Even Flow

When the churches forget there own Gospel message, the Holy Spirit sneaks in through the ducks and the air vents. AA meetings have been very good ductwork, allowing fresh air both in and out of many musty and mildewed churches.

AA says the starting point and, in fact, the continuing point, is not any kind of worthiness at all, but, in fact, worthlessness! (I am an alcoholic!) Suddenly, religion loses all capacity for elitism and is democratic to the bone.

This is what Jesus affirmed in prostitutes, drunkards, and tax collectors, and what Paul praised when he said, “It is when I am weak that I am strong!”