Luke 12:49-53
“I came to cast fire upon the earth; and would that it were already kindled! I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how I am constrained until it is accomplished! Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division; for henceforth in one house there will be five 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 her mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”

Homily:

The first step of Kotter’s 8-step process for leading change is “Create a sense of urgency”. Some refer to it as “Create a burning platform”.

Fire triggers immediate action.

You are either with or against, and depending on where you stand, your actions will obviously lead to head-on conflicts of values.

Conflicts set boundaries, and then the undecided can see which boundary flourishes and shift ground.

If people cannot tell where you stand, then you are lying (probably in state).