Partners in Preaching the Gospel… What does that mean??

Paul writes an affectionate letter to the community at Philippi, making clear the strong relational bonds they share. He thanks God every time he thinks of them, and he calls them partners in God’s grace and preaching the gospel. But what on earth does preaching the gospel mean for Jesus, for Paul, and for us 2000 years later?! Jesus’ sense of God’s good news was most certainly shaped by the songs of his mama and aunties as he grew inside Mary’s womb and nursed at her breast. Mary’s revolutionary song inspired his own revolutionary mission statement (from Isaiah, recorded in Luke 4). Paul, in his typically Paul way (oy), points his friends to the good news as proclaimed and lived by Jesus. May we also preach and live good news for all God’s beloveds.