You hear phrases so often that you can forget what they say. This story, a composite of people and places I have known, is one way to understand what the kingdom of God can be like when it draws near, and you turn around (which is what “repent” means) and you open your heart and soul to actually believe good news.It is not without significance that all of this happens between a young man and an older woman. The clergy presence here is at best “tangential”!
The work of the church is best done by ordinary folks who themselves have entered the kingdom.
In peace
David