --> 00:15:58,630 seminary And, and that doesn't, if you don't know what any of 283 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:01,970 those words mean, it does not matter other than just to say is 284 00:16:01,980 --> 00:16:04,840 that they're like learning from different faith traditions 285 00:16:04,850 --> 00:16:07,380 within, you know, with under the scope of Christianity can be a 286 00:16:07,390 --> 00:16:09,610 beautiful thing. And, and, and so I've I've 287 00:16:09,620 --> 00:16:14,480 learned lots from my time with my Presbyterian friends and lots 288 00:16:14,490 --> 00:16:20,270 and now I am one, but also from my, my, my Wesleyan crew, so. 289 00:16:20,390 --> 00:16:22,110 Yeah, that's a good way to say it too. 290 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:24,440 Like, as we're saying, like people like friends and people 291 00:16:24,450 --> 00:16:28,730 that are on the same walk with Jesus, It doesn't necessarily be 292 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:31,920 like you have to find another Presbyterian that believes the 293 00:16:31,930 --> 00:16:33,870 same thing. Like that is not. 294 00:16:33,940 --> 00:16:38,050 I went to a Catholic Church over the summer because I was staying 295 00:16:38,060 --> 00:16:41,150 with a family that was Catholic and they brought me to meet 296 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:44,030 their priest, which was hilarious and lovely. 297 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:45,790 And it was just an amazing experience. 298 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:51,350 But they were like, this is a Protestant to and instead of 299 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:53,550 like this is Annabelle, they're like, this is a Protestant. 300 00:16:53,620 --> 00:16:55,980 We've brought her. They're lovely people. 301 00:16:55,990 --> 00:16:58,660 It was just hilarious how they introduced me and the priest 302 00:16:58,670 --> 00:17:02,000 said, do you believe in Jesus? And I was like, yeah, he's like 303 00:17:02,060 --> 00:17:04,010 same Jesus. And I just love that. 304 00:17:04,020 --> 00:17:07,470 It's like it's the same Jesus. Like you have differing beliefs 305 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:13,079 on different things and how maybe to act as a church or as a 306 00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:17,050 community, differing things, but we all believe in the same 307 00:17:17,060 --> 00:17:18,670 Jesus. And I think that's. 308 00:17:18,859 --> 00:17:23,470 Lovely and I'm also thinking when you talk about community 309 00:17:23,579 --> 00:17:26,849 and sort of like being at the feet of Jesus and community, I, 310 00:17:26,859 --> 00:17:29,310 I, we were talking this a little bit, this idea like, you know, 311 00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:34,230 for, for centuries, the Christians did not have access 312 00:17:34,300 --> 00:17:37,830 to their own Bibles. Like that's like, like, thank 313 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:42,950 you to Gutenberg and, and his printing press like fantastic. 314 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:46,420 You know, we can all have Bibles now, but like prior to that, 315 00:17:46,430 --> 00:17:49,010 you've got like language barriers and like literacy 316 00:17:49,020 --> 00:17:51,730 barriers. And just as a natural byproduct 317 00:17:51,740 --> 00:17:56,430 of that, you have people that are reading the scriptures in 318 00:17:56,480 --> 00:18:00,280 Group contexts where you have one or maybe a couple people 319 00:18:00,290 --> 00:18:04,490 that know how to read and understand what is being said, 320 00:18:04,500 --> 00:18:08,140 right? And, and that can be like, 321 00:18:08,150 --> 00:18:10,320 there's, there's benefits and drawbacks to both of those 322 00:18:10,330 --> 00:18:11,970 things, right? There's like benefits of like, 323 00:18:11,980 --> 00:18:16,590 Hey, I this is kind of meant to be done in community that we can 324 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:20,090 learn from one another, grow and, and challenge each other 325 00:18:20,100 --> 00:18:22,430 and in the in good ways in community. 326 00:18:23,500 --> 00:18:28,210 But also it became at some point a tool for kind of power and 327 00:18:28,220 --> 00:18:31,890 authority in an unhealthy way, which is, you know, part of, you 328 00:18:31,900 --> 00:18:36,520 know, the the Protestant heritage and what led to some of 329 00:18:36,530 --> 00:18:38,210 the stuff in the Protestant Reformation. 330 00:18:39,510 --> 00:18:42,440 But also some of the drawbacks you see have, like the hyper 331 00:18:42,450 --> 00:18:46,240 individualized, yeah, you know, I'm gonna read my Bible, just me 332 00:18:46,250 --> 00:18:48,200 and Jesus, and that's all we're gonna do. 333 00:18:48,210 --> 00:18:52,740 And and then you can read your Bible, you and Jesus, and arrive 334 00:18:52,750 --> 00:18:57,350 at some very wrong conclusions. Like there is a reason that we 335 00:18:57,410 --> 00:19:01,320 have teachers on these things, and there is a reason people 336 00:19:01,330 --> 00:19:05,230 study it their whole lives. I heavily leaned on some of the 337 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:08,780 commentaries around this passage because they have really 338 00:19:08,790 --> 00:19:13,710 insightful things to say. And I think it's a misconception 339 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:17,910 that you have to like fully figure it out yourself and that 340 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:19,730 you will like individually. Know. 341 00:19:19,740 --> 00:19:24,010 I think that is a product of our culture today, especially in 342 00:19:24,020 --> 00:19:27,930 North America of everything's very individual and you are 343 00:19:27,940 --> 00:19:31,820 praised for doing things individually and that is like 344 00:19:31,830 --> 00:19:35,550 the ladder climbing up. You want to be the person that 345 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:40,810 gets that promotion so to, but to actively do it together, 346 00:19:41,060 --> 00:19:44,040 collaborate and learn together. Again, everyone comes from 347 00:19:44,050 --> 00:19:46,730 different parts of life, walks of life. 348 00:19:46,790 --> 00:19:49,050 They have different insights. They have different things that 349 00:19:49,060 --> 00:19:52,120 are being drawn out to them while you're reading a passage. 350 00:19:52,130 --> 00:19:56,050 And I think it's a beautiful thing to read a passage or 351 00:19:56,060 --> 00:20:01,290 listen to a series or do it together because yeah, I think 352 00:20:01,300 --> 00:20:04,330 it's a bit of a disservice to not like it's wrong not to do it 353 00:20:04,860 --> 00:20:08,630 have quiet time yourself. That is also very important. 