1. The last hymn Jesus sung at passover is thought to have been the Hallel (Psalm 118). 2. We need a global solution that is neither empire nor revolution and certainly not war. 3. Sin is the failure to make a choice for good. In every moment we have a choice. Choose wisely. 4. Jesus the better Adam passes the test in a different garden. 5. "You wouldn't talk that way to God, so why you talking that way to others?" 6. One of the most radical things we can do in a world in turmoil is to go home and love our families. 7. Our Christianity doesn't need to be toxic and certainly doesn't need to be complicated. To be continued....
I am autistic, so there are often phrases that go around in my head for literal years. One is "How quickly our lives go before us." An old elder at a free church on the Island of Skye where I was raised used to say it. The older I get, the more I realise how wise this elder was.