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One of the amazing things about the bulk of the letters I receive is the number of denominations represented. They run the gamut of the various religious groups. And most of the writers feel as though I'm one of them. I appreciate that. For all of us who follow the Carpenter of Galilee are brothers and sisters, regardless of our minor differences.The central theme of the New Testament is this: the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of humanity. If we could just grasp this truth and put it to work in our lives, we could do a lot to mend the wounds of the world. It's hard for most of us to hate members of our own family. Rather, we feel a responsibility for them and a desire to help them.
I like to think that I am a brother of everyone of who calls God Father and follows Christ. To be sure, we aren't going to see eye-to-eye on theology. No two people see eye to eye on everything. But despite our differences, can't we strive to work together for the cause of the Carpenter?
As a young Mississippian, I often watched cotton farmers bringing their crops to the gin during the fall. Some would travel over gravel-covered roads from the East, their wagons full of cotton. Others would travel over narrow, paved roads from the North. Some came from the West, traveling on major highways. And still others came from the South, on a two-lane blacktop. When they got to the gin, the ginner never asked them which road they had taken to get to there. He simply asked, "How was your harvest?"
And that's what the Galilean Carpenter is going to ask.
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