We want to be okay. We want to know that we are taken care
of. We want to enjoy life, but also our pursuit of that can sometimes make us
forget about the people around us. And if we make the pursuit of wealth and the
pursuit of power and the pursuit of luxury, if we make that the center of our
lives, then its Hades and torment coming our way, plain and simple.
This is powerful on a number of levels for us. On one level
it's very powerful because by the way, when Jesus talks about heaven and hell,
he's not talking about people believing the right things or acting the right
way or going to synagogue, or going to church. He's literally talking about how
we treat each other in this life.
And he's not just talking about being kind to one another or
being understanding and tolerant of one another. He is literally talking about
the fact that we live in a space of deep inequity, and we are completely
complicit in it. And this is Jesus talking 2000 years ago. This isn't just an
America problem or a Cincinnati problem. This is a human problem.
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