354 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:12,370 But I think it's a bit of a disservice to us to just leave 355 00:20:12,380 --> 00:20:15,820 it at that because. And you'll never hear or see the 356 00:20:15,830 --> 00:20:19,900 other things that are being shared by others. 357 00:20:20,110 --> 00:20:26,690 Yeah, that's great. So kind of connected to, you 358 00:20:26,700 --> 00:20:30,230 know, so we talked about creating space in our day alone 359 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:33,170 with community for Jesus to be at the feet of Jesus. 360 00:20:35,170 --> 00:20:37,560 I wanna like talk a little bit about like what's happening in 361 00:20:37,570 --> 00:20:39,540 this context. Like so they're in the home of 362 00:20:39,550 --> 00:20:44,580 Mary and Martha and and there is there is a component of 363 00:20:44,590 --> 00:20:50,960 hospitality here to to what, to what they I think Mary or sorry, 364 00:20:50,970 --> 00:20:53,770 Martha would see herself. As terrified of mixing. 365 00:20:53,780 --> 00:20:56,270 Those I. Know because I practice my 366 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:58,720 sermon a few times and I totally mixed them up. 367 00:20:58,970 --> 00:21:00,900 Mary and Martha, why do? I know. 368 00:21:00,910 --> 00:21:07,570 Come on, she got, she got Martha like who's like, I think kind of 369 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:11,010 functioning in the role of, of this, like I got to do all the 370 00:21:11,020 --> 00:21:13,450 hospitality stuff, right. And, and there is like a 371 00:21:13,460 --> 00:21:16,450 component, like I think there's a component of hospitality for 372 00:21:16,460 --> 00:21:20,020 both of them that, that Mary is, is she's sitting there with 373 00:21:20,030 --> 00:21:22,970 Jesus and, and she's listening and then Jesus is a guest in 374 00:21:22,980 --> 00:21:25,130 their home. And anyway, but I want to talk a 375 00:21:25,140 --> 00:21:27,050 little bit about radical hospitality. 376 00:21:27,060 --> 00:21:30,010 You refer to that and, and wanted like unpack that a little 377 00:21:30,020 --> 00:21:30,690 bit. Talk, talk. 378 00:21:30,700 --> 00:21:34,280 Tell me more about radical. Hospitality, one of the things 379 00:21:34,290 --> 00:21:36,950 that ended up on the cutting floor, I mentioned it maybe once 380 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:41,030 or twice in the sermon, but it was like its own thing that I 381 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:43,370 was like, if I keep talking, I will be here all day. 382 00:21:43,380 --> 00:21:44,790 Yeah. And I don't know if people will 383 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:50,110 appreciate that. So radical hospitality is how I 384 00:21:50,120 --> 00:21:54,710 see it, is like a radical way of being welcoming and making 385 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:58,480 people feel comfortable and seeing in your space. 386 00:21:58,490 --> 00:22:01,070 So in this context, we'd be talking about the church, our 387 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:04,090 church. This is the specifically words 388 00:22:04,700 --> 00:22:06,610 and actually radical hospitality. 389 00:22:06,620 --> 00:22:12,970 The term was coined by Alpha, which is a We have Alpha Canada, 390 00:22:12,980 --> 00:22:18,260 there's Alpha UK, and it is like a series of videos that help 391 00:22:18,270 --> 00:22:22,060 people learn and understand the gospel in the Bible. 392 00:22:22,150 --> 00:22:24,860 Which may be making a resurgence at our church. 393 00:22:24,870 --> 00:22:28,120 Stay tuned. But it is, as they say, it's an 394 00:22:28,130 --> 00:22:31,920 opportunity to explore the meaning of life for Christians 395 00:22:31,930 --> 00:22:34,660 that have been Christians for a long time, for new people. 396 00:22:34,790 --> 00:22:37,200 All of the above. But I love that term when I read 397 00:22:37,210 --> 00:22:40,320 it cause I think it's something that we, we have to do. 398 00:22:40,490 --> 00:22:44,860 I talked about how Jesus's Kingdom is radical. 399 00:22:44,930 --> 00:22:47,260 And it is radical because at the beginning we're talking about 400 00:22:47,270 --> 00:22:50,120 bringing in women, but bringing in outcasts as well, bringing in 401 00:22:50,130 --> 00:22:52,660 the Samaritan. If you didn't catch that sermon 402 00:22:52,670 --> 00:22:57,940 last week, go watch it. And Jesus Kingdom is radical. 403 00:22:58,050 --> 00:23:02,830 So therefore everything we do has to be or is radical in its 404 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:05,000 own way. So that's where radical 405 00:23:05,010 --> 00:23:11,220 hospitality I found came from. And I think that connects to how 406 00:23:11,230 --> 00:23:15,980 we have to do this in community and are knowing and being known 407 00:23:15,990 --> 00:23:19,680 by Jesus specifically. I don't believe that we can get 408 00:23:19,750 --> 00:23:26,280 to exploring or bringing forth which Jesus is help the radical 409 00:23:26,290 --> 00:23:30,760 Kingdom that he was bringing into the world at that time 410 00:23:30,770 --> 00:23:34,320 without him. So we can do all the things like 411 00:23:34,330 --> 00:23:39,700 I was saying, have all the Bible studies have Alpha have 412 00:23:39,970 --> 00:23:42,720 community like time with your community after church with 413 00:23:42,730 --> 00:23:45,040 coffee. But if we don't do it with a 414 00:23:45,050 --> 00:23:47,820 posture of knowing and being known by Jesus, actively seeking 415 00:23:47,830 --> 00:23:52,360 that I like how, how can you bring in someone's Jesus's 416 00:23:52,370 --> 00:23:56,450 Kingdom without him being there? That's more like bringing in 417 00:23:56,460 --> 00:23:59,130 your own Kingdom of what we think is right. 418 00:23:59,300 --> 00:24:03,410 And that's dangerous. I think that's very dangerous. 419 00:24:04,140 --> 00:24:10,250 So like how the question then becomes how do we make KPC? 420 00:24:10,260 --> 00:24:14,750 How do we make our church, our church, the church, a community 421 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:20,030 that is intent on pursuing, continually pursuing Jesus's 422 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:24,180 radical Kingdom and then having radical hospitality, radical 423 00:24:24,190 --> 00:24:27,280 generosity, all those things that come with it. 424 00:24:27,450 --> 00:24:31,060 And like I think that comes with knowing and being known by 425 00:24:31,130 --> 00:24:34,430 Jesus. And I think we sort of talked 426 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:39,200 about this at the beginning before the cameras turned on was 427 00:24:39,270 --> 00:24:43,180 with that radical hospitality. Like I think Courtright is very 428 00:24:43,190 --> 00:24:47,200 good at being a community and welcoming people when they come. 429 00:24:47,210 --> 00:24:48,820 But like, how do we invite people? 