Loving the People – May 10, 2023
“A moving feeling within me… that I was sitting there demanding a God-given right, and my soul became satisfied that I was right in what I was doing. At the same time there was something deep down within me, moving me… that I could no longer be satisfied or go along with an evil system that […]
Bad News and Good News
Lately, the newspaper and the scripture readings seem to be interchangeable. When Jesus warns us* about wars and uprising, nations attacking one another, earthquakes, famines, and epidemics, I might as well be reading the front page of The Washington Post. War in Ukraine! Rising inflation! Political chaos! Police brutality! Racism! New strains of COVID! Half […]
A Troubled Heart
Today, as I write this, the newsfeed is filled with the aftermath of yet another shooting at a school, where 19 little children and two adults were killed and a lot of others wounded. I want to scream, “What goes through the mind of someone that makes it ok to shoot at little children?” Instead, […]
Getting the News – Mar. 21, 2022
… When the news comesmay the hummingin your headgive way to song,even if it will belong and longbefore you canhear it, before you cancomprehend the lovethat latched onto youin the rending—the love that bound itself to youeven as it began its leavingand has neverlet you go. –Jan Richardson, from “Blessing for Getting the News”, The […]
