Tweet My Thoughts and Jesus’ Thoughts Luke 4:22-30 May the Word of Jesus Christ be revealed to us with the Holy Spirit and may your grace be poured into the hearts of the people in this Spirit–filled sanctuary! Amen. I would like to start with by posing a few questions… just listen to the questions and quietly reflect upon your answers. Okay, the first question: Do you think that you are truly a Lutheran? Obviously there are people whose background is not Lutheran, so perhaps a better question would be: Do you think that you are deeply rooted in Christianity? Let me ask the second question. Do you think that you are a deeply–rooted Japanese, American or a certain ethnicity? Even more specifically…do you think you are deeply–rooted in a certain city or state? For example do you consider yourself an Angelino, a Californian, a Texan, a Bostonian or any sort of specific identity? Please keep the thought of which identity you have in your mind, meanwhile, I would like to dive into the Gospel text. Two weeks ago, I attended the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr service and have been reflecting on his life’s work (of racial equality) and death. When I think about what is happening in this country, Racism is still prevalent across the United States and people of all races, regardless of identity, are struggling with racism. I believe, these issues are directly related to the Gospel text that we are reading today. The region of Galilee was originally where Gentiles…
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