This Is Our God – June 30, 2020
“This is our God. Not a distant judge nor a sadist, but a God who weeps. A God who suffers, not only for us, but with us. Nowhere is the presence of God amidst suffering more salient than on the cross. Therefore what can I do but confess that this is not a God who […]
A Holy Deed – Feb. 3, 2020
“What you believe and what you do are the same thing. In Indian way, if you see your people suffering, helping them becomes absolutely necessary. It’s not a social act of charity or welfare assistance, it’s a spiritual act, a holy deed.” –Leonard Peltier, Prison Writings: My Life is My Sun Dance, p. 103
No Refuge – July 1, 2019
“There is no refuge from suffering. But it is also true that suffering has no refuge from love. When love permeates suffering consistently overtime, suffering dissolves in love until only love remains.” -James Finley
That They May Be One – June 7, 2019
“As I conscientize myself, I realize that [my brothers and sisters] who don’t eat, who don’t laugh, who don’t sing, who don’t love, who live oppressed, crushed, and despised, who are less each day are suffering all this because of some reality that is causing it. And at that point I join in the action […]
