Separate, but a part of

Armodoxy for Today – One minute for Summertime

Separate, but a part of

All things are connected to one another in a universal network of life. Economics gives us the resources to buy the Bible, which defines sin, which psychology attempts to diminish. Physics explains the movement of the building blocks which chemistry and biology exploit into physical realities; art presents in forms that express ideas that form ideologies that philosophy dissects and analyses. Politics creates systems that organize those ideologies, and religion is there to ensure the equity of distribution, claiming to have a connection to a higher understanding of fairness. At least, that’s the Armodox understanding of what the religion, primarily Christianity, should be.

In a free society, the separation of church and state is indeed necessary so that conscience can be expressed, however the separation of church and state does not mean that clergy should not and cannot comment on political realities. Quite the contrary, they are the ones who might align those realities to higher understandings of selfhood and responsibility. The call and consecration to priesthood is a sacred one not because it is aligned with God, but because it is service of humanity.

Today’s one minute for summertime.