Rev. Dr. Neil Thomas

Jesus wasn’t always nice. He was always love, but not soft, saccharine, Hallmark-movie, pop song love. He flipped tables of the temple vendors because of love for his father’s house, and justice for those less fortunate. He ripped into the hypocritical religious leaders who leveraged their position and their power to exploit people. He declared that his mission was to be good news for the poor, the sick, the vulnerable, the imprisoned because he loved them—which sounded like bad news to the wealthy and the powerful and the corrupt. It’s okay to be labeled angry. We must make sure our anger is directed at the right person, to the right extent, at the right time, with the right motive, and in the right way; all rooted in a Holy Ferocity.