Least of These Least
by Lancelot Schaubert
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Pub Date May 09 2023 | Archive Date Apr 30 2023
Vale | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles
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Description
It unsettles me that Jesus never specified on the second time he said it. The verse fills us with dread in general: where have we overlooked the hungry, the sick, the undocumented refugee or person experiencing homelessness, the naked, the prisoner? When have we neglected to quench, feed, heal, host, and visit? And when - specifically - have we done so to Jesus himself?
The dread grows.
For Jesus, the second time - in the judgment passage, says the least of these. These what?
These prisoners. These naked. These hungry. These thirsty. These migrants or homeless. It seems to me there are all kinds of ways to come in last place. And not just the most hungry, most thirsty, most naked, most unhomed, most imprisoned. It's least socially. Least financially. Least in terms of quality of thought or emotional stability. Most lost spiritually. Least attractive. Most obscure. The one who brings the clearest shame. Poorest, most uninfluential, of lowest repute. It means the one who deserves it the least in every single category.
That. Is wild.
Some of the hungry did it to themselves. Some are dehydrating themselves and poisoning the water holes of their community. Some are naked cause they're nudists or in the BDSM voyeur crowd or because they're selling their clothes for drugs. Some are undocumented migrants because they're escaping crimes they committed, because they're running from their calling like Jonah, because they're running drugs, or homeless because they love the adventure of sleeping rough. Some are in prison because they're guilty. They're the least. They deserved it.
Jesus says that's him. What have you done for him through those you have every right to hate, shame, mistrust, avoid, or resent?
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A Note From the Publisher
Kindle ASIN — B09HFCN1CB
EBOOK — 9781949547092
Kindle ASIN — B09HFCN1CB
Advance Praise
"Lancelot Schaubert writes with conviction but without the cliché and bluster of the propaganda that is so common in this age of blogs and tweets. Here is a real practitioner of the craft who has the patience to pay attention. May his tribe increase!"
-- Jonathan Wilson Hartgrove, author of Common Prayer and The Awakening of Hope
"Lancelot's attentive, thoughtful, a bit quirky, and innovative. He continues to impress me. He 'sees, ' and BELL HAMMERS is full of details that enable his audience to see. Bravo, Lance."
-- Jackina Stark, author of Things Worth Remembering and Tender Grace
"[Schaubert's work] is a hoot."
— Publisher's Weekly
"Schaubert's words have an immediacy, a potency, an intimacy that grab the reader by the collar and say, 'Listen, this is important!' Probing the bones and gristle of humanity, Lancelot's subjects challenge, but also offer insights into redemption if only we will stop and pay attention."
-- Erika Robuck, national bestselling author of Hemingway's Girl
"Schaubert's narratives are emotionally stirring with both a vulnerable sensibility and rawness to them. BELL HAMMERS will take you on a journey full of open wounds, intimate successes and personal delights. Lancelot's words have a calmness, a natural ease but the meaning is always commanding and dynamic."
-- Natalie Gee, Brooklyn Film Festival
"Lancelot Schaubert is an entertaining and intelligent writer with a flair for world-building. His work is full of good surprises."
- Juliet Marillier, Aurelius award winning author of the Blackthorn & Grim and Warrior Bards series
"Schaubert is a powerful fantasist, a multi-layered thinker and a pure craftsperson with words. This is a writer who will make waves, break boundaries and be heard."
- Kaaron Warren, Aurelius + Stoker award-winning author and Guest of Honor at the World Fantasy Convention
"Schaubert's complex stories weave together sly humor, subtle satire, and heightened language to push fantasy into unexpected places: sometimes uncomfortable, sometimes perplexing, but always intriguing."
-LJ Cohen, author of Derelict
"I f***ing love this entire synopsis. I didn't read the book, but the synopsis is b*tchin'."
- Alin, editor of The Dread Machine
"Schaubert's words have an immediacy, a potency, an intimacy that grab the reader by the collar and say, 'Listen, this is important!' Probing the bones and gristle of humanity, Lancelot's subjects challenge, but also offer insights into redemption if only we will stop and pay attention."
- Erika Robuck, national bestselling author of Hemingway's Girl
"Loved BELL HAMMERS because Lancelot wrote about people who don't get written about enough and he did it with humor, compassion, and heart."
- Brian Slatterly, author of Lost Everything and editor of The New Haven Review
"I'm such a fan of Lancelot Schaubert's work. His unique view and his life-wisdom enriches all he does. We're lucky to count him among our contributors."
- Therese Walsh, author of The Moon Sisters and Editorial Director of Writer Unboxed
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781949547085 |
| PRICE | $15.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 194 |
