injustice

This horrific insurrection before our eyes is of the dumbest, most ignorant parts of America. It refuses to accept juridicial verdicts about the veracity of their claims, even the review by SCOTUS with three Trump appointees. It refuses to accept the legislative authority of the Electoral College and the executive authority of the Vice President.

A naive luxury of Christianity is that Good Friday has been repeated for centuries. The paradox of repetition is that either it creates a complete desensitization or it creates an obsession. The familiarity of Good Friday is such that it surpasses meaninglessness, becoming a blindspot, as seen among many American Protestants, who focus only on Easter.

This sermon was offered at St. Lydia's in Brooklyn, New York on the first Sunday of Lent, February 17, 2013. Worry. Luke 12.13-34 I was an anxious child. I worried about being left alone. I worried about doing the right thing, whatever that was. I worried that other kids would pick on me. I worried. And as I