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February 8, 2017 “I appeal for cessation of hostilities, not because you are too exhausted to fight, but because war is bad in essence. You want to kill Nazism. You will never kill it by its indifferent adoption.” Mahathma Ghandi Donald Trump’s favorite Bible verse involves an “eye for an eye.” Trump appears to beContinue reading “An eye for an eye?…”

February 7, 2017 Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future. John F. Kennedy Meditation: One of my neighbors wrote on face book this morning: “Now we haveContinue reading “Blaming after losing…”

February 6, 2017 “Without forgiveness, there is no future”. Desmond Tutu Prayer: Patient God, we bring to you our anxieties that are especially strong in these times of change.We confess to you that we are often fixed on what scares us, and that we forget that you will be with us, whatever the future holds.Continue reading “The power of forgiveness…”

February 5, 2017 Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness. George Washington Meditation: Licentiousness means “lacking legal or moral restraints” especially disregarding sexual restraints. The Proverb below seems a wisdom “joke” more so than a wisdom “word” in today’s reality. Sins these days are not even hidden orContinue reading “Arbitrary power…”

Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe. Frederick Douglass Meditation: These days many people wake up in the middle of the night feelingContinue reading “Where justice is denied…”

Quote: “To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.” Saint Teresa of Avila Meditation: This ritual where a sheep carries away the sins of the Israel people is an ancient way of allowing the people to start anew and to have a visible and tangible experience ofContinue reading “Sin as going astray…”

February 2, 2017 “It is not what they say, but the reaction that tells you everything you need to know.” ― Shannon L. Alder Meditation: People say a lot. People promise things. But who they are, you can find out when they react. The true values and nature of a person reveals when the heatContinue reading “How to respond?..”

The poverty in the West is a different kind of poverty—it is not only a poverty of loneliness but also of spirituality. There’s a hunger for love, as there is a hunger for God. Mother Teresa Meditation:  Our society promises the satisfaction of all our needs. Highest speed internet for even more information… Unlimited foodContinue reading “Us, poor?…”

Prayer is the best response to hatred. Charles Spurgeon Meditation: When injustice happens, we feel outraged. When discrimination happens, we get angry. When abuse of power happens, we want to scream and rise up and stop the abuse. All those reactions are understandable. And we need to protest, we need to make our voices heard,Continue reading “Emotions too deep…”

Quote: “If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall in the ditch.” Jesus Christ Meditation: Sometimes we take the ability to see for granted. If somebody loses his or her vision, everything changes. Things that were easy before suddenly become difficult. Anxieties arise out of nowhere. Fear of darkness sets in. Feelings of insecurityContinue reading ““If the blind are leading…””