Longer Tables, Shorter Walls: Every Body Belongs by Rev. Fred Harrell

Rev. Fred Harrell continues our Summer Sermon Series, "Longer Tables, Shorter Walls", with a sermon from John 10 and Acts 2 titled "Every Body Belongs".  All are welcomed, loved and affirmed (🌈) at City Church. "The idea that our bodies don’t matter to God is a lovely idea that comes from a warm place with a cozy blanket, but it is not true. To be sure, I am a beloved child of God, but it does matter what happens to my body. Our bodies matter. If they didn’t, why would Jesus bother with the incarnation? Seems messy to go through all that spit and sweat and suffering if it was merely about souls. Jesus could have snapped a finger, Thanos-style, and waved goodbye to the dominions of darkness. It certainly would have been so much cleaner (and less painful) that way. But Jesus chose to take on a body and enter what it means to be human, even all the snotty bits we blush about. The Word became flesh, and we try to turn it back into words again. Our theology is incarnational because bodies matter." - Amy Kenny, My Body Is Not a Prayer Request