October 14, 2005
Wind
Jim Wallis, an Old Testament prophet in Lamb’s clothing, came to our town last evening to talk about God’s politics possibly becoming ours. Some five hundred of us — town and gown — packed the chapel of our university’s divinity school, a place that so far as social action goes has pretty regularly been less prophetic than meek. He was well received.
Among a lot of things, he talked about politicians’ holding their fingers on high a lot to check the wind. He said we need to be the wind. Nicodemus seemed confused by a similar idea, but we’ve come a long way since then. Maybe.
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