I keep your word in my heart, LORD, so that I might not sin against you. (Alleluia) Bring me to understand the way of your laws, LORD, And I will meditate on your wondrous works. (Alleluia) (adapted from Psalm 119)
When we lived in Washington, DC and I worked for a GOGO company (“Gay Owned Gay Operated“), I met and became very close friends with folks of “the gay community” of every shape, color, size, and stripe. Every belief and non-belief. Very wise people, a few crackpots, and folks for whom my respect for their [...]
From the Psalms, a short Lectio to begin your meditations. I cry to you, O LORD, YOU are my place of safety. (Alleluia) Keep the faith! – Amen
My thoughts paused for just a second over a few verses from the Psalm reading for today. I woke up this morning the same as I went to sleep last night, haunted by sorrow and fears of politics. Politics made me afraid. The politcal milieu has become such a whirlwind of negativity that it makes [...]
Is there ever a time in our lives when we are not surrounded by either unjust actions, or unjust people who we first thought were our friends, our family, our loved ones, our caregivers? And so, in that dark time we slip for even a moment into a sense of hopelessness that we have befriended [...]
