“You know, Dad, the church is the people, not the building.” –my 5 year old son
Paul’s letter to Philemon teaches us how we are to be a church in Manchester: to be vulnerable in our relationships, to count the cost of community, to seek the mercy of others.
We can’t know everything about what God looks like, but He has given us all we need in order to know Him. One of the reasons Jesus died is for us to see God. Through Jesus we get to be able to know God, to see Him as a delight, and to look forward to the day when we will see Him face to face.
As we seek to be a healthy church in Chorlton, we gladly welcome questions and even have space for questions at our Sunday worship gatherings. This is a great one: is it selfish to choose to follow Jesus?
When we go through difficult times, we often search for a reason why. We all have knee jerk reactions: it’s this person’s fault, the universe is against me, it’s all my fault. But these knee jerk reactions aren’t always helpful.
In Manchester as in Heaven
In Manchester as in heaven is a prayer of hope. It’s asking God to have this world reflect something better.
It can also be a cry of pain, as we have yet to experience this world as it ought to be. We all bear the scars from living in a world that is far from perfect.
Saying “in Manchester as in heaven” is also a protest. It means taking a stand against all that seeks to destroy us and our world, pushing back everything that stops us from being humans fully alive.
When Jesus taught us to pray, one of the lines he told us was to ask our Father to work “on earth as in heaven.” God is building a family here on earth, one that reflects a new way to be human and flourish in this world, one that aches and yearns and sometimes even cries out to say, “in Manchester as in heaven.” Even in the midst of pain, though, this family is hopeful as it looks to the King to set things right.
If you’d like to learn more about what it means to experience this for yourself and live it out, why not learn more and join us on a Sunday morning?
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