Reflections Around the Fire 11/1/18

During our class around the fire, there was an interesting discussion spurred when talking about the endless winter wrought by Jadis, the faux queen of Narnia. Why was winter so bad? Because there was no hope of an end. It is almost as if the winter itself was not the injustice, it was the lack of ending to the winter. Although it was not the injustice of the act that was the cruelty, it was the injustice of lack of punishment. How is that reflected in our own lives? Perhaps we often deal with blatant injustices because we believe ultimate justice will be dealt out at some point or another. How interesting it is to think that one could be permissive of obvious wrongdoing simply because there is hope of redemption. Does this kind of thinking have larger repercussions on the socio-political landscape of our nation? I can't help but wonder what it would be like if our lifestyles were based of the principles of immediate, absolute moral justice.

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