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”
Category Archives: Peace
SHALOM
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not let them be afraid.” [John 14:27 NRSV] Monday, February 28 was my final day as Acting Bishop of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod of the ELCA. It wasContinueContinue reading “SHALOM”
RIGHTEOUS PEACE, GODLY GLORY
Take off the garment of your sorrow and affliction, O Jerusalem, and put on for ever the beauty of the glory from God.Put on the robe of the righteousness that comes from God; put on your head the diadem of the glory of the Everlasting;for God will show your splendor everywhere under heaven.For God will give you evermoreContinueContinue reading “RIGHTEOUS PEACE, GODLY GLORY”
Walking Together in Faith 