Manifesto? A thought voiced by my wife. Of course, Marx and Engels come to mind, translated to a pseudo-red blog via text at a late hour. I'm not a man with grand political/economic theories. I struggle against cynicism as I ride waves of reaction and intuition and comfort between libertarianism and socialism and anarchy. But the question is good and perhaps essential. What do I hope to stand for? What do I want to stand against? Where will all this standing happen. And what about us as a couple?
Here is the foundation: that Jesus changes everything. Redemption is happening, regardless of where I plant my flag politically, socially, economically or geographically. My hope is to participate in said redemption, even as it happens in me. Primum non nocere: First, do no harm. Unfortunately, I will. To act is to risk harm, despite intentions. I will cause harm professionally and personally through accidents, negligence, ignorance, laziness and selfishness. And yet this is all, in its peculiarity, redemption.
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