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A Stranger Hospitality - 2: Rev. Dr. Matthew Kaemingk

 A Strange Hospitality

What examples can you think of where Jesus interacts with "different"? 
  • Jesus didn't act the same way every time; at some times he was tender, others harsh
  • The first word when we think of how to describe Jesus is not "nice"
  • Jesus is a complex figure with a lot of things to say, that aren't always predictable

Table Politics

"Christ is King, and that means Christians are not."

  • Temporal: Christ is King over history. Jesus alone controls the future of this country.
  • Spatial: Christ is King over Chilliwack, etc (diverse communities)

  • If Christ is King and truly sovereign, that impacts how we engage others as Christians
  • The King
    (Kingship looks different for Jesus; he executes his kingship differently)
    • Healing King
      - Even amidst the chaos (Mount of Olives), he demonstrates peace and healing (heals the soldier on 'the other team')
    • Naked King
      - Naked, up on the cross, the soldiers laughed at him and imagined that they had exposed Jesus as a fraud and failure; not true (according to Klaas Schilder) -- instead, Jesus is exposing all of us 
      - But blessed be His name -- Christ does not leave us exposed and naked in shame; he reclothes us, this time in his grace
    • Hospitable King
      - The very first thing God did in creation was an act of hospitality (filling the earth)
      - On the cross, it isn't a joyful act of hospitality, but a costly, painful one; he does this for everyone -- not just those who moderate or assimilate, but his enemies
      - When he does this act of hospitality, he purchases me for a life of hospitality
  • Prophetic, Priestly, and Royal forms of Hospitality
    • Prophetic: Jesus's teaching, shining a light on the darkness; says things that are uncomfortable
      • We are called to do the same. Sometimes we "edit" ourselves
    • Priestly: Healer, mediator, reconciler, peacemaker
      • In our schools, we have some prophets and we have some priests - they find their wholeness and need for one another in Christ
      • Both are needed, but need to be found in Christ and in relationship with each other
    • Royal: responsibility to maintain order, to honour Christ's order and law
      • Purpose of a school is not policies and procedures, but every school needs these
    • In Christ we find the fulfillment of all three of these things
    • QUESTION: Which of these comes most naturally to you? Which might you need to grow in?

The (im)Possibility of Table Politics

  • The beginning of Christian hospitality is recognizing that we have limits, finites, restrictions and must find our strength in Christ
  • We will not be sustained as schools by focusing on our boundaries. We will be sustained by focusing on our centre.
  • What makes a house a home is the table. Christ has initiated a Table Politics -- a way to sit at the table with deep difference and stay there by His power, not our own

Questions:
  • Which of Christ's responses to difference make you feel the most uncomfortable? Why?
  • How might abiding in Christ transform your responses to difference is that deep, fast, and close?

Q&A Notes

Divine Command Ethics vs Virtue Ethics
  • Divine command ethics grounds morality in a deity's commands, making rightness dependent on divine will, while virtue ethics focuses on character and cultivating moral virtues like courage and justice, with the goal of a good life rather than just adhering to rules
If we wait until all of our motivations are "right" before acting in a right way, we will be waiting forever. "Fake it til you make it."











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