Penguins, Reality, and Enemies

A sermon by Glynn Cardy exploring what it mean to live out Jesus radical call to love our enemies. "esus was forthright with his views. He didn't mince his words. He got up the noses of the religious gatekeepers, their sycophants, and many others. He made them mad. They wanted to kill him, and eventually did. Yet, one of Jesus' abiding sayings, and one that keeps catching us all in our throats, is “love your enemies”. What does love mean in the context of enemies? Does it mean the penguins have to love the fishing trawlers plundering the Southern Ocean? Does it mean we have to love the brutality of empire as it continues to make a mess of the Middle East and increase its profits? Does it mean that religious fundamentalism has to be tolerated, or religious xenophobia is okay?" Complete text at www.stmatthews.org.nz/?sid=322&id=696