This week, the internet exploded with stories of families being separated at the border. Headlines were heartache: “Anguish at Southwest border…” “Ripping children from parents’ arms…” A policy of “zero tolerance” has created untenable, trauma-laden situations for families already at their breaking point. Between the stories we’ve heard and the images we’ve seen, our attention […]
If you had stayed tightfisted in the sky and watched us thrash with all the patience of a pipe smoker, I would pray like a golden bullet aimed at your heart. But the story says you cried and so heavy was the tear you fell with it to earth here like a baritone in a […]
Irenaeus [taught] that the glory of God is seen in a living human being. Let the light of that glory shine so brightly that everyone may come to recognize the inestimable value of all human life. Even the weakest and most vulnerable, the sick, the old, the unborn and the poor, are masterpieces of God’s […]
I hope my interfaith brothers and sisters will indulge us American Anglicans – better known as Episcopalians – for just a moment of pride. Not because one of our own preached at the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle; not because he is the head of our national church; but because of who […]
The question rings down through the ages. Religious communities have traditionally responded with a resounding “Yes!” Caring for our sisters and brothers is a key component of what it means to be a person of faith and conscience. Judaism: “You shall love your neighbor as you love yourself: I am the SOVEREIGN GOD.” (Leviticus 19:18) […]
Humility seeks silence not in inactivity but in ordered activity, in the activity that is proper to our poverty and helplessness before God. Humility goes to pray and finds silence through words. Even when it speaks, humility listens. The words of humility are so simple, so gentle and so poor that they find their way […]
Time is an elusive thing. Among other things, time is fleeting. We look up and a whole decade has passed; perhaps we wonder what it is we have to show for it. Trees have rings. They develop rings that show their age, once they’re cut down. We develop wrinkles that show our age, and we […]
“There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear.” This passage from the scriptures of my faith tradition, Christianity, reorients me each time I read it to what my life’s work is about, love. Love is the basis of all the major faith traditions in our world. Love of God, Allah, Yahweh […]
Matthew 27:57 When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus. 58 He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus; then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. {28} 1 After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week […]
A Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Litany for the Poor People’s Campaign (MLK50) Divine One, Infinite Love, known to us by many names. Today, we remember the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, whose prophetic journey continues to mark our days, inspire our hearts and guide our feet. In this moment of celebration let […]
