Out from Under the Bed

Jesus told his disciples to take the lamp out from under the bed and put it on the bedside table. So that the secret things can come to light. Jesus organized a movement that transformed private faith into public witness. They groaned for what the Hebrew prophets called a “new creation.” They were about collective liberation, not just personal salvation. 

Over the past six months, many Christians in the US have slowly emerged from under the bed to shine the light on what’s really happening in “the holy land.” We are late to the game – and it is humbling. However, we are in the game now – and the more we shine the light, the more we see. 

Tens of thousands of innocent people have been murdered in the occupied territories. Not just for the past six months. For the past century. With the full support of both major political parties in the US – and the corporate media. Not just Fox News, but CNN, MSNBC, NPR and PBS. 

If our leaders have been doing all this while our lamps have been hiding under the bed, what else have they been doing? An authentic Christian faith wants to find out – so that we can struggle and groan with God for a new creation, for a world that works for everyone.