The Infusion

In today’s gospel, Jesus does something that troubles me, but it’s probably not what you think.
Here’s the offending passage:
They brought to him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech; and they begged him to lay his hand on him. He took him aside in private, away from the crowd, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue. Then looking up...

Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
I hated this book. Hated. And I'm still not sure why my reaction is so strong and so visceral. I've waited a few days to see if I could better articulate my feelings, and I can't.

It was my week to write the World In Prayer prayers. I started by looking at the lectionary, before even looking at the news. I thought I was going to focus on the gospel reading about the resurrection appearance, but the line that leapt out at me was...

Yesterday was my final contest in Lent Madness, as Bishop Kemper lost in the second round to the very worthy Bernard Mizeki.
I feel terrible, though. Not because Kemper lost, but because I feel so many people got the wrong idea about him from what I wrote....