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The first challenge in Jesus’s vision of blessing is it counters the common one. The second is that the powerful like things the way they are.
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Jesus calls disciples with metaphor; an invitation that draws them into something beyond themselves, their history, and even their understanding.
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When the state makes enemies of protestors, it uses the language of violence as cover to use violence against them, to disempower them.
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In revealing the incarnation to shepherds and star watchers, we are given the sharp contrast of God’s love and joy against the madness of kings.
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Recent data shows the mainline clergy are more likely to be liberal than their congregations. We shouldn’t assume this is real. Or matters.
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The prologue to John reminds us of the eternal nature of God and the particular joy of the Incarnation gives us everlasting comfort and joy.
Make a New Normal
