Daily observations about following Jesus
We look down on beggars. We figure that they are people who couldn’t get control of themselves, who couldn’t find socially acceptable ways to live. We ignore them if we can. We turn our eyes away. We drop a quarter in the bucket at Christmas, hoping that the beggar with the bell will stop ringing […]
Read More…A shore can make a great amphitheater. Not the kind of shore that is sand for a thousand feet, not a beach, but a shore. Kind of rocky, a hill creating a bowl, that kind of shore. And so, with that kind of shore in mind, it is possible to imagine a crowd listening to […]
Read More…It’s okay to hide. Sometimes, anyway. We looked at some people searching for Jesus yesterday. He had spent the night healing people, whatever illness they brought to him. When day came, he left for a secluded place. He needed some rest. And then the people came looking for him, wanting him to stay and keep […]
Read More…Jesus had boundaries. He had never read the book, “Boundaries”, not having created the authors of that book yet. However, he knew that doing everything and being always with everyone was outside his reason for being. So he went away. The text at the end of the fourth chapter of Luke suggests that he had […]
Read More…I am aware of the dangers of authority, or perhaps more accurately, of authoritarianism. There is a tremendous danger in rigidity, in rejection of individuality, in rampant conformity. Religion is frequently associated with authoritarianism. When we read in Luke 4 that the people “were amazed at his [Jesus’] teaching, for his message was with authority,” […]
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