Embedded in this coming Sunday's second scripture is an admonition that we in the blogosphere need to take to heart: in what we post, in the comments we make and in what we publish.
St. Paul never imagined the Internet and the possibility of our "biting and devouring one another" online (anonymously, over screen names or signed with our true names - but his words are important for all of us who spend a part of our day perusing these pages.
For the whole law is fulfilled in one statement, namely:
You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
But if you go on biting and devouring one another,
beware that you are not consumed by one another...
- Galatians 5:14-15
You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
But if you go on biting and devouring one another,
beware that you are not consumed by one another...
- Galatians 5:14-15
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I see this a lot more than I would like at work -- people who come to me to try to undermine the work of their colleagues. I can never figure out what they think they will gain by it. Fortunately, most of my work teams are very supportive of each other. Today I was talking to a branch chief when her boss, the associate dean, brought her coffee. She thanked him profusely, and he responded "servant leadership in literal action." (We do practice servant leadership.) Life and work is so much more pleasant in those teams where the team members love each other; thank God, that is the vast majority so I do like to go to work! :) Those who devour each other, instead of loving each other, need to see what they are missing because they are indeed missing a lot.
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