Father Snort

Brad Sullivan 2 Christmas, Year B December 31, 2017 Emmanuel, Houston John 1:1-18 The Questioners, the Loners, the Kids with Behavior Problems… Over the weekend, a priest friend of mine and I talking and joking together about challenges of church life, and she said, “Yeah, church would be great if it wasn’t for all the people.” It’s a common joke about the imperfections of the Church which is the ecclesia (or gathering) of Jesus’ friends. Jesus’ ecclesia of friends began as a rather rag tag group of also-rans, the island of misfit toys type folks who needed and wanted the love and belonging which Jesus was offering. Being a rag tag group of folks, the church was always an imperfect bunch, and that proud tradition has continued on to this day. As the church, the ecclesia, the gathering of Jesus’ friends we’re a group of people who follow in Jesus’ ways, except when we don’t. We