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One of the things that has been so important for me to learn about the
Gospel of John
is we know that John was
written later than probably any the other gospels,
which means that we had three or four generations of Christian community of
people
that could gather together and
could have conversations about
who Jesus was in their prayer. How they experienced the risen Christ
in their lives. And it looked like they took
particular
healing events, miracle events in Jesus's life
and they literally had three generations of being in community to talk about
what that meant. That's why they're so few stories in John's gospel.
wWhat it really invites me into, and I think our community into,
is a sense
that Christ is always speaking in a new Word
and that while the scripture is important and these stories are important,
there is an expectation from the Gospel of John
that this is a tradition it's going to continue in the life of the Church. So there's
always a new word
and even though we live this very traditional life,
my expectation for myself and for my Brothers
and for the people that we minister with is about
a new Word. A Word - an experience for the risen Christ
the speaks our situation and who we are.