The Hole in the Gospel

This week I started a 6-week study on The Hole in the Gospel. Around Sasha's coffee table we sat, eleven very different women sharing eleven reasons why they wanted to do this, all of us, radically loved and transformed women, hungering to live out the Gospel in the way that our Lord expects. I Corinthians 13 was set before us right off the bat. Because without the divine love of the Savior being poured into us and then back out...well, it's empty.

Yesterday I learned that a child dies every 21 seconds from a water-related disease. This amounts to nearly 6,000 deaths, or the equivalent of 20 jumbo jets crashing every day.

¹⁷And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And He opened the book and found the place where it was written,

THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME,

BECAUSE HE ANOINTED ME TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THE POOR.

HE HAS SENT ME TO PROCLAIM RELEASE TO THE CAPTIVES,

AND RECOVERY OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND,

TO SET FREE THOSE WHO ARE OPPRESSED,

19TO PROCLAIM THE FAVORABLE YEAR OF THE LORD."

20And He closed the book, gave it back to the attendant and sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on Him.

21And He began to say to them, "Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing."

Luke 4 = The Whole Gospel: Forgiveness, Justice, Compassion