Living Liminally
This is a devotion I shared with the people of St. Timothy Lutheran Church. The reason for the many Lutheran references is because of the original intended audience. The principles apply to all Christians, however. Have you ever heard the term “liminal space?” It is: a threshold…Liminal spaces are transitional or transformative spaces. They are the waiting areas between one point in time and space and the next. …we have the feeling of just being on the verge of something. Liminal space is, of course, a literal space …But there are also spaces of liminality in our mental states. This, too, is a type of liminal space” (betterhelp.com/advice/general). As Lutherans, we think of that kind of space as living in the “now/not yet” of the kingdom of God. It is not the past, which is behind us and we are not yet in the future, which is unknown. Doesn’t it seem fitting to our lives today? It’s not an easy space to inhabit and it often makes us uncomfortable because we w...