How open is this church we find ourselves in? How much do we demand others to be like us in order to be part of the club? Are we a little like the boys in our neighborhood who hung the no girls allowed sign on the front of their clubhouse? How selective are we when it comes to who gets in and who doesn’t and what are the criteria?

“Slytherin wanted to be more selective about the students admitted to Hogwarts. He believed that magical learning should be kept within all magic families. He disliked taking students of Muggle parentage, believing them to be untrustworthy.

If you’re a Harry Potter fan you recognize the quote. If not you’re probably lost but the bottom line is we all have a tendency to look down on someone and that tends to divide rather then incorporate. If the Kingdom of God is about reconciling men to God and each other I suggest we start finding ways to open the doors and include rather then ways to make our club more exclusive.