However, the world is far from tranquil. J’s prayer for Ukraine is here.
And Jesus’ world wasn’t tranquil either. At the start of the Luke reading in Sunday’s Lectionary, we read about the violence of the Roman Empire. Yet in this violent world, somehow Jesus managed to preach the Good News of God’s realm in human life – where least become the greatest, and the greatest become least; where love rules; where those in power will her the truth;…