I posed this question to the students in my sexual ethics class.
Lent | Third Sunday in Lent (Year B)
Exodus 20:1-17 (Psalm 19); 1 Corinthians 1:18-25; John 2:13-22
From the beginning—“I am the Lord your God”—the Decalogue is about vocation.
Jesus isn't just reforming temple practices.
Being against something doesn’t cost much—or accomplish much.
Black people can eat at most lunch counters and travel across state lines without being consigned to the back of the bus. But the fundamental right to life continues to be haunted by white supremacy.
James reminds us of the duplicity of language, like a matchstick dropped by singed fingers that leaves behind charred acres. The deception of language is that we believe it is innocent.