The Gospel... it's the little things

We are back this week for Gospel and Global Media class thinking about what the gospel is/means in light of our conversations and blogs and class readings, etc... over the last several weeks. To be honest I wasn't too thrilled to have to write again what I think the gospel is. My definition hasn't changed much in the last few weeks.

However, while I was thinking this morning after reading a classmates blog who shared a story of an Easter vigil baptism that she was a part of - actually the godmother to a 60 year old (Cool hey!) I got to thinking - YES! That is it the gospel comes to us, changes us, encourages us, invites us in through the little things in/of life.

My first post about the gospel a few weeks ago was pretty theological (I suppose that I what I thought the professors wanted right?) and so this time around I just want to reflect briefly on how the "little things" in life is really where the gospel is revealed.

Before social media and internet and YouTube and Facebook we experienced the "little things" in life through handshakes, hugs and smiles. A note delivered by snail mail. A phone call from a long lost friend. Dinner with others. All of these "little things" are still around, but social media has brought into our lives a whole new realm of how the "little things" can come to us. A poke on Facebook. A private message from a long lost friend. A chat with someone in another country. A text message containing a prayer that I can access again and again. A voicemail from a loved one who has died that I can listen to over and over. These are the "little things" in which the gospel also roots itself. God reveals himself to us everyday in our comings and goings whether person to person or through our social media connections.

Don't just look for God and the gospel at church on Sunday morning, take a moment to hear, see, experience, and share the good news, the gospel through the "little things."