Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24

Pentecost Last or Evaluation Day
November 23, 2014

Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24

At least we are not categorizing sheep (good) and goats (bad). We've moved to distinguishing fat sheep (bad) from sheep (good). This helps us begin to define what is helpful behavior that builds up one another and delineate that which is out-of-bounds.

It is immediately obvious that not everyone will buy the understanding and boundaries of community. Profit of one kind and another always seems to enter in our decision-making.

The most difficult part of this passage is the way it ends with David being set up as a Fat Sheep among the Lean. Either the community is engaged in building one another up or allowing discrimination and hurt to find an entry spot and take hold. Servant leaders run as many risks, if not more for their intended benevolence, as Dictatorial leaders or Democratic leaders or just plain leaders.

If this is the best outcome of a church year, it is no wonder we shift immediately to an advent assessment.

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