Retired Pastor David Nelson preached today. The Gospel spoke of the foolish bridesmaids that missed out on the wedding because they ran out of oil in their lamps and were shut out of the wedding feast. Whether this is an allegory or a parable, it is difficult to understand why God would shut anyone out of the wedding feast (signifying the Kingdom of God).
He uses bread and wine as an example of an earthly food but also a sacred mystery signifying communion in the Kingdom of God
Using experiences from his life this past week, he shows us how the sacred and the earthly constantly intermix, and that in everyday life we have glimpses of the divine all the time. The Gospel seems to infer that if we are not careful, or are perhaps too pre-occupied by other things, we can miss these small but sacred glimpses of the Kingdom of God.