The NorthWord
NorthWord is a daily Christian podcast from St. John's Fort Smith in collaboration with the Anglican Family. Hosted by Father Aaron from Fort Smith, Northwest Territories.
Here's how it works: Every Sunday we release the full sermon preached that morning. Then Monday through Saturday, you get 3-5 minute daily reflections based on that sermon - one thought you can actually use each day. Every Wednesday we explore the rhythm of Jesus' life and how his followers have lived it out for 2,000 years.
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The world has many categories. God declares one: those born of water and the Spirit. In a divided world, baptismal identity matters more than ever.
Good morning. This is Northword. The world has a lot of categories for you. God has one. Good morning. This is Northward, the Word, the North, your Week. A daily podcast from St. John's Fort Smith in collaboration with the Anglican family. I'm your host, Father Aaron.
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SPEAKER_00Peter in his epistle says, The people of God are a chosen race. Now the world defines race by blood, geography, ancestry, and skin. Those are categories that are real in the sense that they shape people's experiences and they carry genuine history, including painful history. And I'm not pretending that away. But Peter says something stunning. He says, God has declared one race, those born again of water and the spirit. That's it. That's the line that matters the most. Not the one that's drawn on a map or written on a census form, the one that's drawn in a font. This is not a flattening of differences. I'm not saying we don't see color theology, which honestly tends to just erase people's real stories. It's something far more powerful. A transcending of division. Your deepest identity is not ethnic, it's baptismal. The church is not to be a place of dividing lines. It's supposed to be the one place where they are generally overcome. Not ignored, not papered over, but overcome. Because Christ is the cornerstone and he holds all the stones together. What does it look like for you to live from your baptismal identity this week rather than from one of the other identities the world keeps handing you? Thank you for having joined us this morning. I hope you've enjoyed your time with us. Please feel free to use the text us link in the description to reach out. And until tomorrow, may God be with you. In the name of Flower, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.