CHRIST IN WINTER:
Reflections on Faith & Life for the Years of Winter
Yes, I shall judge you
No matter how many times
You recite your arrogant
Rationalizing
Self-centered
Self-righteous
Meme
Your attempt to avoid
The responsibility
For your grabby and grubby
heart
Your attempt to proclaim
Yourself the victim
Because your darkness
Has been brought to light
Proclaiming the faults of others
To excuse your own
No, I shall not agree
To disagree
That lust and love
Are equal choices
Nor are forgiveness and
revenge
Greed and sharing
War and peace
Sloth and usefulness
Falsehood and truth
Civility and rudeness
Profane and sacred
Pornography and art
Violence and persuasion
Selfishness and generosity
Anger and calm
I don’t care what your
reasons
For choosing evil over
good
It is still evil, and I
shall judge it so
I shall not agree
That it is normal
That it is just the way it
is
That it is okay
Because everybody does it
No one has ever said
“I’ve got to be me”
To explain good behavior
I refuse to let the world
die
Because I did not
Take my stand
To proclaim
That love is
Better than hate
We sinners love one
another
Only by calling sin by its
true name
Yes, I shall be “judgy”
Always
On behalf of love
John Robert McFarland
“…Jesus consistently
radicalized the Torah by applying it to the inner self rather than just to
behavior. What was needed was a new heart.” Marcus Borg, Jesus, A New Vision
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