Paul was depending on justice, just as most of the people in our prisons are depending on justice, yet many are not getting it. Their color, their race, their orientation, even the nature of their crime, puts them in a hierarchy that is more like Dante’s seven circles of hell than it is a Pilgrim’s progress toward redemption.
Really knowing that God loves one makes a huge difference in one’s life. It doesn’t take away mental illness, and it doesn’t all by itself end debilitating isolation (though having a sensitive and aware faith community can help with that), but it unites a soul with its true purpose.
by Maria Evans Feast Day of Francis of Assisi Psalm 148:7-14 Jeremiah 22:13-16 Galatians 6:14-18 Matthew 11:25-30 As much as any of
What might you become if you allow the seeds of faithful forgiveness and repentance to grow in your life? How might things be different?
I wonder, where is home? Each of us has an answer, and the answers are as varied as the people being asked the question. But thinking theologically for a moment, is being part of a church like being at home?
by Laurie Gudim It seems like everybody is afraid, these days. I know I am – afraid of the polarization in this country, of
by Leslie Scoopmire Luke 17:5-10 There are many times in scriptures when I can picture Jesus with his hand on his face, looking abashed
During his speech Curry said in part: “I want to now suggest that Standing Rock may be the new Selma. This may well be the moment when nations come together, when peoples of goodwill come together to transform this world from the nightmare that it often is into the dream that God intends
There is both freedom and risk in being able to choose to include those that society excludes. The risk, of course is that society will add us to the Outcast pile.
Do not overlook these areas of extreme poverty in yourself or in others. Ask God to give you eyes to see the poor in your community, ears to hear the cries of poverty in your own heart.