Jesus' Advice

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

What is war but the extreme example of throwing babies out with the bath water?

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

Your tears flow in the falling rain. They are your reaction to the pain we cause one another. Terrorist attacks around the world, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, brutal oppression by governments, rebel forces that kill civilians and civil authority figures, urban gangs, poverty that robs hope, misplaced government priorities that value armaments above education – all the ways we show how little we value individual human life. It all makes you weep as you wept over the city of Jerusalem, a like so many that knew not the ways of peace. When I think about it, I’m left with two reactions: I cry with you, and I’ll try not to be a cause of tears for you.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“Here’s my advice when you’re having difficulty: use your Easy Button.”

[It’s not that easy for most of us, so He never said it.]

D. Blog: Dealing with Anger

The preacher said, “Live the energy of your anger into the energy of love.”
I’m working on it.