430 00:24:48,830 --> 00:24:54,170 How do we be a community intent on inviting people to church and 431 00:24:54,180 --> 00:24:57,370 how do we do that well? And again, I think that all ties 432 00:24:57,380 --> 00:25:01,610 back to we as court, right, as members of the church, as 433 00:25:01,620 --> 00:25:05,560 longtime Christians or just people that are like, yes, this 434 00:25:05,570 --> 00:25:10,880 is where I want to go. How can we collectively as a 435 00:25:10,890 --> 00:25:15,600 team work on knowing and being known by Jesus to then go out 436 00:25:15,610 --> 00:25:19,360 and invite people and build his Kingdom? 437 00:25:19,550 --> 00:25:23,450 And knowing, knowing and being known by Jesus and then knowing 438 00:25:23,460 --> 00:25:26,390 and being known by our neighbors, you know, which is, 439 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:28,140 you know, being coming trusted neighbors. 440 00:25:28,150 --> 00:25:32,000 And, you know, yesterday we had, you know, this fall fair event 441 00:25:32,010 --> 00:25:35,270 after the surface. And, and there is like, you 442 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:37,630 know, I don't know if we have a head count, but there was a lot 443 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:39,610 of families, like a lot of ton of families from the 444 00:25:39,620 --> 00:25:40,830 neighborhood that that came through. 445 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:43,670 And, and we're just continuing to build those relationships and 446 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:47,090 foster those connections. And, and, and you know, like 447 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:51,010 that is a simple, easy invite. You know, we're not, we're not 448 00:25:51,020 --> 00:25:54,030 like holding them hostage for like a gospel, you know? 449 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:56,790 You first have to sit through. The yeah, like, no. 450 00:25:57,010 --> 00:25:59,370 No. Because I think that's like when 451 00:25:59,380 --> 00:26:01,050 you talk about how we can do this, well, there's also ways 452 00:26:01,060 --> 00:26:02,510 you can do it really poorly, right? 453 00:26:02,810 --> 00:26:06,510 And that, you know, like we don't, you know, you can't do 454 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:07,850 like bait and switch type stuff, right? 455 00:26:07,860 --> 00:26:09,190 Like that's, that's not gonna go well. 456 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:12,070 Like sometimes a fun event is just a fun event, you know, and 457 00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:14,990 we're, and we are working in and being in community with, with 458 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:17,840 our neighbors and, and for community related events and 459 00:26:17,850 --> 00:26:19,590 yeah, and community building stuff, right. 460 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:22,700 It's all, it's great. But I do think, yeah, when it 461 00:26:22,710 --> 00:26:25,120 comes to things like you mentioned, like Alpha, you 462 00:26:25,130 --> 00:26:27,670 mentioned, there's other, lots of, lots of other events where, 463 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:31,050 where it's like, hey, there are some other tiers here where it's 464 00:26:31,060 --> 00:26:34,070 like, hey, how can we bring people in? 465 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:36,250 How can we? And, and, and alongside that, 466 00:26:36,260 --> 00:26:38,400 you're not just inviting them, but you're inviting them into 467 00:26:38,410 --> 00:26:41,420 something that is deeply hospitable, right? 468 00:26:41,490 --> 00:26:44,360 Especially something just using, again, Alpha as an example. 469 00:26:44,430 --> 00:26:47,780 Like you're there, you're coming into, you know, someone's church 470 00:26:47,790 --> 00:26:51,760 or someone's home and, you know, sharing a meal together and 471 00:26:51,770 --> 00:26:55,020 you're having like pretty deep discussion about things like 472 00:26:55,030 --> 00:26:58,140 like that, that requires a certain level of, of, yeah, 473 00:26:58,150 --> 00:27:03,160 radical hospitality that you, we don't see a ton of in our world 474 00:27:03,170 --> 00:27:05,300 today. I find, at least in here in the 475 00:27:05,310 --> 00:27:09,730 West, which tends to be more hyper individualized and it's 476 00:27:09,740 --> 00:27:14,030 like, I've got my here's my home and my property and and don't 477 00:27:14,120 --> 00:27:19,320 don't come on my property no trespassing, you know, and like 478 00:27:19,330 --> 00:27:22,810 that's a pretty like that's a pretty kind of, I think western, 479 00:27:22,820 --> 00:27:25,510 at least in in, in this, you know, in this part of the world 480 00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:27,000 here. It's because I've I've been to 481 00:27:27,010 --> 00:27:31,950 places where, you know, people who have nothing invite you into 482 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:34,790 their homes and give you everything that they have, 483 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:38,970 right. So like that's not the norm 484 00:27:38,980 --> 00:27:42,560 here, right? But anyway, yeah, just like some 485 00:27:42,570 --> 00:27:45,550 good questions. I mean even like for for Astro 486 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:49,970 sport, but also for like for you as a listener of like, how am I, 487 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:56,070 how am I preparing myself to to like potentially like extend 488 00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:59,740 take the take the risk of extending the invite to someone 489 00:27:59,750 --> 00:28:03,350 because. You're when you invite people, I 490 00:28:03,360 --> 00:28:07,090 remember last year, first year, I met a bunch of friends, people 491 00:28:07,100 --> 00:28:11,120 at school and I invited them to church and that was vulnerable. 492 00:28:11,130 --> 00:28:14,220 I was like, come see my church. I was like, it's not perfect, 493 00:28:14,230 --> 00:28:16,280 but it's so community and they're lovely. 494 00:28:16,350 --> 00:28:18,620 But no, but that's for any church, everyone. 495 00:28:19,290 --> 00:28:22,760 And I think so that is a vulnerable step to put yourself 496 00:28:22,770 --> 00:28:25,480 out there and be like, come feel welcomed. 497 00:28:25,550 --> 00:28:29,320 We want you to join us. But I think that's also a way to 498 00:28:29,330 --> 00:28:35,170 build community, like inviting people in and having a space to 499 00:28:35,180 --> 00:28:42,030 ask those questions and to get to know God is a great way to 500 00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:43,520 build that community and do those. 