January 2nd

"I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, making every effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all." Ephesians 4:1-6

we take delight 

in pointing out all

the deficiencies of folks

who worship in different

ways than we do,

we feel exquisite contentment

in the millions of little slights

we can inflict on people who

tumble off the pedestals 

others have put them on,

we turn snark into a snack

to nibble on as we follow

those on social media, just

waiting to point out the

failures of their theology

and then wonder

why people want nothing

to do with folks who

show clearly that being

in community with God's 

children has absolutely

nothing

to do with their faith.

(c) 2024 Thom M. Shuman

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