The recent healthcare vote was revealing.
One side enraged; the other defensive. One side spiteful; the other tentative. One side stiff; the other bending.
These perspectives were recently revealed in recent Gospels heard in church.
The Prodigal Son. The jilted brother.
Mary washing Jesus' hair with perfume; Judas counting cost.
Fear and rage.
Tears of rage.
Fear of what? Losing privilege? Fear of finding out the basic truth that life ain't fair? Fear of losing comfort. Fear of reality?
Fear breeds anger.
Fear comes from change. Some people fear it.
It is the law of nature.
Rage against it if you will; it is inevitable.
Fear not.
Healthcare?
Just a metaphor.
The Tea Party Republican House of Fear and Anger.
A house with a narrow door, a chilly hallway, a dark vestibule.
Come on in; there's always room for more fear.
Fear not, we are told.
Fear not, he proclaimed.
Seems the evangelical crowd forgot.
Fear.
Not.
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