An unwanted crown

There is a human tendency to only look for information that confirms what we already believe, and to reject, ignore, or even just not notice anything that is a challenge to our mindset. It’s called ‘confirmation bias’. We look for confirmation, that we are right.And if we receive a message that is a challenge or a contradiction, then it might not get through at all, Or, it will become so altered that we might never recognise it, as the story we told, at all.It brings to mind such expressions as ‘talking to a brick wall’, ‘flogging a dead horse’ or ‘preaching to deaf ears’. And one can’t help but wonder how Jesus might view the matter, because sometimes, maybe often, we simply don’t get the point at all.This festival of Christ the King is one of those times in Church life, a feast, a celebration, when we appear to be doing the opposite of what he intended…….Perhaps one day, we might listen to Jesus, and no longer distance him and his message from us, by placing him on a throne.

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