After Dallas, Orlando, Minneapolis, et al.
My priest friend, Mary Green, wrote this reflection in view of the wave of violence sweeping our nation. She speaks for me and Michele. Thank you, Mary. July 8, 2016, Reflection informed by recent meditation on Genesis 15:1-6 and Hebrews 11:1-3. Abram believed in the promises of God, and it was credited to him as righteousness, right relationship with God. Belief, that place of trust in God, even in the face of not seeing the fulfillment of promises. Today, just after the killing of 4 police officers in Dallas during protests over the killing by police of two black men earlier this week, in the wake of Orlando, in the wake of the obscene parade of violent and hate filled behavior and language that seems hell-bent on total destruction of this country, I have no words to pray. I have no way to believe in the future. I have no way to confront any of the problems that threaten to overwhelm this country. No, wrong word. The threat is lon...