homeless Jesus

Wednesday December 28th, Luke 2: 4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. 5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. 6 While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them. There is a poster on my office door that asks the question, How can you worship a homeless man on Sunday and ignore one on Monday? Even at his birth, Jesus was homeless and that begs the question of how we see the presence of Christ in others and how do we respond to that when it comes times to approve tax measures to help provide for the homeless? Many offer nice words when it comes to Christ’s birth in Bethlehem, but words bring little comfort to someone sleep on the street or looking for their next meal. The words are meaningless gestures without the vote to raise the taxes needed to help put an end to this public shame. The refusal to raise taxes on the wealthy, which are at an all-time low in the history of the US is not a debate on reasonable tax policy, it is an act of sin, pure and simple.