How amusing! I got a Master’s from UCL, and that cabinet with Jeremy Bentham in it was one of the first things that came to mind when I started thinking about this week’s reading!
Catharine, I'm glad your mind went in the same direction! At first I thought it might be a strange link, but the longer I thought about it I felt that Judas and Jeremy Bentham aren't that distant in their rationale.
Absolutely agree about Judas/Bentham. In the end I went with Oscar Wilde's definition of a cynic as someone who "knows the price of everything but the value of nothing," so that I could pick up some of Paul's value language. I do like what you did with human-scale love and dissolving the category of "the poor."
How amusing! I got a Master’s from UCL, and that cabinet with Jeremy Bentham in it was one of the first things that came to mind when I started thinking about this week’s reading!
Catharine, I'm glad your mind went in the same direction! At first I thought it might be a strange link, but the longer I thought about it I felt that Judas and Jeremy Bentham aren't that distant in their rationale.
Absolutely agree about Judas/Bentham. In the end I went with Oscar Wilde's definition of a cynic as someone who "knows the price of everything but the value of nothing," so that I could pick up some of Paul's value language. I do like what you did with human-scale love and dissolving the category of "the poor."
I love that Wilde quote! Where can I read your sermon? Sounds like a good one.
I’m not in the habit of posting my sermons, since I preach in a very conversational voice. I should give some thought to archiving them, though.
Another excellent meditation, brother. Well done!
Thank you, Clyde!