Sunday, March 23, 2025

Year of Favor

The Spirit of God has been given to me,   YHWH has anointed me.   He has sent me to bring good news to the poor,   To bind up hearts that are broken,   To proclaim liberty to captives,   Freedom to those in prison,   To proclaim the Year of Favor from the Lord.   

 -- Luke 4:18–19 (quoting Isaiah 61:1– 2)


Consider how well we love others, especially the stranger

Once you see it, it is very hard to miss this as a pervasive theme throughout the Christian scriptures (we've just been enculturated, by political powers, not to see it):