How Does God Judge?

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

Talk to me about your plans for a just peace and you’ll have my attention – and perhaps my vote.

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

I have difficulty imagining a better world. It could really be that we have heaven on Earth, your reign present right now.

I have no difficulty imagining that the worst feature in the world is its human population.

Working toward some decent balance that keeps the system from collapse requires effort and great discipline, but you have made it possible.

Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“C’mon up to the front folks. You’ll hear a lot better.”

[No amplification, so He had to say something like this, right? But no, He didn’t – remember, no English, not even the King James.]

D. Blog: A Parable

"Sheep and goats..."

A new flight attendant was assigned to the first-class section of a plane for the first time. One of the businessmen in her section asked for a bottle of Perrier water. There being none at hand, she headed to the galley in the coach section to see if she could find some there. As she made her way through coach, another passenger asked for some milk for her hungry child.

"I'm sorry," she replied, "this isn't my section."

Unknown to her, the chairman of the board of the airline was seated across the aisle on his annual coach flight to sample the airline's service.