Wednesday, October 01, 2025
Wise words from Craig A.
Sometimes, there is a comment to my post that is better than my original post. And often that comment is from my mentor and friend Craig who, despite his odd and misguided choices in sports fandom, often brings great clarity to a situation. Here was his comment:
Mark, the more I read about this story the worse it gets … and the further this decision by “the powers to be” at Baylor and in the conservative wing of the Baptist tradition walks away from the core of the Gospel. So sad. So misguided.
Matthew 22:
36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[c] 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[d] 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
In my reading, there are no qualifiers, no asterisks.
From the NASW Code of Ethics (as your sister knows):
The primary mission of the social work profession is to enhance human well-being and help meet the basic human needs of all people, with particular attention to the needs and empowerment of people who are vulnerable, oppressed, and living in poverty. Social workers promote social justice and social change with and on behalf of clients.
Sounds very resonate with the core of Jesus’s teachings.
Matthew 22:
36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[c] 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[d] 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
In my reading, there are no qualifiers, no asterisks.
From the NASW Code of Ethics (as your sister knows):
The primary mission of the social work profession is to enhance human well-being and help meet the basic human needs of all people, with particular attention to the needs and empowerment of people who are vulnerable, oppressed, and living in poverty. Social workers promote social justice and social change with and on behalf of clients.
Sounds very resonate with the core of Jesus’s teachings.
It echoes what I have been thinking about in the past few days-- that Christianity takes a a bad turn when it turns away from those two Great Commandments of Christ and towards judgment and correction of others. And Christian institutions seem to do that a lot lately.
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Bruce Springsteen commenting on his song “Jesus Was an Only Son.”
“I think that whatever divinity we can lay claim to is hidden in the core of our humanity, and when we let our compassion go, we let go of what little claim we have to the divine.”
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