A Teachable Moment
I have to confess, that the gospel for today has always thrown me. I could never figure out why Jesus sounded so harsh, so cold and calculated, so well… “un-Jesus-y”! It’s one thing to point the finger at myself, at my own inherent biases and complicities. It’s one thing to poke holes in my defenses and strategies, my own indifference and preference to turn away from noticing or acknowledging the various unsettling and unsavory types that might cross my path. But Jesus?Does this truly sound like the Jesus we know and love??!! No! But perhaps, according to the teacher among us, Jesus is setting up a ‘teachable’ moment.