Kenosis to Solidarity: A Reflection on The Church Cracked Open by Stephanie Spellers

Abstract

The journey of kenosis is the beautiful struggle that each one of us is invited to walk. To let go. To lay down life. In her book The Church Cracked Open: Disruption, Decline, and New Hope for Beloved Community, Rev. Stephanie Spellers says that on this journey of kenosis we, “let die what needs to die, so that God’s new creation can be born. Let the cracks form, let the jar break, so the oil can finally flow free.” But embedded within that journey is a question that we are invited to live: where does the kenotic path lead? This reflection discusses the necessary direction of kenosis toward greater solidarity with all things.