501 00:28:43,530 --> 00:28:45,810 Like what is an actionable way you can do it together? 502 00:28:45,820 --> 00:28:48,150 That is an actionable way. You can do it together. 503 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:51,250 But again, I don't think you can first. 504 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:54,090 Well, you can, but I don't think you can do it well without 505 00:28:54,100 --> 00:28:59,070 knowing God or having like as a church being intent on like 506 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:03,100 these are our we know that this is what Jesus is calling us to 507 00:29:03,110 --> 00:29:05,750 do and this is what we want, like our being trusted 508 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:08,610 neighbors. That was what we discerned was a 509 00:29:08,620 --> 00:29:12,990 call for our church and then to not bait and switches. 510 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:18,390 He said like inviting people to the fall fair without saying you 511 00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:23,410 gotta come to church first is because we know Jesus and we 512 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:27,340 were still obviously pursuing him constantly, but that is not 513 00:29:27,350 --> 00:29:30,390 what Jesus did. He didn't like, I will heal you 514 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:33,110 if you get baptized right now. That was not Jesus. 515 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:38,170 That was not his ministry. So he invited the people and to 516 00:29:38,180 --> 00:29:43,650 come see him to learn. And I think that is that's why 517 00:29:43,730 --> 00:29:47,610 we say like, invite them to these fun events, not with the 518 00:29:47,620 --> 00:29:52,110 intent to convert them today, but because we know that's what 519 00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:53,410 Jesus would have. Done. 520 00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:55,450 Absolutely. That's great. 521 00:29:55,940 --> 00:30:00,700 And so I want to, you know, continue on here with with one 522 00:30:00,710 --> 00:30:04,060 of the things that that Jesus says regarding, you know, Mark, 523 00:30:04,070 --> 00:30:07,780 Martha comes to Jesus and she's like, would you make my sister 524 00:30:07,790 --> 00:30:11,490 do stuff, please? Belt on a deep level. 525 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:15,750 Not for my sister no, but I was like oht siblings. 526 00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:19,230 This is this is every sibling knows that like, oh, this is not 527 00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:21,370 fair. When you're 5 and you see your 528 00:30:21,380 --> 00:30:23,850 sibling doing something, you're like, I wanna do that. 529 00:30:23,910 --> 00:30:30,100 Like that is feel it. And then Jesus, Jesus turns back 530 00:30:30,110 --> 00:30:33,370 to her and says, like, you know, she's chosen the better thing. 531 00:30:33,380 --> 00:30:37,480 Yeah, you know, and and then so then, but then Jesus says so few 532 00:30:37,490 --> 00:30:40,100 things are needed, indeed only one. 533 00:30:40,110 --> 00:30:44,640 And so like, what is the one thing like that that Mary is 534 00:30:44,650 --> 00:30:48,710 doing that that he is. I don't think like, I don't 535 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:50,980 think he's going to Martha. Like, I don't think he's like, I 536 00:30:50,990 --> 00:30:54,920 think I, I picture it like as a gentle chiding, you know, like I 537 00:30:54,930 --> 00:30:57,880 pictured of like, like, like Martha, I want you to see the 538 00:30:57,890 --> 00:30:59,980 bigger picture here. You know, like what you're doing 539 00:30:59,990 --> 00:31:03,950 is good, but actually what Mary is doing is, is better. 540 00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:06,320 And yet Martha, Martha is also doing something that's kind of 541 00:31:06,330 --> 00:31:09,230 crucial, like, you know, like, what's what's gonna happen? 542 00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:11,350 To eat if she doesn't make. That, yeah. 543 00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:12,770 Someone doesn't make. Out. 544 00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:15,210 So I guess the question is like what? 545 00:31:15,340 --> 00:31:20,020 How is Mary being at the feet of Jesus the better thing? 546 00:31:20,740 --> 00:31:23,390 I think I love that language. When I read it first, I was 547 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:24,830 like, better. Cause it's not. 548 00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:29,890 He's not saying the best thing and he's not saying what she 549 00:31:29,900 --> 00:31:33,750 Martha is doing is awful and wrong and how could you possibly 550 00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:37,130 do that? He's saying he's inviting her 551 00:31:37,180 --> 00:31:41,430 into a space that is better. I like to think of it. 552 00:31:41,780 --> 00:31:44,870 Jesus, being like this is great. Like what? 553 00:31:44,980 --> 00:31:48,730 Being hospitable and doing that is lovely. 554 00:31:48,780 --> 00:31:52,380 But I'm here for a short time and I want to get to know you. 555 00:31:52,460 --> 00:31:57,190 I want to know you. And Jesus is inviting her into a 556 00:31:57,200 --> 00:32:00,470 relationship with him. He's like, there's so much noise 557 00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:03,670 in our lives, in Martha's life. There is a lot going on and 558 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:06,650 sometimes it feels like you can't keep up with it. 559 00:32:06,660 --> 00:32:10,800 And so, but Jesus is saying, Martha, I'm not going to be here 560 00:32:10,810 --> 00:32:13,550 forever. Like in physical form. 561 00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:16,870 I want what your sister is doing is better. 562 00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:20,250 She's sitting at my feet and she's listening and we're 563 00:32:20,300 --> 00:32:23,600 talking and having a conversation and getting to know 564 00:32:23,610 --> 00:32:26,520 each other. And I think that is why what 565 00:32:26,530 --> 00:32:29,500 he's saying. Indeed, indeed, only one of 566 00:32:29,510 --> 00:32:30,640 these. What is the? 567 00:32:31,030 --> 00:32:33,360 I think this might be different translation that Grant was 568 00:32:33,370 --> 00:32:35,980 referring to is that a few things are needed indeed. 