…apocalypses are written when times are bad. They are not upbeat. In fact, they are always the code-language of the oppressed when times are worst. But the very fact that we have them, that apocalypses were enshrouded one day as sacred scripture, tells us who was vindicated.
Perhaps true kingship is not what it appears to be.
This week it’s going to be hard to try and love some people. Honestly, I can’t say that I will ever love them. I just can’t. What they do is against every Christian belief that I have, and I just can’t let that go. So am I going to do?
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I did not know how badly I needed this psalm until I read it. The way it both powerfully connected me with a human who wrote over 2000 years ago.
But I can promise that I will continue in community and open-hearted love with people of all political persuasions. I will speak my truth, and I will listen well to yours.
What if only one in ten followers of Christ is on the right track? Today’s gospel has some suggestions for improving our odds.
There’s nothing like an election to remind us about what we are hearing in James today, is there? Yes, without a doubt the most human part of human anatomy is the untamable tongue.
Jesus isn’t the kind of teacher who gives us new information.
It is all too easy to look at what is right in front of us and believe that there’s nothing else. But, we might learn more about what’s really valuable by examining what we don’t see, never noticed, or what has come and gone.