Sunday Readings: Numbers 11.25-29; James 5.1-6; Mark 9.38-48
“Whoever is not against us is for us.” – Mark 9.40
Often in our disgustingly polarized times, activists, liberal and conservative, reverse Jesus’ saying and eliminate the middle ground. They insist whoever is not for us is against us. Middle ground is liminal space, valuable to preserve for exploring what we have in common with others, what they have experienced, why they think the way they do. Middle ground is where real people replace stereotypes and liberate each other from the demons of prejudice and unexamined certainty. In the news the future of our democracy depends on finding common ground and common good, cups of water in Jesus’ name all around for all in need.
To what and to whom does the name Christian obligate us?
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