569 00:32:35,990 --> 00:32:41,980 Only one is like few things are needed, but indeed only one 570 00:32:41,990 --> 00:32:45,750 getting to know me. Me getting to know you, knowing 571 00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:49,400 and being known by Jesus, the relationship with him because I 572 00:32:49,410 --> 00:32:53,820 think you can doing all the other stuff, being hospitable 573 00:32:53,900 --> 00:32:57,810 church, radical hospitality, generosity, inviting people in 574 00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:01,890 their great and they are the call of the church and call of 575 00:33:01,900 --> 00:33:04,450 us as Christians. But I don't think you can do 576 00:33:04,460 --> 00:33:09,030 them well at all without first knowing and being known by 577 00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:10,690 Jesus. So I think Jesus is saying to 578 00:33:10,700 --> 00:33:15,500 Martha, to us like inviting us into that space of sitting at 579 00:33:15,510 --> 00:33:18,840 his feet and having a relationship with him because 580 00:33:18,850 --> 00:33:21,110 he's saying this is the better thing. 581 00:33:21,460 --> 00:33:25,350 You need to know this first or continually about this because 582 00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:27,560 we're not gonna like check mark know Jesus. 583 00:33:27,570 --> 00:33:31,170 Yes, it is a continual process for your entire life. 584 00:33:31,180 --> 00:33:35,170 So, and there's something about this idea of, of, I mean, these 585 00:33:35,180 --> 00:33:38,270 two things are obviously connected of that we, you know, 586 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:42,430 we pursue God's Kingdom, but it can't be divorced from knowing 587 00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:45,870 and being known by Jesus. And in fact, I think what Jesus 588 00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:50,510 is saying here, it's like, it's like we pursue God's Kingdom by 589 00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:54,310 like the, the tangible fruit of the Kingdom, by knowing and 590 00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:56,880 being known, right? It's starts there, right? 591 00:33:56,960 --> 00:33:59,750 And, and I've seen, you know, I actually, I don't even say I've 592 00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:05,800 seen, I have been in places in my life where I, I'm not running 593 00:34:05,810 --> 00:34:08,420 on the power of knowing and being known by Jesus where I'm 594 00:34:08,429 --> 00:34:11,159 just doing, I'm just, I'm just doing the thing that I know how 595 00:34:11,170 --> 00:34:13,960 to do because I'm like, you know what, I'm good at this. 596 00:34:14,030 --> 00:34:18,060 And if I just, I can just do all, do that all I want all week 597 00:34:18,070 --> 00:34:22,620 long on my own strength without being empowered by Jesus and 598 00:34:22,670 --> 00:34:27,820 knowing him. And it usually is mediocre. 599 00:34:27,909 --> 00:34:29,889 You know, it's like, it's one of those things where it's like, 600 00:34:29,900 --> 00:34:33,130 yeah, like I, I did the thing, yeah, it was a thing. 601 00:34:33,199 --> 00:34:35,550 You know, it happened, it happened, it happened, you know, 602 00:34:36,020 --> 00:34:42,840 versus doing the thing out of a place of being deeply known by 603 00:34:42,850 --> 00:34:45,800 Jesus and knowing right. Like there's a there is a 604 00:34:45,810 --> 00:34:47,699 distinct difference between those things. 605 00:34:47,710 --> 00:34:50,560 And so like, yeah, you could you could imagine a scenario I'm 606 00:34:50,570 --> 00:34:55,489 just kind of picturing like Martha having first taken time 607 00:34:55,610 --> 00:34:59,500 to be at the feet of Jesus and to be alongside her sister and, 608 00:34:59,510 --> 00:35:06,330 and to, to take those moments. And then for for Martha, how 609 00:35:06,340 --> 00:35:08,650 different that experience may have been for her. 610 00:35:08,980 --> 00:35:09,730 Yeah. Yeah. 611 00:35:09,740 --> 00:35:12,270 And I think it really changes how we do things. 612 00:35:12,460 --> 00:35:18,090 I think if it's just on us, then we stay in the comfortable box 613 00:35:18,100 --> 00:35:22,230 of I can do this, yes. But if we know and are known by 614 00:35:22,240 --> 00:35:26,890 Jesus, we are stretched to maybe it's not the thing we would have 615 00:35:26,900 --> 00:35:31,070 inviting over somebody to a Bible study or to church. 616 00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:34,160 Not something you might have done by yourself, but knowing 617 00:35:34,170 --> 00:35:36,940 and being known by Jesus. You're like, this is, I feel 618 00:35:36,950 --> 00:35:41,160 calling me to do this and I'm gonna step out in faith to do 619 00:35:41,170 --> 00:35:46,960 this and know that Jesus is there beside me in that I when I 620 00:35:46,970 --> 00:35:50,720 was about to go up, I was like, OK, God, this is this is your 621 00:35:50,730 --> 00:35:53,780 sermon. I can't, I, I can't do it 622 00:35:53,790 --> 00:35:59,300 without you because other like, how can you preach or talk about 623 00:35:59,370 --> 00:36:03,380 Jesus's Kingdom without him? Because then it just, it doesn't 624 00:36:03,450 --> 00:36:07,370 it, I was like, I need you to be here to let this land. 625 00:36:07,420 --> 00:36:09,830 And two, for the people that need it. 626 00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:12,390 This is not me. It can't be me. 627 00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:14,830 So I think that's. And there's something because I 628 00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:19,920 mean like you're, you're like slightly, you're 33 sermons in. 629 00:36:20,190 --> 00:36:23,090 3 sermons. Yeah, and but there is like you, 630 00:36:23,100 --> 00:36:26,130 what you're describing is it doesn't go away like that, that, 631 00:36:26,140 --> 00:36:28,880 you know, there, there are still times when, you know, I'll wake 632 00:36:28,890 --> 00:36:31,920 up on a Sunday morning when I'm slated to preach and and, you 633 00:36:31,930 --> 00:36:33,600 know, but like, I'm not happy with my ending. 634 00:36:33,610 --> 00:36:38,410 I'm not happy with whatever. And then at some point all of 635 00:36:38,420 --> 00:36:42,080 the striving and all of the like, trying to like make sure 636 00:36:42,090 --> 00:36:47,300 I've crafted in just the right way And like it's, it's I gotta 637 00:36:47,310 --> 00:36:48,580 give it over. Yeah, right. 638 00:36:48,690 --> 00:36:50,960 And it's one of those things where cause here, and this is a 639 00:36:50,970 --> 00:36:56,040 really like tangible thing. Like we're on a Sunday morning. 640 00:36:56,390 --> 00:36:58,360 There's two coaches. And this is like a Mary Martha 641 00:36:58,370 --> 00:37:00,240 approach in some ways, right? There's two approaches. 642 00:37:00,250 --> 00:37:02,670 If you're, if you're in, you know, if you're getting up there 643 00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:07,580 ready to preach or to whatever, you can sit there during the, 644 00:37:07,650 --> 00:37:09,640 you know, the, the musical worship and whatever. 