Re today's Gospel: "Who are my mother and my brothers?" Jesus' family assumes that their kinship gives them a special claim on Jesus: he belongs to *them,* not to the crowd. Jesus' response upends the traditional code of "family values"--that "blood is thicker than water." 1/2
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But the challenge also applies to the new Christian family. Do we cling to Jesus, try to keep him to ourselves, jealous of his love for the crowd? Instead of blood ties, do we claim family privilege on the basis of doctrine, as if God's family consists only of Christians? 2/3?
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"Whoever does the will of God is my brother, my sister, my mother." Mark 3:31-35
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I appreciate this memorial about my father by @ggrenwald above any I have read today--for his comprehensive review of his bio & history, for his attention to themes generally overlooked about his post-Vietnam life, but particularly for deep appreciation of his human qualities.🙏
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Here's my @RollingStone article on Daniel Ellsberg, the heroic Pentagon Papers leaker who died today at 92:
"We’re Told Never to Meet Our Childhood Heroes. Knowing Daniel Ellsberg Proved That Wrong"
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