tradition
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Christian tradition has a troubled past with purity, making it another thing to adhere to rather than a matter of love and grace.
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The thing about claiming tradition is that it is precisely that: a claim. That doesn’t make it real, right, or true. We’re for the status quo.
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The gap in this week’s lectionary tells the story of the healing of the Demoniac. But that isn’t the part that astounds us.
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In celebrating the Feast of St. John, we are invited into an elaborate depiction of faith which combines multiple figures into one.
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For a gospel passage that lays the foundation for some big tradition, shouldn’t we take the context more seriously?
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It is hard to square a posture that leans away from change when the gospel itself is fundamentally about change.