Once and for all

Mossy tree

In tomorrow’s lectionary, the writer to the Hebrews seems to want readers to be free of all those ritual obligations. Just turn to Christ instead. But somehow these obligations start to build up again, in any religious organisation. It got to the point that Luther wanted to set people free again, centuries later. And no doubt churches are continuing to follow the same sad path again now, towards piling on the obligations.

Just live right, and love God.