Democrats proved to be the functional party by quickly persuading Biden to drop out of this year's presidential race. Republicans showed themselves dysfunctional by failing, for ten years, to renounce the infantile and anti-democratic ways of Donald Trump.

God is human, only more so. The divine and human come together in God and Jesus. And in us, when we follow our instincts about the "more so" of human kindness and love.

Holy Communion, done right, keeps us from dehumanizing God by letting the God of flesh and blood turn back into mere words.

We all seek the high of being carried away to something bigger than ourselves. Fake highs leave us empty. God's genuine high is with the Spirit of joy and love of all others.

There are unclean spirits loose in our age—renouncing every call for justice, equity, and care of the planet. But Jesus equips us with power over these—power we must use.