The cartoonist Michael Leunig notices it: that in this day and age it seems like ‘Everyone is offended. Everyone is irritable, disagreeable, cranky and nervous. Everybody is jumping at shadows, jumping at conclusions. Everyone is in a bad mood.’ What do we do with our anger? Need it always be destructive? The force of moral outrage which drove Jesus to expel the moneychangers from The Temple has propelled many other protests for just causes over the centuries. Sometimes our anger just needs healing and forgiveness. At other times our anger can fuel hope; our anger can bring about redemption.

A talk for The Third Sunday of Lent, 4 March 2021.

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