God could have been an aloof deity cloistered in the clouds. Or a mystery so vexing no one bothered approaching. But the God of Christianity chose to show up among us wearing skin. As an act of intimacy, Jesus became like us, human in every day. During his years of ministry, he had a holy habit of moving towards anyone left out or left behind, claiming as family anyone estranged because of their disease or isolated because of their despair. Pulling each child of God closer, acting in solidarity, and widening the circle, Jesus showed his followers that love is never an act for but rather a radical accompaniment with. Trying to imitate his precedent, Haywood St. has adopted a new mission statement, “Relationship, above all else.”
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