Can't we all just get along?

Great question ... I first heard it about 18 years ago from a guy named Rodney King. He was speaking in regard to his own arrest (brutally beaten by police officers), and he was speaking to the riots that ensued in Los Angeles.

We have so many differences. And sometimes those differences cut us off from each other because we do not like the differences. But if we could only get past them maybe we could learn from each other.

Recently I read a brief article from Os Hillman. He wrote regarding Jesus' interaction with a Samaritan woman. You can read the story in the Bible in John 4. Hillman writes, "Jesus interacted with his culture and especially those who thought differently than He. When Jesus met the Samaritan woman at the well it was much like a Christian speaking to a Muslim or a Jew speaking to a Palestinian. Jesus built a relationship with the woman instead of taking an adversarial position."

Why do we have to take the adversarial position? Why can't we affirm each person for who they are and still disagree about some ideas and beliefs? In fact, I think we can disagree and still love one another.

I hope you and I will choose this path of love and embrace in spite of the differences.