Where Is Sacred Space to Be Found?

I have been reading through both of these books which present stories about finding God in the most unlikeliest places. Jesus in the Margins expresses that the place where God hangs out the clearest is in the margins of life, and Theirs is the Kingdom reveals how Christ is evident in the most unassuming places in urban America.

This leads me to ask the question: Where can we find sacred space? If by sacred space, we mean where God is present, then it is become more clear to me everyday that God is in places where we least expect God to be. When Jesus lived in Palestine almost 2000 years ago, he hung out with tax collectors, sick people, prostitutes -- people who did not make the "most likely to do anything" list. The religious leaders of the day saw God only in the special places, the most "holy" places, but Jesus reveals that sacred space is wherever God is, wherever God shows up. If we get any idea where God does show up from Jesus' ministry, we begin to see that sacred space is among the marginalized, the disenfranchised, the destitute, the alienated.

Therefore, in reflecting on how we are to be church in Lake County, perhaps we need to reflect on where God is making space sacred here in Lake County -- because that is where God connects with us.

sacred space, the gathering that meets at Panera Bread on Rollins in Round Lake Beach, beginning again on Sunday December 2nd from 6pm - 8pm, seeks to explore how we can be church in Lake County by helping one another have eyes to see where God is hanging out -- and hopefully also to have ears to hear what God is saying.