Reflections on life, faith, and Jesus Christ
Too often we allow a false distinction to be drawn between social justice and spiritual justice. We discuss Christ’s teachings about caring for the poor and oppressed and his teachings about the redemption of our individual souls as if they had nothing to do with one another. But the commands to love our neighbor and to love God are the two fundamental elements of one law.
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There are certain callings which are universal—certain things which we are all called to do. If we pay attention to those things, I think we end up most fully utilizing the individual opportunities that God presents us with.
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Endings are a basic part of life, and they are also essential to understanding the Gospel message. Anglican poet T.S. Eliot once wrote, "In my end is my beginning," and his words still ring true: In learning how to die, we learn how to live.
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If we are to love our neighbor and our enemy, we must understand what love means, and this understanding comes from attending to Christ's example.
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The Christian life is a war, but it is a spiritual one, not a physical one. And a spiritual war demands spiritual weapons and tactics (which are perhaps quite different from what we might imagine).
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Comparing Notes 