Monthly Archives: November 2019

In the light of an economics of ‘enough’, the ‘woes’ of Luke 6 take on a different light.  They are not the petty vindictive punishments of a God who says ‘I told you so.’  They are the birth pangs of a new community.  They are the hunger pangs that precede a new and healthful diet of righteousness.   They are the bum notes that all saints play as we learn a new song of sibling-hood – the sound of our final fences falling.  Our tears and mourning at heaven’s banquet are but the last regrets of a fading delusion, as Jesus wipes each one from our eyes. Continue reading →