The Structure of Belonging

What does belonging feel like to you? When have you sensed it? There’s something about belonging that’s hard to pin down. Belonging is more often felt before it can be described. But belonging is more than a feeling. Dustin Benac, writing as part of The Presbyterian Outlook’s “Belonging Project”  writes that “Belonging is the condition of possibility for the life of faith to take material form.” That has Pastor John thinking about what Jesus may have meant when he said “I am the gate” and “I am the good shepherd” who protects them in the sheepfold and calls his own sheep and leads them out.” Belonging has a material form — relationship, shared life, and practices.  Music: A special arrangement by Nate Strasser of “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands.”

Tags: [John 10:1-10;Acts 2:42-47; The Presbyterian Outlook’s Belonging Project;Willie Jennings; Dietrich Bonhoeffer Life Together]