Neighbor God
Matthew 22: 34-46 New Ark United Church of Christ, Newark, DE October 25, 2026 Lawn sign that reads "No importa de dónde eres, estamos contentos que seas nuestro vecino" (Spanish), "No matter where you are from, we're glad you're our neighbor" (English), and "لا يهم اين ولدت، و لكننا سعداء أنكم جيراننا" (Arabic). A personal experience of the sacred or divine is a mystical thing. It’s not something that’s up for argument or debate but neither should it be dismissed out of hand. We are alive in a mystery which should provoke profound questions about who we are and our place in the universe. Jesus questions a group of Pharisees about who the Messiah is, and when Jesus comes back at them with his own interpretation, from that day on no one dared ask him any more questions. Living in an empire has a way of dampening curiosity and turning questions into an opportunity for discovering a loophole or a weakness. Questions also make us vulnerable...