645 00:37:09,730 --> 00:37:12,120 And you can be just like stewing, thinking about all the 646 00:37:12,130 --> 00:37:14,450 things you got to say and you're reviewing your notes and doing 647 00:37:14,460 --> 00:37:18,550 all the things. What are you going to absorb in 648 00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:25,970 those 20 minutes versus entering in to to the the song worship in 649 00:37:25,980 --> 00:37:29,520 that moment and just receiving from the Lord in that moment? 650 00:37:29,570 --> 00:37:33,800 How much better is that? Yeah, right. 651 00:37:33,890 --> 00:37:36,770 And it's hard like that's that's something that has been learned 652 00:37:36,780 --> 00:37:38,490 thing for me where I used to be a pacer. 653 00:37:38,500 --> 00:37:41,500 I'd be like pacing around and be like, OK, I'm just I gotta be 654 00:37:41,510 --> 00:37:42,920 ready to go do this. Gotta do that. 655 00:37:42,930 --> 00:37:46,750 Like there's an anxiousness to that versus OK, well, I've done 656 00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:50,300 everything I can do. Nothing else is going to help me 657 00:37:50,370 --> 00:37:53,900 in this moment other than just being Jesus. 658 00:37:53,950 --> 00:37:57,160 Yeah, and it's like a complete surrender that I don't think 659 00:37:57,170 --> 00:38:00,740 it's possible unless you have that relationship with Jesus. 660 00:38:00,830 --> 00:38:04,150 And that if you are not preaching in a church, which I 661 00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:08,970 don't think many people like, lots are, but most people 662 00:38:08,980 --> 00:38:11,520 watching probably are like that's great, but I'm not a 663 00:38:11,530 --> 00:38:15,560 pastor. But that is for everything, for 664 00:38:15,570 --> 00:38:18,680 going into an exam. You're you're just like I did 665 00:38:18,690 --> 00:38:22,300 all the work. I studied, but I'm giving you my 666 00:38:22,310 --> 00:38:26,870 anxiety and my stress and walking into this or at work, a 667 00:38:26,880 --> 00:38:29,850 big presentation inviting someone to church again, I keep 668 00:38:29,860 --> 00:38:35,250 mentioning that, but it's that there's only so much you can do 669 00:38:35,300 --> 00:38:38,630 before you have to be like God. This is this is you. 670 00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:42,390 At some point it just becomes like anxious frittering, like 671 00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:45,790 you're just sort of like, I don't know what you think you're 672 00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:48,960 gonna accomplish in these 10 minutes before this thing here, 673 00:38:48,970 --> 00:38:53,240 but you'd be better off like centering yourself, sitting 674 00:38:53,250 --> 00:38:58,260 before the Lord, doing a few deep breaths, praying, you know, 675 00:38:58,270 --> 00:39:00,000 whatever. Seeing what he's going to do, 676 00:39:00,250 --> 00:39:01,660 because I think that's also beautiful. 677 00:39:01,670 --> 00:39:05,860 I remember my second sermon. I've only had three guests. 678 00:39:06,050 --> 00:39:09,700 My second one, there was like one word that I didn't know if I 679 00:39:09,710 --> 00:39:13,160 wanted to say, just the way that it made the sentence sound. 680 00:39:13,210 --> 00:39:16,880 And I was like, OK, when I get to this part, like it's gonna be 681 00:39:16,890 --> 00:39:19,560 1 or the other. And that like that was a 682 00:39:19,570 --> 00:39:23,040 surrender of I don't know how this is going to land, but this 683 00:39:23,050 --> 00:39:28,180 is how I'm giving this to you and that and I strongly felt 684 00:39:28,190 --> 00:39:30,760 like you gotta say it this way. And it's not always like that. 685 00:39:30,770 --> 00:39:34,730 But I think that is the beautiful way that when you have 686 00:39:34,740 --> 00:39:37,820 that open communication with God, when you have that knowing 687 00:39:37,830 --> 00:39:41,570 and being known by him, like those fruitful things come out 688 00:39:41,580 --> 00:39:43,730 of it because he knows more than you do. 689 00:39:43,980 --> 00:39:49,530 Maybe someone was thinking us or it landed for one person because 690 00:39:49,540 --> 00:39:54,210 of that and for anywhere in your life for a situation that is he 691 00:39:54,220 --> 00:39:56,890 knows more than we do. And that's why I think it's so 692 00:39:56,900 --> 00:39:58,950 crucial for the work of the church as well. 693 00:39:59,140 --> 00:40:03,560 That's great. OK, so one final kind of thought 694 00:40:03,570 --> 00:40:07,620 connected to all of this is like we've all been in situations 695 00:40:07,990 --> 00:40:15,620 where someone else seems to have like chosen rest while we're 696 00:40:15,630 --> 00:40:18,100 kind of carrying the load. Like we see someone like someone 697 00:40:18,110 --> 00:40:22,260 having maybe they're literally having an app or or like their, 698 00:40:22,270 --> 00:40:26,940 you know, taking a day off. Meanwhile, we're busting our 699 00:40:26,950 --> 00:40:30,300 butts trying to do the thing, whatever that, whether that's 700 00:40:30,310 --> 00:40:35,110 something in in search life or something in your house or, you 701 00:40:35,120 --> 00:40:37,890 know, I don't know whether you like group projects and in 702 00:40:37,900 --> 00:40:41,170 school and someone knows someone not pulling their weight and, 703 00:40:41,180 --> 00:40:43,170 and, and it's like, Nope, sorry, today's my day off. 704 00:40:43,180 --> 00:40:46,170 I'm not touching it, you know? And it's like, like, so like, 705 00:40:46,180 --> 00:40:50,670 how do you, Yeah, like, how do you like, not become like bitter 706 00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:53,250 and resentful, like toward that person, Right. 707 00:40:53,260 --> 00:40:56,720 And, and like there's a question that sometimes or there's a word 708 00:40:56,730 --> 00:41:00,510 that sometimes I never, I feel a bit like mixed on the word 709 00:41:00,520 --> 00:41:01,830 itself. And the word is balanced because 710 00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:06,190 I feel like life, it balance is not possible in, in life. 711 00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:10,180 Like, like balance, like that's a, it's a nice ideal, very 712 00:41:10,430 --> 00:41:12,410 unrealistic. And, and sometimes not even the 713 00:41:12,420 --> 00:41:14,220 thing we need, right? Sometimes we don't need balance. 714 00:41:14,230 --> 00:41:17,820 But is there a balance here? Like how do we, you know, the, 715 00:41:17,930 --> 00:41:23,860 this, this, you know, this tension between like, Hey, I 716 00:41:23,930 --> 00:41:29,720 deserve, you know, rest and to be with Jesus and to slow down. 717 00:41:29,770 --> 00:41:32,170 Those are all good things that we all need and deserve in many 718 00:41:32,180 --> 00:41:38,440 ways versus doing, you know, I don't know, like just RIP off 719 00:41:38,450 --> 00:41:40,110 that with me. Yeah, I think. 