MEA CULPA

In the beginning, the elohim created skies and earth.

Welcome back.  Let’s think about public disgrace.

Love does not disgrace others.  God is love.  Therefore, God does not disgrace others.  That is a bit of logic from 1 Corinthians 13.

With 24/7 channels devoted to bringing us accurate, reliable news from around the world, especially news to suit common tastes, and it often strings someone’s dirty laundry for all to see, we are never without gossip.  There’s a song about that isn’t there?

I remember when we just heard about Nixon.  Those were the good old days.  We saw a good president going disgracefully. 

Now, we hear about Walmart vigilantes, ice bucket malfunctions, and preachers on the run for sex crimes. 

We also live in a time where public disgrace is entertainmen.  I almost wrote “sport” since exertion often comes with it.  I’m thinking here of what Romans called the mea culpa.  That means “I screwed up.”

Think of Tiger Woods whose “I screwed up” was broadcasted internationally.  The world saw the residual puffiness of a beloved face gone bashed by a scorned wife.

And who can forget the governor from South Carolina who went hiking on the Appalachian Trail, not the one in the good old USA, but the one in Argentina where his soul mate dwelled?  Actually, I had to look up Governor Stanton’s name as well as the name of his wife whom the cameras showed leaving Mr. Trail Blazer’s mansion, the one he had borrowed from those good old family values tax payers.

Speaking of family values, they elected him to be their state’s senator.  So much for that age old question, “If you can’t run your home, how can you run the senate?”

Thanks to those 24/7 news channels we are never without gossip.  Just like you, I love talking about other people.  It seems so human.

Sometimes I wonder if God were such a god who had a sense of humor who has created a reality show called Fudds and Flubs…or something like that.

If God were such a being among beings, he would not need to disgrace any of us.  We do such a swell job on our own.

Our God of love is not that.  God loves us even when we disgrace ourselves. 

I'm going on holiday.  Get back on Tuesday.

Blessings…