Black.

"'The light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.'"  John 3:19 (NRSV) 

Have you noticed that some people wear black or dark colors all the time?

They love darkness.

For their deeds are evil.

Black is a uniform in the corporate world.

"'For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed.'"  John 3:20 (NRSV)

Darkness extends to entertainment and movies, even to science - dark mater, dark energy, black holes.....

We are in the grip of darkness.

But the Light is coming with Aquarius.

The starlight. the day.

Gradually, step by step, the Light is dawning.

Pope Francis, the Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Richard Rohr, Jack Spong, Matthew Fox, Dominic Crossan, and many others are showing us a new way to vision spirituality.

And the hand of God is evident within it.

Progressive Religion is the New Paradigm.

This is the Light breaking into the darkness.

But those in darkness hate the Light and try to destroy it.

This is what happened to Jesus.

The Cross.

So try not to trigger their fears.

Show them the Light.

And pray for them to see.

[Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission.  All rights reserved.]

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