“When day comes we ask ourselves,
where can we find light in this never-ending shade?”
Amanda Gorman, “The Hill We Climb,” 2021 Presidential Inaugural Poem
Amanda Gorman began to recite her Inaugural Poem, “The Hill We Climb,” and I stopped my morning rush, stood in front of the television, and absorbed the moments as if I were swept up into a rhapsody of words. Shimmering words danced to the tempo of delight.
Continue reading Are You Brave Enough?
“It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.” Galatians 5:1
Today, we remember Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement. He knew freedom in God, and he sought to bring freedom to all of America. Freedom from racism. Freedom to live and work in equality, dignity, and respect. Freedom to love our neighbors as ourselves.
Isn’t that what Christianity is all about? Freedom from our sins and freedom to live in the presence of Jesus. Freedom to live eternally.
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Challenging times. Costly times. Dark times. Oppressive times. Jesus knew those times. These are our times today.
Jesus brought Good News, but it was not always accepted.
Continue reading Want Good News?
“Nobody likes me, everybody hates me, I think I’ll go out and eat worms!”
The mean things that my school mates said and did to me when I was in elementary school made me feel like eating worms. How about you?
I didn’t think about the loving Mama and Daddy I went home to or the dinner waiting for me. I didn’t remember my brothers and the joy I had as we played together.
Continue reading Trouble Giving Thanks?
