H,
We need to make the move
from the singular to the plural and then to the singular again. This is the
whole essence of the Church. It is not the end of individuality but the end of
individualism. We must come to community as individuals but make our way as a
Church. We may not all think the same thoughts, or hold the same sacraments as
vital or agree on doctrine but we are going in the same direction and we share
the same home.
There is no longer Jew or
Gentile but there is also no longer poor or rich, sick or well, man or woman in
the divisive sense. All come must come together and act in one heart: the heart
of the creator.
This is not some utopian
construct but the people we will forever be and how we will live in eternity. This
is what God is doing. This is His Kingdom, the Holy light of all ages.
We are coming together not
to be ruled by the whims and temperaments of “anointed” or charismatic men or
women but by the love of God shed abroad in our hearts. We eat at the table of
grace as equals, all in need of salvation, all being transformed, all connected
into the singular by the vastness of our God. We sit at His right hand as one,
like Christ and with Christ, the Holy adoption is to make all women and all men
children of God in the most direct sense.

The world seems far from
this grand picture, I know. This is why we are pilgrims and not earthlings. Things
never feel quite right. We are not here to stay. We are on the road home.