My heart is so sad. 51 lives. Human lives. Beloved children of God lives. Created in the image of God lives. And we have to include the human, beloved children, image of God people who didn’t die, because they were treated the same. I can’t even come up with a suitable metaphor for how theyContinue reading “Life & Love”
Category Archives: What then shall we do?
Be Still
I love the story of the Prophet Elijah – well, I guess ‘love’ can be a bit misleading. It definitely isn’t a happy-go-lucky kind of story but more of a document-drama that’s hard to watch but nevertheless has much to offer us all these many years later. I really appreciate what we can learn fromContinue reading “Be Still”
Responsible
Not to sound melodramatic but what a week of juggling unexpected events it has been! And it’s only Tuesday. One of my favorite Old Testament stories is when God tells Elijah to have a snack and take a nap and after he’s had two snacks and two naps Elijah has the strength and courage toContinue reading “Responsible”
Words
In last week’s post, I spoke of remembering the beginnings of this blog because of where I was. This week I’m remembering because of another succession of violence. Not shootings or actual physical violence but verbal violence and the threat of physical violence. In a news broadcast late last week, there were two stories: oneContinue reading “Words”
Comfort, Joy, Peace
One of the (if not THE) most practical courses I had to take in seminary was one titled “Evangelism”. Of course, my evangelical-church-influenced childhood caused me to enter the class on the first day with arms folded and mind closed because the only idea of evangelizing I knew was to convince people, whether or notContinue reading “Comfort, Joy, Peace”
Enough
We need some cupcakes with our coffee this morning, Y’all! Exactly one year ago today, I posted the first articles on this blog! Now, granted, I’d been writing them for a year prior to that but today marks the anniversary of when this website, by God’s grace and my keyboarding skills, officially opened. I writeContinue reading “Enough”
Whose, Part 2
I’d like to add to what I wrote a couple of weeks ago here. And, I admit, that penning this piece has been a struggle because I’m so weary of of the polarization of our ideologies in this country. I want to to scream at the top of my lungs “Stop it! Do you notContinue reading “Whose, Part 2”
You Keep Using that Word
You might want to get an extra large coffee this morning because I’m going to step into something controversial, y’all. I want to talk about our (ab)use of the term ‘pro-life’ because I’m not seeing much evidence that many folks who use the term pro-life to describe their political or even religious stance actually are.Continue reading “You Keep Using that Word”
Armor
Good morning, Y’all. I don’t know about you but I’m really struggling with maintaining my focus on God’s peace these days: feeling it, offering it, abiding in it. There just seems to be a pervading atmosphere of agitation and aggression. Are you feeling it, too? Our world is saturated with ‘fight’ talk. When we doContinue reading “Armor”
A Trendy Revolution
Hey, Y’all. How’s your coffee on this fine Tuesday? More importantly, how are you?Can I share with you that I am just completely perplexed at the world right now? Not so much over what is happening – the pandemic, the huge influx of migrants at the southern US border, the collapse of Afghanistan, not toContinue reading “A Trendy Revolution”
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