One God, One Love

Saturday May 13th, John 10: 16 I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd. The early church held onto the idea that the earth was the center of the universe and that the sun revolved around us. Those who taught to the contrary we chastised and excommunicated from the church, for which the Roman church has apologized. We too tend to think that the universe revolves around us. It always is easier to see oneself as right as opposed to the others who are wrong, than it is to conclude that though we and the other may differ, we may also both be, to a certain extent, also both right. Some of the worst atrocities in the world have been committed in the name of god. I use a small “g” in that any atrocities committed in the name of a god must assume that that god is not grand enough to love all of humanity. Jesus lets us know that there is more to this world, more to the family of God, than seems reasonable by our perception. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth, all of it, everyone in it, begins the scriptures. It is from that basis that we are called as the children of God to love all that creation. There is no axis of evil save that which wishes to judge others as such.