This is a brave article! Thanks for this great reminder about how tempting it is to bow down to those who wield worldly power. I think we are tempted by this "bowing down" in so many different situations, even beyond those very evident ones involving political power. Here is an image that stuck with me from the Olympics: https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/articles/ce9zz211zxno. It's striking how easily we are pulled toward this kind of veneration for celebrities and religious leaders and bosses—and how Christian is the calling to resist all such calls, even to nations and geniuses and saints and, well, anybody but Christ.
I was catching up on Advent readings today, and I read Gustavo Gutiérrez's article in the Plough volume for Advent ("Watch for the Light"). Very brave as well, very timely.
This is a brave article! Thanks for this great reminder about how tempting it is to bow down to those who wield worldly power. I think we are tempted by this "bowing down" in so many different situations, even beyond those very evident ones involving political power. Here is an image that stuck with me from the Olympics: https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/articles/ce9zz211zxno. It's striking how easily we are pulled toward this kind of veneration for celebrities and religious leaders and bosses—and how Christian is the calling to resist all such calls, even to nations and geniuses and saints and, well, anybody but Christ.
I was catching up on Advent readings today, and I read Gustavo Gutiérrez's article in the Plough volume for Advent ("Watch for the Light"). Very brave as well, very timely.
Thank you for your wonderful, and timely, insight.
Thanks for reading, Doug.