Reign of Christ (Year A, RCL)

Does our discomfort over God’s judgment come from the fear of taking sides? Or the fear of being found on the wrong one?

As long as the ascension is in any way related to upward movement (like an elevator going to the clouds), I am and will continue to be unmoved. The vertical directional imagery just doesn’t do it for me. I am not even moved to argue about whether or not “it” happened.

While Ezekiel’s shepherd is often on the move, any sheepherder will tell you that this is the exception rather than the rule.