Today’s gospel reading begins as Jesus arrives in a village near Jerusalem. He’s giving personal directions to two of his disciples. They should bring him an unknown person’s livestock, he says. Don’t worry, he’ll return them right away. Weird, but ok, teacher. The passage ends with the voice of the crowd, as anonymous as the […]
Lars Åkerson
Redeeming Betrayal
Have you ever wondered why the president of the Ku Klux Klan is called an Exalted Cyclops? Or how a white supremecist could be redeemed? Or how anything good could come from betrayal? Or how any of this has to do with Naaman? Me too. A couple weeks ago, a local civil rights leader in […]