Salt is good; but if salt has lost its saltiness, how can you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.[mark 9:50 NRSV] DAILY LECTIONARY READINGSAM Psalm [120], 121, 122, 123; PM Psalm 124, 125, 126, [127]Exod. 5:1-6:1; 1 Cor. 14:20-33a,39-40; Mark 9:42-50 Note: This is an updated version of a post I originally wrote onContinueContinue reading “REMEMBERING OSCAR ROMERO”
Category Archives: Violence
CONQUER KILLING WITH KINDNESS
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.ephesians 4:32 I strongly considered taking this day off. The benefit of retirement is that I have that option, or should I more accurately say, that luxury. I could justify not posting by saying that my initial commitment was toContinueContinue reading “CONQUER KILLING WITH KINDNESS”
NOT IN GOD’S NAME
Do not believe you can rectify the past by avenging it. That way you merely succeed in perpetuating the past instead of healing it.rabbi jonathan sacks This past summer I read a book titled Not in God’s Name: Confronting Religious Violence, by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. Ostensibly, it is an analysis of Genesis, the first bookContinueContinue reading “NOT IN GOD’S NAME”
Walking Together in Faith 