Have we demonised the liberal left and lost our heart for justice?

Have we demonised the conservative right and lost our conscience?

Have we demonised our catholic faith and lost the unity of the Spirit?

Have we demonised stylistic evolution in church services and ignored the adaptivity of the Spirit?

Have we demonised egalitarians that we forbid women from using what the Spirit gave them?

Have we demonised complementarianism and lost a theology of biological sex?

Have we demonised the mega church so that we now feel awkward talking about money?

Have we demonised the small church and lost our appreciation for steady holiness?

Have we demonised the Pentecostals and lost a theology of the Holy Ghost?

Have we demonised liturgy and lost our ability to say anything from someone else’s mind?

Have we demonised science that we can no longer trust the smartest human minds that God made?

Have we demonised Biblical authority that everything must make sense before it can be true?

Have we demonised emotion and lost our ability to dance and weep?

Have we demonised intellect and lost the ability to listen and discern?

There were two thieves on the cross: one on Jesus’ right, another on his left.

There are two thieves in our lives: one on our right, the other on our left.

Both want to be worshipped, but neither are worthy.

But just as Jesus turned and engaged with his thieves, so we can ours.

What do we lose if we ignore them?

Where do we get entangled when we worship them?

A thief is worthy of a conversation, but even Jesus made sure they kept their hands where he could see them.