Crowded out
The streets are giving me a cold shoulder. This was a snowfall to remember. The remarkable thing wasn’t the depth of the snow that we received, but the solid crust that formed on top, 3-4 inches thick. It was like being given a yard full of building bricks. And people used them. There were igloos aplenty around the neighborhood, and one person built a huge Jenga tower. But for a dedicated walker like me, it created problems. Because the ice was so hard to move, once it was piled up along the streets it forced pedestrians out nearly into traffic. Parking became a huge problem. The deck many of us use to park for church was completely closed off. (This begs the question: before they sealed it off, did they move the police cars normally parked there?) These blocked entrances are a good visual for something Jesus said. In John 8, Jesus gets into a difficult exchange with listeners in the temple who John says had “believed him.” Despite that “belief,” they start to stiff-a...
