Jesus is now so mainstream - I mean there is even a Ken Jesus now.
It’s frightening how ‘accepted’ Jesus is, everywhere. He is talked about in parliament, he is mentioned in court rulings, he has books written about him by ‘nice’ authors; movies and T.V. shows depict this nice, kind, white guy with perfect teeth and hair and a voice makes honey look lumpy and scratchy. People don’t want to know him but he is ingrained in our national psyche, this nice, comfy man who kisses babies and tells a few stories about God and stuff.
For crying out loud!!! We have completely forgotten how weird Jesus was. We are ignoring how radical his message was (and still is).
You see Jesus was REALLY weird - he was a longhaired, homeless hippy who went around with his dropout mates telling really strange stories to anyone who would listen. He upset everyone with even a little vested interest in power or authority, he made the clergy feel very uncomfortable and he upset the order of things wherever he went.
How is this mainstream? It wasn’t even mainstream in the sixties!
For some following Jesus is far too comfortable, far too beige - HELP! We need to bring back the Jesus weirdness!
Walk with those who are marginalised - the poor, the homeless, the outcasts, the sinners. Tell the stories of our faith for they give hope to the hopeless and make the comfortable squirm. Live out the commands of the divine weirdo for they make us and the world a better place.
Accept people where they are and for who they are; judge less and love unconditionally; spread the grace of God wherever you go.
Be as weird as Jesus; our world needs to see him as he really is and not what he has become - let’s do away with the nice, kind, white guy with perfect teeth and hair and a voice like honey and remind the world of the of the longhaired, homeless hippy who went around with his dropout mates telling really strange stories and changing the world.
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