The Work Of Community, Love, Reconciliation, Restoration

David, Moses, Saul Of Tarsus, These Were All People Who Did Terrible Terrible Things  -  they Were Murderers. The Bible Would Be A Lot Shorter Without Grace.

We Think Of Justice Sometimes As Getting What You Deserve, You Know  -  what Crime Was Committed And What Is The Punishment For That Crime. That's How A Lot Of The Criminal Justice Works. But God's Justice Is Restorative, So It's Not As Interested In Those Same Questions Of "what Did They Do Wrong?" And "what Is The Punishment For That?" It's More About What Harm Was Done And How Do We Heal That Harm, And That's A Much More Redemptive Version. So, It Definitely Doesn't Turn A Blind Eye To Harm, But It Does Say We Want To Heal The Wounds Of That.

There Is A Difference Between Feeding Someone And Eating Dinner With Them. If Every Christian At Home Just Made Room For The Stranger We Would End Homelessness Overnight.

Karl Barth Said It Well: "we Have To Read The Bible In One Hand... And The Newspaper In The Other." Our Faith Should Not Cause Us To Escape This World But To Engage It.

There Are Folks Who Burn The Koran And Hold Signs Saying, "god Hates Fags" And All Sorts Of Sick Things - And They Often Hijack The Headlines With Hatred. We Know That Is Not What Christ Was Like.