Remember how you thought you weren’t blessed? Why should your enemies be any less blessed?
Self-Worth
Blessed
Blessed. Even these, Jesus says, are blessed. “For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
“Jesus was a socialist…”
The radical claim of Jesus is not that we are so much free from something—oppression, marginalization, even sin or death—but that we are free for something. And that something is the terrifying prospect of being able to love in the ultimate way…unconditionally and sacrificially.
Time to come clean…
I think part of the problem is that I sort of lost focus. I had begun to drift into what can be a dangerous area for writers. I had started to think I needed to write about things people wanted to read.
…The powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse
Beyond just the loss of Williams and his creative force, I also find myself mourning the inescapable reality that so much of what brings us joy and life is borne out of such deep and destructive pain.
