Jesus’ mother and brothers came and stood outside. They sent someone in to get him. A crowd was sitting around Jesus. They told him, “Your mother and your brothers are outside. They are looking for you.”
“Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?” he asked.
Then Jesus looked at the people sitting in a circle around him. He said, “Here is my mother! Here are my brothers! Anyone who does what God wants is my brother or sister or mother.”
-Mark 3:31-35
Why do you think Jesus family waited for him outside?
How are you learning to acknowledge the distinct gifts and abilities that you and others bring into your experience of community?
How might you allow those in your community to call you beyond yourself into a fuller Jesus-shaped identity?
Do you believe that “the blood of the covenant is thicker than water?” Have you ever experienced kinship or family outside of your biological family?
RESOURCE: BRINGING CHURCH HOME