Christ Incognito
Don't go to church this Sunday without reading this gripping reflections on the weeks lectionary reading [Mathew 22:1-14]. It's a horrid passage that tangled us up last night with friends. A God who acts violently and indescrimentantly against the defenseless. Here's another slant that makes remarkable sense and relevence.
The parables of Christ, even the innocent, pastoral, tender, innocuous-seeming ones, conceal just below the surface a whiplash, a shock, a charge of dynamite. The stories set conventional expectations, whether concerning God, religion, politics, vocation, status and class, utterly off kilter.
A parable for today, if not tomorrow - the parable of the king's banquet by Jesuit Daniel Brennan in New York.
The parables of Christ, even the innocent, pastoral, tender, innocuous-seeming ones, conceal just below the surface a whiplash, a shock, a charge of dynamite. The stories set conventional expectations, whether concerning God, religion, politics, vocation, status and class, utterly off kilter.
A parable for today, if not tomorrow - the parable of the king's banquet by Jesuit Daniel Brennan in New York.
posted by Jeff at 10:14 pm
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