Resist now

 

Luke 12:49-52

“I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! I have a baptism with which to be baptised, and what stress I am under until it is completed! Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division! From now on five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three;

It’s a long way from ‘Blessed are the peacemakers’ 

Jesus doesn’t work in binaries - Remember?

In Jesus’ way, there is room

Room for diversity

Room for contradiction

Room for peacemakers

And room for those who stand against evil

Room for those who defend the weak

And room for those who refuse to settle for peace at any cost

Look at the signs

Refuse to settle for less

Refuse to stay quiet

Resist those, even those whom we love

who refuse to see

the divine spark that is buried

in each of God’s creations

The divine spark that kindles the fire of anger

when some are discarded

or used as collateral 

in political power games

Look at the signs writ large on the world stage

Amplified in local communities

And RESIST

Resist the myriad ways 

that diminish the image of the Divine

placed in every being

in the moment of Creation

Kindle the flame

Release the energy

Speak up 

Practice justice 

Protect the weak

Call out evil

And know Christ who walked this way

gives us courage now.

Liz Crumlish 2025