Do you recall that most infamous Christmas red herring of all? It’s that heated debate over what words made for the best greeting at Christmas.
The author Anne Rice, famous for her vampire novels, has become the face and voice of those folks who are fed up with organized religion, tired of church infighting, angered by faith communities that take positions and actions out of sync with, even contrary to the teachings of Jesus.
The Gospel of Matthew remembers Jesus saying: “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste and no city or house divided against itself will stand.” Given the tenor of current public discourse, it seems a verse worth remembering.
