This dreadful year. We chose power over peace. Rhetoric over
dialogue. Boundaries over generosity. Strength over vulnerability. The
present over the future. Anger over mercy. Retribution over justice.
Self preservation over humbleness. Our full tummies over the hunger of
the poor. Our housing market over the homelessness of millions of
displaced persons. Shouting over learning. Judgment over radical
acceptance. Comfort over comforting. We gathered our power and hoarded
it and
shored it up. We invested in the
myth of our superiority, to avoid the gritty reality of our fallibility,
and the suffering of our fellow humans.
We could make the argument that it's human, or natural. But, one human
lived the most human life ever and chose humility, generosity,
conversation, mercy, empathy, and ultimately, death over all things
self-preserving.
In 2017, I want more of my life to reflect the
thoroughly human life of Jesus. I hope to Us folks will gather together
in pursuit of this unconventional, subversive, wildly loving way of
living.
Also, I'd like my kid to be healthy.
