An alternative orthodoxy is never stingy with grace or inclusion
because it has surrendered to a God who is infinitely
magnanimous and creative in the ways of love and mercy.
- Richard Rohr
Jesus' Kingdom ethic is here and now.
Love, peace, goodwill are not contested virtues.
The hardest part is enacting what is known
with what we do personally,
as communities, as governments,
institutions, and organizations.
as communities, as governments,
institutions, and organizations.
We're talking Spirit-power run
on the fuel of Jesus' atonement -
on the fuel of Jesus' atonement -
the life blood of any Kingdom ethic.
- R.E. Slater
February 2, 2015
February 2, 2015
Langston Hughes 113th Birthday
"I Dream a World"
I dream a world where man
No other man will scorn,
Where love will bless the earth
And peace its paths adorn,
I dream a world where all
Will know sweet freedom's way,
Where greed no longer saps the soul
Nor avarice blights our day.
A world I dream where black or white,
Whatever race you be,
Will share the bounties of the earth
And every man is free,
Where wretchedness will hang its head
And joy, like a pearl,
Attends the needs of all mankind
Of such I dream, my world.
- Langston Hughes
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