What Ifs

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

How many dead warriors does it take to create peace?

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

You reach out to us through questions of meaning and purpose. The polar experiences of suffering and ecstasy push us to ask “Why?” That also leads us to you, because at that point we’re ready to step beyond our mundane or frantic lives and encounter you.

The suffering comes as a cross, the ecstasy as a blessing. Neither can be programmed or scheduled. Both are to be accepted I we are to meet you as divine source and end. To reject either is to reject you, to reject the invitation to be engaged with you in the fullness of life. It is always you who make the invitation, and it is a standing invitation. I have submitted my RSVP.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“Just have a seat in the waiting area. I’ll see you in a few minutes.”

[Not what He said when the sick man was lowered through the roof.]

D. Blog: What Ifs

- What if millions of people believed the story of Hansel and Gretel was literally true? Suppose someone proposed to know the place where the witch’s house was and it became a place of pilgrimage…

- What if a scholar in “the East” found evidence of a westward trek by other scholars from 2000 years earlier. Then she could make lots of money by taking believers on camel caravans to Bethlehem…

- What if an entrepreneur offered pieces of Noah’s ark for sale on e-Bay? I wonder how many he could sell…

- What if I had a lock of Marilyn Monroe’s hair? How much money do you think I could get for it?