A HOPE FOR PEACE

Gratitude is the emotional response to the surprise of our very existence.Diana Butler Bass (Grateful, p. 43) I am writing on Thanksgiving Eve of 2023 – Wednesday, November 22. It didn’t occur to me until last night, as my wife and I were driving home from an interfaith Thanksgiving service, that it was sixty yearsContinueContinue reading “A HOPE FOR PEACE”

TRANSFIGURED

For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.[Romans 8:38-39 NRSV] Some 21 years ago, when IContinueContinue reading “TRANSFIGURED”

DESMOND TUTU

The spirit of the Lord God is upon me,   because the Lord has anointed me;he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed,   to bind up the broken-hearted,to proclaim liberty to the captives,   and release to the prisoners;to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor,   and the day of vengeance of our God;  ContinueContinue reading “DESMOND TUTU”