As we continue our “Good Enough” sermon series, and meditate on what it means to release oppressive expectations about perfection in our lives and in our faith, this week we turn to a harmful idea that the prescription for our fear of failure is to simply work harder. As the book Good Enough reminds us, “We might feel we are climbing an ‘endless staircase’ of achievement, for high grades or success…[in] caregiving, work, or social pressure.” This Lent, we are taking some time to stop climbing ladders and staircases, to tend our souls slowly and lovingly, tilling the soil and fertilizer, and embracing our holy, “good enough,” lives. We look at one of Jesus’ many healing stories with the Samaritan woman at the well, where He sees an invisible need and crosses barriers to meet it.
We affirm that God’s love and grace come without price and making ourselves sick with overwork is not the answer to what ails us. And yet, God does call us to work together to alleviate the suffering of others. Why? Not so we can buy the golden ticket to eternal life, but so that all might know a heaven of help right here on earth.
Join us in this restorative and transformative conversation! AND DON’T FORGET TO JOIN US IN THE BOOK STUDIES OF GOOD ENOUGH ON MONDAYS 3/20 (in person) AND 3/27 (on zoom) both at 7 PM.