Seeking moral equilibrium, in ourselves and in society

Morning: Psalm 16, 17; Genesis 6:1-8; Hebrews 3:12-19

Evening: Psalm 22; John 2:1-12

Early in the Bible, the story of Noah tells how we humans can make such messes of things, especially together.  Reinhold Niebuhr’s famous book, Moral Man and Immoral Society, suggests that individuals are moral while communities tend not to be.  In the Noah story in Genesis, human society is good for nothing – it will be destroyed – but Noah is a good man and he will be saved. All of us are Noah, sometimes. Our challenge is to live well ourselves while seeking justice and mercy in society too.  Many Bible stories are written in pursuit of this balance.