Prepare the Way

Advent moves us into the wilderness this week, where John the Baptist confronts the illusions we build around ourselves and our institutions. He demands repentance, not as a private ritual but as a communal turning toward justice. His words expose the gap between inherited religious identity and the actual fruit of our lives. This episode explores how empire later inverted John’s message, transforming a call to collective repair into a tool for individual guilt, and how reclaiming his voice frees us to prepare a straight path for love to move through our communities. You are welcome here. Protected Speech | Views My Own Between Bread and Stone © 2025 Stephen Brewer. All rights reserved. Podcast audio and full text may be quoted for noncommercial purposes with attribution. Gospel text from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Get full access to Drawing the Line at percival84.substack.com/subscribe