Here is a paragraph from Henny Penny, more commonly known as Chicken Little, a folk tale about a chicken who believes the world is coming to an end. ** As Chicken Little was one day strolling about in a garden, she ran under a rose-bush and a leaf fell on her tail. A Fox was standing by, who wanted to …
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Following Jesus and Making Peace in a Violent World
No one will question that we live in a violent world. No one will doubt that most of the world powers assume that violence must be met by violence. And, oddly to some, many if not most Christians also assume that the great evils of our day will be resolved inevitably only by some use …
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The First Day of the Week
On the first day of the week we became Easter People. Our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom all things were made in the beginning, has initiated the new creation. Just as in the first beginning, Jesus completed the work—living among us, proclaiming Kingdom-come, casting out demons, healing the sick, mending the broken, confronting the powers …
WAS JESUS ABANDONED?
When from the cross Jesus cries out: “My God, My God, why have you abandoned me?” he felt the full consequences of human sin, which separates from all that is good, including God who is good. To embrace human sinfulness in bodily life in loving self-sacrifice, as Jesus did, pushed him to the outermost edges …
THE DREAM LIVES ON
On this day marking the life, leadership and martyrdom of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, we should pause to give thanks that indeed black lives matter! I am grateful that the life of Dr. King, a man of color, mattered so profoundly, though cut so tragically short. It would do us all good to read again his now …