Divine And Human Partiality: A Christian Dilemma
Dear Fellow Preacher,
Carter Shelley, our lead writer in this issue of The Immediate Word, finds common and compelling motifs in three of the lectionary readings for September 7. These motifs center on the almost universal human tendency to show partiality to those who are like us. Most of us have at one time or another experienced both sides of the syndrome -- at times being the victims of exclusion and at other times the excluders. (The experience can be especially acute and traumatic for school-agers, who are struggling to develop a secure personhood.)