What's Next to Godliness?

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

Would it be a good war if no civilians died?

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

I have long heard the saying that cleanliness is next to godliness.
I suppose you don’t mind cleanliness, but it seems to me that it does not rank very high on your list of priorities – nowhere near justice, peace, love, mercy, truthfulness and wisdom, for instance.

I think of the leaves in our yard or the pine needles on our roof. If you were such a neat freak, would you have done trees that way? I don’t think so.

You seem to consider what we call dirt and disorder part of the natural process. We humans are the ones who can’t handle them. Yet we put up with war and starvation, homelessness and desperate poverty in a world of plenty. I hear you saying we should clean up those disgraceful messes and stop fussing about our nails and our lawns.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“Where’s my remote?”

[He didn’t say it. Maybe didn’t need one…]

D. Blog: A Haiku

We grew apart.
I left.
I’m entering another relationship.

[On leaving one church for a new one.]