After James 2:1-13
We are the body
of Christ, equal
in his eyes, equal
in our own eyes,
the CEO no different
from the plumber,
the driver of the Mercedes
no different from
the driver of the rent-a-wreck.
Because he died for each
of us, because he died
for all of us, he leveled
the distinctions we love
to make. He destroyed
human hierarchies. He
erased the boundaries
we make for ourselves.
He removed partiality
from the church dictionary.
Photograph by Alicia Quan via Unsplash. Used with permission.
Some Friday Readings
“Thou Who Dost Write Thy Name,” poem by Emma Latham – D.S. Martin at Kingdom Poets.
Ordering the Church for Ordinary Growth – Jake Wright at For the Church.
The God of the Astronauts – Spencer Klavan at The New Jerusalem.
When I Feared Who God Might Be – Lara d’Entremont at A Mother Held.
