mark tidsworth

When what was more good than not, becomes more not than good

When the underside of our kind becomes the upperside

When what was hidden in the dark is disclosed by the light

When leaders disappoint so often our trust-ability may never fully recover

When we recognize our faith traditions are unintentionally complicit with systemic brokenness

When we recognize it’s more about maintaining power and position than living the principles

When our best collective expression of what is good is consumed by our worst expression of ourselves

When our disappointment with the Church tempts us to harbor resentment or become a Done

When we recognize that even what we thought is good in this world is tainted by evil

When we can no longer deny that we are part of this mess

Then we start

Then we start to recognize the Christ

Then we start to recognize the Christ who…