The empire is driven by results – primarily because it is the only way to track good.
But sometimes the best things can’t be recorded on paper. They aren’t lines moving upward on graphs. They don’t involve more people than the last time.
Jesus seemed to relate with people, not for the sake of [...]
Jesus lived in a revolutionary subversive way.
He stood for nothing that the empire stood for.
He undermined it all with humility, peace, justice and hope.
Jesus didn’t waste time judging the empire.
There were no cheap shots fired at the leaders.
No goals of a political party that [...]
Rome had it all together. Or so they wanted everyone to see.
That’s part of empire thinking. Making sure everyone knows you are the biggest, best, strongest, most together thing in town.
Empires don’t have problems. (System problems are hidden, people problems are cast out and anyone who talks about either is punished.)
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