No Superheroes Needed.

I have read the gospels, and in them Jesus doesn't spend much time hyping the media superstars of his day. Rather, he celebrates the little people, the ordinary folks--a widow who gives one small coin from the treasury of her heart, a woman who spends precious money on ointment to soothe the weary feet of someone she loves. Ann Boaden, "His Loving Kindness" as printed in The Lutheran Journal, V0l 81




James reads...Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in distress... He's not telling us to be superheroes. He's asking us to take care of each other, take care of His creation. What he wants you to do is probably right underneath your nose.....

It does not need to look great in any one else's eyes because we live dependently on the grace of God for any power that we have. When all is said and done, little ol' you and little ol' me will have done something great for God's kingdom.





 Creator God of all that is good and beautiful, fill us with your kindness and forgiveness that we may share the gifts you have uniquely given to each of us and reflect your love. Amen.