Moving On

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

Call me crazy, but I agree with Gandhi: peace is possible.

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

In spite of the daily barrage of bad news and dreadful behavior, the good news outweighs it by far.
The sun rises to the east.
I breathe.
My brain functions.
The cosmos could go on without me, but has a place for me.
You could go on without me, but have a place for me.
My soul knows peace.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“Oh, Martha, stop whining.”

[No, not His style.]

D. Blog: A Parable

"The Spirit/wind blows where it will..."

The dominion of God acts like a wall clock that has three hands.

One hand moves quite rapidly. Even as you watch, its movement is obvious.

Another hand seems not to move. But if you turn away for a
moment, then look again, its movement is also noticeable.

The third hand seems locked in place. But if you turn away from the clock and follow another interest, when you look again at this third hand, it, too, will have moved.

And who can say one hand's movement is more significant than another's?

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This parable grew out of a group study of Jesus' parable of the workers in the vineyard, Matthew 20:1-16. This version, a simile more than it is a true parable, does not have the financial element. That might blunt the impact Matthew's story has. Or, it might help our understanding of the original because we do not become distracted by economic questions.