G is for Growing Up- Rev. Wendy McCormick- June 9,2024

Luke 2:40-52 "But thanks to them and likely to other relatives and friends whose names are long lost to history, Jesus grew in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and his fellow humans. Maybe it gives us pause to give thanks for those who have helped us attain whatever modicum of wisdom and stature we have. Maybe thinking about what it’s like to be 12, what it’s like to clash with your parents, what it’s like to be excited and engrossed by something, helps us to lean into the fully human Jesus, especially when we turn the page and it’s some 18 years later as his public ministry begins. Maybe we allow ourselves to imagine what might have happened in between. And what it might have been like for those who had watched him grow up to see those next three years unfold, especially when the religious leaders who had been so impressed by him eventually turned on him. And mostly what it might mean for us to lean into our own fullest humanity as we follow the one we confess is fully human, fully God. "