I am overwhelmed. With the guilty verdicts for a murderer. With sadness for the family and friends of George Floyd. With happiness for the family and friends of George Floyd. With relief that the universe righted itself a bit today. With bitter sweetness. With these words of Longfellow, written during the Civil War as his…
Ugly Truths
I’m so tired of left and right finger-pointing. I’m tired of “but you guys” did this or that. Or statements that include the words “both sides.” I’m done with this week’s responses like “criticizing the Capitol participants is hypocritical of you.” Or “you didn’t condemn the violence at Black Lives Matters protests last summer.” Actually…
Embers of Hope
And we still don’t know, just as I suspected. And yet just as I dreaded. We may not know the outcome of the presidential election for quite some time, but we do know this: many of our neighbors and friends that we have categorized as good people because they are nice to us have in…
What is Great?
I want America to be great. But sometimes that’s hard to even visualize when I look at where we are today. What does great even mean? That word has been co-opted by people wearing red hats and I’m not even sure that the majority of them can define the greatness we used to have that…
It’s Not Me, It’s You
What if the one to blame is actually me? Or us? What if what we think is the fault of others is actually the fault of ours? We and us are Christians. Me, and maybe you. I’ve spent a lot of my adult life retraining my brain to not first think of God as the…
How To Be A Good American
July 4 has me thinking about what it means to be a good American, and all my paths of thought seem to end with people who are really disappointing right now. It’s not that hard to be a good citizen, to be a good American, to be a good human. So why are we having…
Masks
I’m always wearing a mask. My most important learning of the last week was in those five words, spoken by a woman I admire and look up to and care about. I’m always wearing a mask. My heart sank. How can that be? I work closely with this person, and am in multiple meetings with…
Mother of All Human Beings
This photo moves me. A mother supporting protestors while supporting her child while feeding her child. A mother, doing what she can in this moment, investing in the next generation in multiple ways. Genesis 3:1 tells us Adam named his wife Eve “because she was the mother of all human beings.” Perhaps it’s because of…
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