Jesus said to his disciples, I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in them, will bear much fruit.” Bearing fruit is a metaphor indicative of health; physical, psychological, spiritual. Producing sickness is indicative of the exact opposite. A terrible sickness, abnormal in that it is a pandemic, has … Continue reading “A New Normal: Social Health”
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Conspiracy Theories
In Jesus’ time, learned scholars, closed off from the people, devised rules for the people to obey. Often using specialized language, the scholars asserted knowledge hidden from mere commoners. The learned rulers kept the people divided, arguing over minutiae about their rules. Jesus, on the other hand, spoke openly in public, conversing with whomever he … Continue reading “Conspiracy Theories”