Jerusalem is a paradigm of our own social world. Are we happy for that city to continue being a place where different tribes set their faces against each other? And closer to home, will we persist in gathering only in our own tribes, clinging to our own dogmas, huddling behind our own flags - Christians and Muslims, Yorkshiremen and Lancastrians, vegans and meat-eaters, anti-vaxxers and pro-jabbers? Or can we commit to looking for the common ground we have with other vulnerable humans, will we give ourselves to learning ways we can shelter together under wings of love, warmth and protection, finding unity in our diversity? Can we give up believing there are some people who don’t belong here and learn instead to say, and show, and celebrate, that we all belong together?

A talk for The Second Sunday of Lent, 13 March 2022.

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