Do you know the way?

Scripture: Acts 7:55-60  • Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16  • 1 Peter 2:2-10  • John 14:1-14

This week's readings contain the imagery of rocks and stones - the stoning of Stephen, the rock of refuge and fortress in Psalm 31, and living stones building a spiritual house, believing on the living stone which is the cornerstone the builders rejected. See "And then the Stones Cried Out, " by Native American writer Coyote Terry Aleck and Melanie Delva.

These passages are read together with this week's gospel account in which Jesus tells us he is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and that he goes to prepare a house for us - that in his Father's house there are many mansions. That no one comes to the Father except by him. What does he mean? What is the way? What are false gods? Do you know the way? See Debie Thomas' "You Know the Way," and Susan Butterworth's "All We Need."

Is Jesus inclusive or exclusive in his statement that no one comes to the Father except by him? Consider "No Power Shortage Here, " by The Rev. Dr. Fred A. Anderson.