Monday, April 11, 2022

Attunement

Holy week is here. As Easter approaches, there is good news: “christianity” is a contested concept. There are literally thousands of versions. I believe that the differences can be divided into two competing camps. One brand seeks salvation in the atonement of Jesus. The other kind is compelled by the attunement of Jesus. The atonement camp believes that sin stains humanity, separating us from God and an eternal life in heaven when we die. It is a supremacy story. Only Jesus can make us clean and save us from hell. Atonement faith most often supports the status quo, no matter how unjust and oppressive. It says things won’t get better until Jesus comes back—or until we get to heaven. 

Attunement faith is a dissenting opinion. A minority report. A remnant path that actively participates in the radical love of Jesus—which is rooted in his attunement to what Dr. King called the inescapable network of mutuality. To be attuned like Jesus is to be present, to pay attention, to be in awe of the spiritual reality that we are intimately connected to divine Presence, each other, our ancestors and the more-than-human world of trees, bees, birds, wind and water. Jesus gave his life for the inescapable network of mutuality. Powerful elites crucified Jesus because they knew they could not keep exploiting the network if everyone else was tuned-in to what was happening—and willing to respond in truth and love. Just like Jesus.

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