December 10, 2025
Good evening/morning,
Ezekiel 37:3 ( Read the whole chapter if you have the time )
He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones live?”
I said, “Sovereign Lord, you alone know.”
The Valley of the Dry Bones was the Old Testament text for the Second Sunday of Lent. I have heard that it was the text many pastors preached for the time of worship, from Manitoba to B.C. and Elmira ( I preached at Elmira Mennonite ). There are bones in the valley. Were they the bones of Babylonian massacres ? Were they women and children ? God is going to resurrect them by putting flesh back on them. It is a gruesome story. God is going to breathe life back into them. Is it a political statement for the writer of Ezekial, preparing for the return of the Israelites to power ? The temple, the most sacred place where God resided, had been destroyed by the Babylonians. Were these resurrected bones going to be a place of revenge for the people of God ? How do you control resurrected bones ?
During this Advent: season, where do you see the resurrection of the bones of the people of God:
The many choirs singing the Messiah,
speaking justice to the powers of the world,
being kind to your neighbours
Telling countries to lay down their weapons
standing up for immigrants, women and children
Let the bones of justice and peace take on a new flesh of the resurrection. Oh sorry. I am ahead of the story. May the babe of Mary and Joseph be the voice of justice and peace as you celebrate the birth once again, for the first time this December. Do not wait for the 25th to change the world. Give money, write a letter, carry a sign, hug your children, sing loudly and proclaim like the angels and shepherds . AMEN
May the ceasefire break out again in Gaza. I hope. AMEN
Fred
black and white shadows
crush humanity’s freedom
am I complicit ? MPL 2025
Ponder Anew 