When you greet me, do give me the handshake?
Or the high five? Or the fist bump? Or the bro-hug? Which is it going to be?
There are so many ways! And so many ways that I will now mess it up.
If you give me the fist bump, I will shake your fist by mistake.
Uuuuugh!
There’s nothing worse than getting a simple greeting wrong.
If I can’t connect with you at the level of a handshake, how can I connect with you at all?
That’s what I love about Jesus. He simply connects.
In the bible, we have the story where Jesus walks right up to Zacchaeus and skips past the handshake.
Instead Jesus says, “Zacchaeus. I’m coming to your home now for a meal.”
With Jesus, we don’t have to worry about social conventions. All we have to do is let him in.
But I reckon Jesus would’ve been a bro-hugger. And I still would’ve got it wrong.
