Is Anyone Listening?
September 10, 2023
We know the cycle: Something happens. Someone is enraged. Internet explodes. Other people shout in opposition. Fragmentation and Exhaustion Result. Repeat.
Jesus today offers a very different path (Matthew 18), one that is based on people listening, restoring relationships, and then coming to an agreement.
A reflection on the role of listening to each other and to God in pursuing reconciliation.
Reconciliation also involves Jesus listening to us; so I offer this piece of art (from the website of "Good Shepherd Church" in Elgin, IL.) that shows Jesus listening. Obviously Jesus imparts wisdom. But he also listens.
We know the cycle: Something happens. Someone is enraged. Internet explodes. Other people shout in opposition. Fragmentation and Exhaustion Result. Repeat.
Jesus today offers a very different path (Matthew 18), one that is based on people listening, restoring relationships, and then coming to an agreement.
A reflection on the role of listening to each other and to God in pursuing reconciliation.
Reconciliation also involves Jesus listening to us; so I offer this piece of art (from the website of "Good Shepherd Church" in Elgin, IL.) that shows Jesus listening. Obviously Jesus imparts wisdom. But he also listens.