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Continue reading →: Invited to the Kingdom of Non Violence
Good Friday is a day filled with violence, filled with the routine violence of the empire. Jesus was arrested by armed soldiers at night. He was beaten. Mocked. Tried and convicted by authorities who want to preserve their power at all costs and so therefore appease a crowd. Ridiculed as…
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Continue reading →: Invited To Love and Service
Following the way of Jesus is hard. It almost always calls us to live in direct contradiction to the norms and goals of society. The Gospel of John gives us five chapters about what Jesus said at the Last Supper. To briefly summarize what Jesus talked about, love. Love that…
