Jesus changes how everything is ordered, especially the family
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Jesus brings a sword to our precious institutions As many of us return to the Thanksgiving table this week – thank God for the scientists and doctors who developed the vaccine to make such a thing safe – I want to consider family, specifically the nuclear family, and how it orders us. Imagining the forces that order us is important for Christians who profess Jesus as Lord, because in our profession of faith, we submit to his ordering. Whiteness orders us, patriarchy orders us, the market orders us, violence orders us, but the concept of our family also orders us.
Jesus changes how everything is ordered, especially the family
Jesus changes how everything is ordered…
Jesus changes how everything is ordered, especially the family
Jesus brings a sword to our precious institutions As many of us return to the Thanksgiving table this week – thank God for the scientists and doctors who developed the vaccine to make such a thing safe – I want to consider family, specifically the nuclear family, and how it orders us. Imagining the forces that order us is important for Christians who profess Jesus as Lord, because in our profession of faith, we submit to his ordering. Whiteness orders us, patriarchy orders us, the market orders us, violence orders us, but the concept of our family also orders us.