Bring Fire to the Earth

Jesus said, “I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what stress I am under until it is completed! Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division! From now on five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three; they will be divided:
father against son
and son against father,
mother against daughter
and daughter against mother,
mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law
and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
He also said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say, ‘It is going to rain’; and so it happens. And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, ‘There will be scorching heat’; and it happens. You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?
“And why do you not judge for yourselves what is right? Thus, when you go with your accuser before a magistrate, on the way make an effort to settle the case, or you may be dragged before the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer throw you in prison. I tell you, you will never get out until you have paid the very last penny.” Luke 12:49-59 

Fire to the Earth - an anthem

This ain't no global warming
nor a blaze of unknown origin
but a burning, trembling spirit
for justice and for love.

We are surrounded by absolute wealth
and by desperate painful poverty 
justice has been replaced with selfishness
compassion with self care and pampering.

This ain't no global warming
nor a blaze of unknown origin
but a burning, trembling spirit
for justice and for love.

We cannot control our spending
yet we deny others the very basics
we have more rooms than anyone needs
but no room for the lonely and homeless.


This ain't no global warming
nor a blaze of unknown origin
but a burning, trembling spirit
for justice and for love.

We want more oil for our selves
would poison unborn to get our way
we ache for more than is rightly ours
putting children in harm's way.

This ain't no global warming
nor a blaze of unknown origin
but a burning, trembling spirit
for justice and for love.