720 00:41:40,170 --> 00:41:43,660 And we see that in the passage, like Martha's like Jesus, dude, 721 00:41:43,830 --> 00:41:46,360 do you not see my sister? She's not doing anything. 722 00:41:46,370 --> 00:41:48,120 I'm very stressed right now. Probably. 723 00:41:48,130 --> 00:41:49,840 Probably resentful. Yeah. 724 00:41:49,850 --> 00:41:54,100 And I think that's that's dangerous to specifically in the 725 00:41:54,110 --> 00:41:59,140 church when that resentfulness like festers and you are just 726 00:41:59,150 --> 00:42:04,100 like this one person never. That is a dangerous thing and I 727 00:42:04,110 --> 00:42:07,170 think that is where I don't fully know. 728 00:42:07,180 --> 00:42:12,310 That is an open question that I invite you us to tackle and to 729 00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:15,870 reflect on. But I think a crucial part of 730 00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:20,380 this is boundaries. Having like tangible, like these 731 00:42:20,390 --> 00:42:24,950 are the expectations. Sometimes it is easy in church, 732 00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:28,210 in a church to just be like wherever it goes. 733 00:42:28,340 --> 00:42:32,590 And that is great too, because we want to be the people open to 734 00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:37,400 Jesus moving, but I think it's also dangerous and we don't want 735 00:42:37,410 --> 00:42:39,740 volunteers to burn out. We don't want people that work 736 00:42:39,750 --> 00:42:42,280 here to burn out. We don't want, but we also want 737 00:42:42,290 --> 00:42:45,660 people to have rest and everyone to have moments of rest and time 738 00:42:45,670 --> 00:42:49,180 to be with Jesus. So if there's one person doing 739 00:42:49,190 --> 00:42:51,880 that where everyone else is trying to pull the work, the 740 00:42:51,890 --> 00:42:54,500 weight of the work, that's also not good. 741 00:42:55,010 --> 00:42:59,900 So it's like that balance and like real expectations and 742 00:42:59,910 --> 00:43:03,760 communication and you don't have to leave Jesus out of that. 743 00:43:03,770 --> 00:43:07,700 Like going forth in the like praying and seeing and seeing 744 00:43:07,710 --> 00:43:11,800 where different people have strengths versus weaknesses. 745 00:43:12,210 --> 00:43:16,760 In just an example, like a Bible study, like who is the person 746 00:43:16,830 --> 00:43:19,820 that is volunteering that you're like, they would be great up 747 00:43:19,830 --> 00:43:22,500 front leading this. And then who are the people that 748 00:43:22,510 --> 00:43:25,470 would be really good as like a table leader, who would be 749 00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:28,680 really good at drawing people out, who would love to set up 750 00:43:28,750 --> 00:43:31,840 and who would love to take down and those kind of things. 751 00:43:31,850 --> 00:43:36,900 So like, putting people in places where they can thrive is 752 00:43:36,950 --> 00:43:40,880 fundamental. But then also checking yourself, 753 00:43:40,920 --> 00:43:44,680 like when you're like, OK, I like you see that person that 754 00:43:44,690 --> 00:43:48,760 you think maybe is taking a nap, Maybe they had a really hard 755 00:43:48,770 --> 00:43:51,100 week. Maybe something's going on. 756 00:43:51,110 --> 00:43:54,810 And maybe that's the place where you can be invited to check on 757 00:43:54,820 --> 00:43:57,580 them or to go say, hey, how's it going? 758 00:43:57,670 --> 00:44:00,440 And yeah, so that's many thoughts. 759 00:44:00,690 --> 00:44:05,330 I don't know what. I had I had a thought and and 760 00:44:05,340 --> 00:44:08,140 this probably came from somewhere, but it it entered my 761 00:44:08,150 --> 00:44:10,910 brain. And so if this is if I owe 762 00:44:10,920 --> 00:44:15,570 someone, you know, a, you know, a footnote, too bad. 763 00:44:16,140 --> 00:44:20,870 But like, one thing that I think is so important for us as a 764 00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:24,730 church and for like our, you know, our our staff team, but 765 00:44:24,740 --> 00:44:27,970 also just down into our volunteers is that we value 766 00:44:28,060 --> 00:44:31,600 people over productivity. That's where I think I might 767 00:44:31,610 --> 00:44:32,710 need the footnote. I don't know. 768 00:44:32,720 --> 00:44:34,040 That might have come from somewhere else. 769 00:44:34,050 --> 00:44:38,040 But yeah, it is a good whether it came from my brain or the 770 00:44:38,050 --> 00:44:40,450 Lord or somewhere else, it's a good line. 771 00:44:40,840 --> 00:44:44,110 We need to value people over productive productivity. 772 00:44:44,120 --> 00:44:47,670 And, and just like, like, especially in the church, like 773 00:44:47,680 --> 00:44:50,250 we are, you know, yeah, we got stuff we need to do. 774 00:44:50,320 --> 00:44:52,730 We've got, we've got thing there are things to get done. 775 00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:55,470 You, you know, you've been running our social media. 776 00:44:55,520 --> 00:44:57,970 I was like, I was feeling it for you a little bit. 777 00:44:57,980 --> 00:45:00,390 I was like, you were, you were finishing up writing a sermon 778 00:45:00,400 --> 00:45:02,990 for this past week. And also you were like, you 779 00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:06,230 know, rightfully so, like bugging me for like things you 780 00:45:06,240 --> 00:45:08,910 needed for, you know, some of the, the social media posts. 781 00:45:09,150 --> 00:45:11,620 And I'm like, oh, I feel bad that Annabelle's got to do all 782 00:45:11,630 --> 00:45:12,630 that plus. Right? 783 00:45:13,090 --> 00:45:17,280 Yeah. But like I think that that is a 784 00:45:17,290 --> 00:45:23,530 right approach that we see like you as a person and your health, 785 00:45:23,590 --> 00:45:28,060 your spiritual, physical, mental well-being matters more than 786 00:45:28,070 --> 00:45:31,820 getting the thing done right. And that's the way that I want 787 00:45:31,830 --> 00:45:34,900 us to be as a church for our volume. 788 00:45:34,910 --> 00:45:40,170 So if a volunteer ever came to me and said and said, like, Hey, 789 00:45:40,180 --> 00:45:43,250 I, I'm going through some stuff right now, my first thing will 790 00:45:43,260 --> 00:45:45,970 be well, then quit, like quit what you're doing like, like 791 00:45:45,980 --> 00:45:49,970 that matters more. And, and for us to be able to 792 00:45:49,980 --> 00:45:52,750 say like, look, God, God, if this thing needs to happen, God 793 00:45:52,760 --> 00:45:55,050 will provide like we, we believe that, right? 