Tread lightly on the things of earth

Rachel reminds me of these wonderful lines spoken by the young priest in his Easter homily near the end of the movie Chocolat:

I don’t want to talk about His divinity, I’d rather talk about His humanity. I mean, you know, how He lived His life here on earth. His kindness, His tolerance …

Listen — here’s what I think: we can’t go around measuring our goodness by what we don’t do, by what we deny ourselves, what we resist, and who we exclude. I think we’ve got to measure goodness by what we embrace, what we create, and who we include.

Yes. To believers, Jesus’ divinity and humanity are inseparable, but we’ve gotten out of balance in our understanding; in living out our humanity in his service we’ve turned his message upside down. Let’s pay attention to his human example. Let’s recalibrate ourselves.