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If the devil cannot make us bad, he will make us busy. Corrie ten Boom Meditation: The current president is manipulating the media. He is keeping the reporters and TV stations busy so that nearly hourly they would report many distracting messages. And the media acts like a sponge. It has not shifted its paradigm,Continue reading “He Will Make Us Busy…”

We must finally stop appealing to theology to justify our reserved silence about what the state is doing — for that is nothing but fear. ‘Open your mouth for the one who is voiceless’ — for who in the church today still remembers that that is the least of the Bible’s demands in times suchContinue reading “Nothing but Fear…”

We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God…We must not…assume that our schedule is our own to manage, but allow it to be arranged by God. Dietrich Bonhoeffer Meditation: Are we going on with business as usual? Should we stop and acknowledge the urgency of our times? I heard many wonder:Continue reading “Interrupted By God…”

If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction. Dietrich Bonhoeffer Meditation: How can we admit we took the wrong train? By getting off… How can we admit we have made a mistake? By remaining human and humble… How can we not just run “along theContinue reading “The Wrong Train…”

I believe today that my conduct is in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator. I do not see why man should not be just as cruel as nature. Adolf Hitler Our rights are not given to us by man. Our rights come to us from our Creator. No matter what, no earthly forceContinue reading “Wolves in Sheep Clothing…”

Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith. Paul Tillich Meditation: When we experience painful events like death, divorce, sudden loss or trauma, it feels like “God’s right hand has changed”. We do not recognize the God anymore who we once believed in, who we trusted and even delighted in.Continue reading “Doubt as an element of Faith…”

If you want to preserve – I’m very serious now – if you want to preserve democracy as we know it, you have to have a free and many times adversarial press. And without it, I am afraid that we would lose so much of our individual liberties over time. That’s how dictators get started.Continue reading “Preserving Democracy…”

Courage doesn’t happen when you have all the answers. It happens when you are ready to face the questions you have been avoiding your whole life. Shannon Alder Meditation: This new experience of collectively needing to change our life style due to a natural threat has been something I have been intentionally avoiding to think aboutContinue reading “Courage does not happen…”

“Faith Is Taking The First Step Even When… … you don’t see the whole staircase.” Martin Luther King Meditation: Many of us don’t know how to make it through this time where work, school, daily rhythms, habits, rituals and social gatherings are suddenly turned upside down or have disappeared. It is like standing in a largeContinue reading “Taking the first step…”

The presence of fear does not mean you have no faith. Fear visits everyone. But make your fear a visitor and not a resident. Max Lucado Meditation: Martin Luther said it similarly: “You cannot keep the birds (of sorrow) from flying over your head but you can keep them from building a nest in your hair”.  HowContinue reading “Visiting Fear…”