Loren McGrail, Israel/Palestine John 12:1-11 While the reading falls traditionally on Monday of Holy Week, this prayer may be used throughout the year. Anointing and blessing God help us to recognize you in all your glory and humble disguises including the poor of the world who are your body. When we meet you may we fall to our knees, offer you all that we have, meet your lavish grace with extravagant love.
Or so the old saying goes. I was recently in a minor conflict with a…let’s say colleague? who has decided that I am Satan incarnate because…well I don’t know actually. She has a reputation for being terribly unpleasant. It’s sad because I see someone who, at the last phase of life, is miserable and in some kind of pain…emotional or physical or psychological or maybe a combination. In the days of my youth I would have eviscerated her via email outlining the many ways she’s wrong and has incorrectly accused me of things that she, actually, is responsible for.
It’s universally taught across humanity that lying is wrong. So standard that it’s essentially cliche, and so easily ignored. This is especially true for adults (see my article “Suffer the Big Babies) who think that they can get away with it because they’re adults. When I was a kid, nothing was more irritating to my dad than lying. It wasn’t until I grew up that I fully understood why. Before I go on, let me be clear: I’m not talking about little white lies (“Gee, you DO look thinner!
Originally Posted: 2008-12-31 No matter the tribal/sectarian/nationalist label, the battle is always between good and evil, even sometimes within each side of a conflict, simultaneously. Spirit, open our hearts and minds to do good in this world, and to end our senseless killing.