Thank you, Chuck, for your beautiful words and inspiration. I now plan to read MLK's book. My shining light is that this weekend, 30 people are gathering for a time of prayer and reflection as we seek God's presence, peace, and purpose for these dark days.
And may Almut soon be back to complete health--and may you and little one stay clear!
Karen, Gathering people, and gathering strength and courage, is just the right thing to do. And my thanks for your blessings for the family. We surely need it.
Thanks, Cindy. Whenever I read MLK, I am jarred by my memories of the time (and by my naïveté to the obvious around me then). And I am, as you, always uplifted by his constant, unwavering, call to love. Would that I could manage it...
First of all, I am sorry to not be able to attend this Saturday.; I have a prior engagement all morning with Fr. Richard Rohlheiser in town. Thank you Chuck for sharing your insights. Our history, personal and (inter)national, can teach us how to move forward now. At a recent meeting with our US congressman, he encouraged 2 things: turn to the Civil rights movement beginnings for inspiration, courage and examples; and lovingly talk with others who might need to understand the truth of where we are heading. I hear the same in your message, so I am "sharpening my sword" with love, an often humbling lesson, but I know it is the only way. Thank you both for all you do.
Sr. Stephanie, you have a wise congressman, might I inquire about his name? The deeper beginnings of the civil rights movement were in the height of "Jim Crow" and the Great Migration. The book "The Warmth of Other Suns" is a great book about those times, when so many southern Blacks became refugees in their own country.
I love your image of "sharpening your sword with love." Love it.
Chuck, our congressman is Rep. Sean Casten (IL-6). He works very hard and is incredibly intelligent. We need to all be calling (not writing) our congress persons to either thank them for their work or insist that they vote the way we want. I've learned that they actually listen to phone calls, and the ultraconservatives are out-calling us 4 to 1! It is an easy action to take.
Thank you, Chuck, for your beautiful words and inspiration. I now plan to read MLK's book. My shining light is that this weekend, 30 people are gathering for a time of prayer and reflection as we seek God's presence, peace, and purpose for these dark days.
And may Almut soon be back to complete health--and may you and little one stay clear!
Karen, Gathering people, and gathering strength and courage, is just the right thing to do. And my thanks for your blessings for the family. We surely need it.
-c
Love this poem Chuck thank you! As always, MLK Jr quote, my favorite. Thank you for highlighting it again for us.
Thanks, Cindy. Whenever I read MLK, I am jarred by my memories of the time (and by my naïveté to the obvious around me then). And I am, as you, always uplifted by his constant, unwavering, call to love. Would that I could manage it...
First of all, I am sorry to not be able to attend this Saturday.; I have a prior engagement all morning with Fr. Richard Rohlheiser in town. Thank you Chuck for sharing your insights. Our history, personal and (inter)national, can teach us how to move forward now. At a recent meeting with our US congressman, he encouraged 2 things: turn to the Civil rights movement beginnings for inspiration, courage and examples; and lovingly talk with others who might need to understand the truth of where we are heading. I hear the same in your message, so I am "sharpening my sword" with love, an often humbling lesson, but I know it is the only way. Thank you both for all you do.
Sr. Stephanie, you have a wise congressman, might I inquire about his name? The deeper beginnings of the civil rights movement were in the height of "Jim Crow" and the Great Migration. The book "The Warmth of Other Suns" is a great book about those times, when so many southern Blacks became refugees in their own country.
I love your image of "sharpening your sword with love." Love it.
Chuck, our congressman is Rep. Sean Casten (IL-6). He works very hard and is incredibly intelligent. We need to all be calling (not writing) our congress persons to either thank them for their work or insist that they vote the way we want. I've learned that they actually listen to phone calls, and the ultraconservatives are out-calling us 4 to 1! It is an easy action to take.