No one is proud of weakness. We don’t like to put our brokenness on display. But the Lord’s Table confronts us with our wounded bodies. The brokenness of Christ’s body confronts us with the wounds in our own life. In this short article, Isaac reflects on the way our congregations are broken and distributed as former members go to new places. Though it’s sad to watch people go, it may also be a sign of good news. Here’s an excerpt:
Our Mennonite identity is always disturbed; the church is broken; our congregations are torn. People come and go. Disagreements reemerge and threaten to drive us apart. Congregations dissolve, and others are born. The church is in a precarious state of unsettled tornness. That’s simply what it means to be the body of Christ. We shouldn’t attempt to hide our divisions and our wounds. In fact, we confess that this tornness is part of the good news. “The body of Christ, broken for you.”
If you want to read the whole thing, please follow this link:”The broken body of Christ,” The Mennonite (May 5, 2009)