-
Recent Posts
Archives
Categories
-
Category Archives: Justice Issues
Giving Birth to Creation
Mother’s Day has come and gone and with it those close-to-the-surface memories of our mothers, both happy and sad, along with reflection on what it means to be a mother and a woman in the world. A month before my … Continue reading
Posted in Justice Issues, Reflections on Life, Unspoken Truths
2 Comments
The Cross, the Crowd, and the Self
Over 2,000 years ago, Jesus told the crowd gathered about him, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.” Have you ever shared a painful experience with a friend … Continue reading
Since Sandy Hook…..
Since the Sandy Hook massacre of school children and adults, over 1600 people have been killed with guns in the United States; 108 were children and teens. There have been 31 school shootings since Columbine with no resulting change in … Continue reading
Reflections of an NRA Hostage
Right now at this very moment I am being held hostage. As are you and each and every citizen of this great land we are privileged to call home. I am being held hostage by the NRA. At gunpoint. Right … Continue reading
Posted in Justice Issues, Reflections on Life
Tagged Connecticut, gun rights, Newtown, NRA
Leave a comment
Loving Ourselves, And…..
There is a remarkable parallelism in the world’s great religions regarding the commandment to “Love your neighbor as yourself.” The message is clear – from Buddhism, “Hurt not others with that which pains yourself” (Udana 5.13); to Confucianism, “Do not do … Continue reading
The Big Aspirin Bottle in the Sky
Who or what might be the big aspirin bottle in the sky? The answer to that question lies in an unlikely place – at the beginning of what Christians refer to as Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, which can be … Continue reading
Does The Help, help or hurt? Revised 8/23
Like many women in America, or let me be clear, white women in America, I devoured every word of The Help when I read it two years ago. The fact that an author had written in dialect for another race … Continue reading
All…Equal…Really
The Fourth of July fireworks are over. The last strings of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture have played and the cymbals have sounded. The parade of cars to weekend getaways has gone and those of us who live in such places are … Continue reading
Posted in Justice Issues
4 Comments
