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Dearly Beloved, Grace and Peace to you.                                     When you stand for justice, when you work for peace it may seem that you are alone. But they are with you, and speak through your voice: Sojourner, Martin, Mohandas, Dorothy, Dietrich, Rigoberta, Oscar, Cesar, Malala. You are legion. When you offer yourself for reconciliation,… Continue reading The stream of justice

                  God of mercy, why is there no mercy?The poor are robbed, the hungry wait,prisoners long for the welcoming hand.The powerful wield their weapons day after day.Refugees walk in their long lines toward youand never arrive, never find home.The laborer used, the child abused, waitfor no announcing angel, no welcome rescue.The lonely and condemned weep without… Continue reading No justice

Dearly Beloved, Grace and Peace to you.                                       Jesus told a parable about their need to pray always          and not to lose heart.                   In a certain city there was a judge          who neither feared God nor had respect for people.          In that city there was a widow          who kept coming to him and saying,… Continue reading Pray always and do not lose heart

Dearly Beloved, Grace and Peace to you.                              Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord…                   who has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts.          God has brought down the powerful from their thrones,                   and lifted up the lowly;          God has filled the hungry with good things,                   and sent the rich away empty.”… Continue reading Christmas peace, Chriwstmas justice

Dearly Beloved, Grace and Peace to you.                     Resurrection does not mean everything turns out OK. It does not save us from suffering, evil or death. It means that God’s one pure will is to give life and bless, and to set us free. This is what God does. Always. And no matter what… Continue reading What God does

Dearly Beloved, Grace and Peace to you.                              By a perversion of justice he was taken away.                   —Isaiah 53.8 Some New Testament writers say Jesus was crucified “according to scripture,”  as “atonement for our sin.” This does not mean God intended the cross, that God demands a sacrifice, that God “sent Jesus to die.”… Continue reading Injustice

Dearly Beloved, Grace and Peace to you.                     The Israelites gathered the manna, some gathering more, some less. But when they measured it with an omer, those who gathered much had nothing over, and those who gathered little had no shortage; they gathered as much as each of them needed.          —Exodus 16.17 The laborers… Continue reading Justice

Dearly Beloved, Grace and Peace to you.                     He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.          —Isaiah 53.7 I lay down my… Continue reading The power to lay it down