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March 29: Consolation. Please console me if I can’t express this title properly! How do you say something that makes a person feel less sad or disappointment? Facilitated by Glen Lakes.
March 29: Jesus and Justice: A Palm Sunday Sermon. The life of the historical Jesus can be gleaned with the help of scholars such as John Dominic Crossan, whose latest book describes a man you would want to know. In our times, the faith movement that formed around Jesus has become corrupted into White Christian Nationalism.
Jesus led a movement of non-violent resistance to the armed soldiers who were enforcing Roman policies in Jewish communities, against the powerful rich leaders who were squeezing the lives of the people. When Jesus went to Jerusalem for Passover his followers cut palm branches and waved them.
When I was in frozen Minnesota in January there were no palm branches, but there were whistles and honking and marching. I was reminded of that ancient resistance story when I saw people organized to welcome the stranger, to protect their neighbors, to counter the lies of the Imperial forces of our time.
Diane Miller is Minister emerita of The First Church in Belmont (MA).
She retired after 40 years in ministry and moved to Salina to relish being a grandmother. She is a friend of the Fellowship.
