Socially Disruptive Possibilities || The Great Resignation
Sunday, January 22, 2023 || 11:00am
Rev. Dr. Donna Claycomb Sokol || Pastor
“In her essay ‘Feminism and Modern Friendship,’ Marilyn Friedman says every good friendship has ‘socially disruptive possibilities.’ This is the case because friendships enable people to break free from the most uncompromising and unhealthy dimensions of a culture,” making friendships a powerful source of social change. Paul Wadell picks up on this theme in his book Becoming Friends, suggesting that the church at its best is a community of “socially disruptive possibilities” as people gather to become “adept at imagining and practicing more truthful and hopeful ways of life."
A new series begins this morning starting with Matthew's telling of the call of the first disciples who immediately leave everything—their jobs and their families—to follow Jesus. What are we willing to leave behind to follow Jesus? How might we gain strength from one another to become the fullness of who Jesus invites us to be? Join us on Sunday as we ponder one of the first "Great Resignations."