The Pharisees and Sadducees have been testing Jesus about who he is. Later, “Jesus asked his disciples, ‘Who do people say that the Son of Man is?’ Jesus is letting rulers know who he is, a person of integrity. He is letting the people know through the communities he’s building that they too are…
In a U.S. Empire whose wrathful and deadly Lord is celebrating the 250th birthday of its flag, our readings deal with Lords. Exodus tells us the Lord Yahweh is once again wrathful and threatening death, “You have seen for yourselves how I treated the Egyptians.” In Romans, Paul of Tarsus relays that same Lord…