December 16th, 2018
Luke 3: 7-18
Amy Jane Steiner, Trinity United Methodist Church
Love and kindness; caring for our neighbors, community, and beyond, to all we can reach, doing as much as in in our power and ability. This is what I hear as I read and read again this passage. We need to hear this message repeatedly. We are always looking for protection from “the wrath to come,” however it manifests, as illustrated, through the people’s repeated questions and John’s calming and realistic responses.
The provocations and threats are disquieting to me in our current political climate, as they and other passages, can and have been taken out of context to be used to prov...