I have discarded a lot of what I consider religious baggage. I now tell people that I am a “follower of Jesus,” trying to live by the “terms and conditions” of the Sermon on the Mount. —Eric F., "Richard Rohr's Daily Meditations," October 18, 2025
I connect with the Sermon more than with anything else I've read, but I still have a mental hesitancy in owning the proposal that I am a follower of Jesus. It is naming Jesus that causes me pause.
Whoa! Blinding flash of the obvious: I need to accept the truth of the matter which is that is my teen rebellion never allayed.
Factually, I am a follower of what Jesus taught, but not a follower solely of Jesus. But who is kidding whom? It seems that everything that calls to me originated with Jesus's teachings.
So, why do I quibble?
What does it matter whether I credit Jesus? Believers know it, and non-believers deny it, so let it be my truth and fret not. It came to me from God by whatever circuitous route God chose.
God is so good to me...to us. God is so good.
Thank you.
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