As a minister, I am well aware that people sometimes interpret scripture in ways that support their own predilections. It horrifies me, whenever I encounter it, but drawing from my teenage participation in a rather fundamentalist youth group, I assumed God would judge them for it. Justice will be served, I assured myself, even though it might take some time.
These days, however, there are so many ways in which Jesus's teachings and those of other prophets, are being manipulated to favor greed and the urge for power, that I wonder if the arc of justice can ever bend enough to right the accumulated wrongs.
They have stolen Jesus
manipulated his words
done violence
against the beloved
beleaguered ones
So many good people
wanting to be faithful
buy the message
of greed and power
they don't realize
those slick speakers
have kidnapped Jesus
abandoned the voiceless
shoved aside
peace and compassion
Fear dominates our thoughts
tries to hold us hostage too
dare we protest?
speak truth
tenderly
courageously
into the cacophony
of hubris
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