794 00:45:55,060 --> 00:45:57,150 So. Yeah, I think that's, and I 795 00:45:57,160 --> 00:46:00,310 think that comes out of knowing and being known by Jesus, 796 00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:03,150 specifically knowing Jesus, Like Jesus's ministry wasn't just 797 00:46:03,160 --> 00:46:06,830 like convert all these people. It was checking in on people. 798 00:46:06,840 --> 00:46:08,250 It was seeing how they were doing. 799 00:46:08,320 --> 00:46:11,620 It was going, it was relationships with people. 800 00:46:11,790 --> 00:46:15,070 And I think maybe that's one of the ways that churches can get 801 00:46:15,080 --> 00:46:18,860 it wrong sometimes of if it's the numbers of how many people 802 00:46:18,870 --> 00:46:21,570 came to church this week or how many new people came to church 803 00:46:21,580 --> 00:46:23,440 this week or how many people have we invited. 804 00:46:23,490 --> 00:46:29,120 It's good to invite people, but it is not the the key. 805 00:46:29,130 --> 00:46:33,400 Like we checking those boxes, trying to put numbers to it. 806 00:46:33,410 --> 00:46:36,440 And again, it's good fire codes safety, good to know. 807 00:46:36,450 --> 00:46:38,980 All the. Things, but it is not the main 808 00:46:38,990 --> 00:46:40,740 focus. Our main focus are people, 809 00:46:40,750 --> 00:46:43,620 having relationships with people and making sure people are OK. 810 00:46:43,700 --> 00:46:44,940 Yeah. And yeah. 811 00:46:44,950 --> 00:46:47,500 And there's even attention within that of like, of like, 812 00:46:47,910 --> 00:46:50,860 you know, you, you wanna have, like, you know, this is like 813 00:46:50,870 --> 00:46:55,030 very business. You like language, like you 814 00:46:55,040 --> 00:46:56,970 wanna metrics met metrics are not A bad thing. 815 00:46:56,980 --> 00:46:59,050 Like there's OK. Like there are things that goals 816 00:46:59,060 --> 00:47:01,610 we want to strive for, things that we want to see happen And, 817 00:47:01,620 --> 00:47:04,170 and like, is otherwise nothing will happen. 818 00:47:04,900 --> 00:47:08,270 But also like there's a there, there becomes a threshold where 819 00:47:08,280 --> 00:47:12,670 it can become like a little bit icky, you know, And I remember 820 00:47:12,740 --> 00:47:17,010 in a, in a, in a previous season, there was someone, 821 00:47:18,300 --> 00:47:22,210 someone who was involved in, in a church leadership situation. 822 00:47:22,220 --> 00:47:24,620 And, and one of the things that they were suggesting was like, 823 00:47:24,630 --> 00:47:27,840 hey, like, how many baptisms are you gonna do this year? 824 00:47:27,850 --> 00:47:30,050 How many salvations? And I'm like, well, whoa, whoa, 825 00:47:30,060 --> 00:47:32,260 whoa. That doesn't sound like my job. 826 00:47:32,270 --> 00:47:34,480 Like, and I don't mean that in a way that like we're, you know, 827 00:47:34,550 --> 00:47:39,000 obviously like we have a role in, in like encouraging people 828 00:47:39,010 --> 00:47:43,340 to be baptized or to encouraging people to walk and take steps 829 00:47:43,350 --> 00:47:45,400 toward faith, right. Those are, those are things, 830 00:47:45,410 --> 00:47:47,420 right? But like, at some point it can 831 00:47:47,430 --> 00:47:52,440 veer into, well, I got to meet this goal in this metric anyway. 832 00:47:52,450 --> 00:47:56,650 It's it's gave me the ick when I was in my early 20s and still 833 00:47:56,660 --> 00:47:57,990 does now. Yeah, Yeah. 834 00:47:58,000 --> 00:48:03,330 I think it's that our goal shouldn't be that our goal 835 00:48:03,400 --> 00:48:08,070 shouldn't be metrics and stuff. It is a great byproduct and it 836 00:48:08,080 --> 00:48:10,350 is we should be ones to facilitate that. 837 00:48:10,360 --> 00:48:13,190 And of course we we have a mission and vision for a reason, 838 00:48:13,300 --> 00:48:16,490 because we want to be trusted neighbors. 839 00:48:16,500 --> 00:48:20,910 We want to be people that seek God's radical Kingdom and bring 840 00:48:20,920 --> 00:48:23,910 it forth. And we need a business approach 841 00:48:23,920 --> 00:48:27,620 in a sense, for that, of course, to run a building could have 842 00:48:27,630 --> 00:48:31,220 staff to do all those things. But if that becomes the primary 843 00:48:31,230 --> 00:48:33,440 focus, then what makes us different from any other 844 00:48:33,450 --> 00:48:37,040 business? Because that we're not. 845 00:48:37,250 --> 00:48:41,650 We're supposed to be the body of Christ and seeking out God's 846 00:48:41,660 --> 00:48:44,910 Kingdom. Yeah, and it and it, you know, 847 00:48:44,920 --> 00:48:50,410 makes me exceptionally more grateful for those who are who 848 00:48:50,420 --> 00:48:56,230 do have that, that mindset to be able to kind of run the facility 849 00:48:56,240 --> 00:48:58,810 and of things in the finances and all the things that like 850 00:48:58,820 --> 00:49:02,310 man, like that's, that's not the way my brain works. 851 00:49:02,580 --> 00:49:08,010 And like, God bless those folks. And so there are many of them in 852 00:49:08,020 --> 00:49:11,390 our church community that, you know, we are eternally grateful 853 00:49:11,400 --> 00:49:15,230 and indebted to. So anyway, anything else you 854 00:49:15,240 --> 00:49:17,490 want to say that you didn't get a chance to say earlier? 855 00:49:17,500 --> 00:49:20,630 And I think that was, I think that was, yeah, I think that's 856 00:49:20,640 --> 00:49:22,550 good. I think it's just the main like 857 00:49:22,560 --> 00:49:25,350 knowing and being known by God. And to know that individually, 858 00:49:25,360 --> 00:49:28,130 that's great. But as a community, that is also 859 00:49:28,140 --> 00:49:30,530 something we should actively be pursuing. 860 00:49:30,580 --> 00:49:33,850 That's great. Well, thank you again for all 861 00:49:33,860 --> 00:49:38,150 that you poured out for us and, and in the middle of like 862 00:49:38,220 --> 00:49:44,990 midterms the other week, like man, you are, you're just 863 00:49:45,110 --> 00:49:49,150 remarkable to see that all come to, you know, all come to 864 00:49:49,160 --> 00:49:54,090 fruition and, and just grateful for grateful for this and for 865 00:49:54,150 --> 00:49:57,490 Lord willing Moore. And so, like I said earlier, if 866 00:49:57,500 --> 00:50:01,740 you have any questions or thoughts connected to the sermon 867 00:50:01,750 --> 00:50:04,420 from the previous Sunday, feel free to send them to questions 868 00:50:04,430 --> 00:50:07,750 at corychurch.org. And so we hope that some of 869 00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:10,220 these conversations will help guide some conversation for you 870 00:50:10,230 --> 00:50:15,680 in your in your household with, with friends, with, with who, 871 00:50:15,750 --> 00:50:16,940 whomever you're interacting with. 872 00:50:16,950 --> 00:50:20,310 And so we hope this has been helpful and we'll see you next 873 00:50:20,320 --> 00:50:20,430 time.