Daily Reflection

My hunch—when push comes to shove—is that I’m a typical mainline Protestant in terms of my gut response to the family-values wing of the evangelical church. And yes, I certainly resonate with those (Stanley Hauerwas, anyone?) who would point to a text such as this one to demonstrate the extent to which our Lord appears to espouse a rather unorthodox approach to family values. But, when I pull back from my debate-platform and simply look at my own still growing family (four children, their spouses, seven grandchildren with 3 more enroute), I realize that Christ here speaks to me. And it makes me terribly uncomfortable, which, I suspect, is the whole point.