Yesterday’s lectionary reading includes John the Baptist’s stark warning
about repentance and taking an axe to the root of the tree that bears no fruit.
Hard to square that with the promise that we’re beloved and don’t have to earn
that. Is John threatening to take the axe to the unworthy?
I hope not.
For one thing, I’m clearly on the list. For another, so is
everybody else. There are not enough axes to go around.
So I’m going to stick with the hope of grace. It’s enough for the
day.
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