Scripture reading for Sunday: Mark 1.21-28
Synopsis: Jesus in Capernaum, his home base. He is teaching in the synagogue“as one having authority” and he performs an exorcism.
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It is hard — extraordinarily hard — not to bring the politic (not Republican/Democrat, but rather our common life, “polis”) into Mark’s account of Jesus and still remain true to the message.
Mark’s Jesus is a revolutionary, always hurrying, everything is “immediately” as if he knew he knew the clock was ticking.
Some consolation: the disciples never seem to get it. Identify there.
Some people have left this congregation when I have ventured to connect the political parts of the gospel with real life. It is the third rail.
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“The Matrix”
Morpheus:
“The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. But when you’re inside, you look around, what do you see? Businessmen, teachers, lawyers, carpenters. The very minds of the people we are trying to save. But until we do, these people are still a part of that system … You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it.”
Ways to follow: