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”
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THE MAN IN THE ARENA
Accept your share of suffering like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. Nobody who serves in the military gets tied up with civilian matters, so that they can please the one who recruited them.[2 Timothy 2:3-4 Common English Bible] The words of the Apostle Paul’s second letter to Timothy echoed in my mind yesterday morning whenContinueContinue reading “THE MAN IN THE ARENA”
THANKSGIVING: BE STILL…AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD
Adapted from a homily I preached on November 24, 2015 at the Interfaith Thanksgiving Service at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Cleveland.
Walking Together in Faith 