Let me toss this out and see if it resonates: We more-liberal Christians are afraid that if we let go and let God, so to speak, then those “righteous” Christians we don’t like will be right. And that’s our sin. We forget Paul’s message to the Galatians (because we’re still afraid Paul is a misogynist) that we are all one in Christ--and the other stuff doesn’t matter. Thats God’s grace and a statement of unity. Unity--such a novel idea today and would solve so many problems. It begins with suspending disbelief even for a moment, yes? And because we can’t necessarily force ourselves to do that, we come to the risen Lord with humility and ask if of Him. Easter is with us for one more month. What if we try abiding just one day at a time through this season of resurrection? Just thinking about this lightens my load.
Paradox is real. Something real is happening (although church attendance is a tepid way of describing it, for me) AND sin gets in the way.
Yup. And we are afraid to talk about sin too. Rohr said it, I think: what we resist persists!
Let me toss this out and see if it resonates: We more-liberal Christians are afraid that if we let go and let God, so to speak, then those “righteous” Christians we don’t like will be right. And that’s our sin. We forget Paul’s message to the Galatians (because we’re still afraid Paul is a misogynist) that we are all one in Christ--and the other stuff doesn’t matter. Thats God’s grace and a statement of unity. Unity--such a novel idea today and would solve so many problems. It begins with suspending disbelief even for a moment, yes? And because we can’t necessarily force ourselves to do that, we come to the risen Lord with humility and ask if of Him. Easter is with us for one more month. What if we try abiding just one day at a time through this season of resurrection? Just thinking about this lightens my load.
You make some compelling points. Especially being afraid to admit Paul was right.