Presbyopia makes it harder to sew a button on my trousers, especially if button, trousers and thread are all black. But the headtorch I usually take for winter pre-dawn walks makes all the difference – it’s much easier again!
In Sunday’s Lectionary, people tell Jesus, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you” – and that all seems like a different world, far away from comfortable Europe. But it now crosses my mind, not so far away after all.
This was the world of Jesus – oppression and violence. And in such a world, he called people to love and justice.