“We grow accustomed to the Dark – When Light is put away – Emily Dickinson Sometimes as I think about the way things are in our world, I remember the phrase above. We grow accustomed to sexism, racism, classism, and all the other isms that prevent humanity from coming together as the Beloved Community ofContinue reading “Face the Darkness”
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God is With Us
“Some people see things as they are and ask, why? I dream things that never were and ask, why not?” Robert Kennedy At this time of year, the darkness seems even darker. I get up in the dark, and there is only a brief space of daylight and then it is dark again. And latelyContinue reading “God is With Us”
Waiting
“Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down!” Isaiah 63: 19 It is not easy to be patient and yet that is what we must do as we muddle through this transition from one president to the next, as we wait for senate election results in Georgia, as we wait for vaccines toContinue reading “Waiting”
“Truth Decay”
“The light shines in darkness and the darkness cannot overcome it.” John 1: 5 President Obama said something today that caught my attention: “Trump has accelerated ‘Truth Decay.’” Evidently this term has been around for years but I failed to pay attention to it. It does seem appropriate for the circumstances we are experiencing today.Continue reading ““Truth Decay””