Friday Reflection

Woe to you who add house to house    and join field to fieldtill no space is left    and you live alone in the land. Isaiah 5:8 All too fitting given this week’s essay on Israel. Praise Be to God

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.           Psalm 46:1-3 Praise Be to God

The Lord is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?           Psalm 27:1 Praise Be to God

Below is the statement Representative Barbara Lee made in opposition to the Authorization of the use of military force in Afghanistan on September 14, 2001: Mr. Speaker, Members, I rise today really with a very heavy heart, one that is filled with sorrow for the families and the loved ones who were killed and injured

Recently I listened to some recorded sermons. In one of them was the classic Starfish Parable. If you are not familiar with this it is the story of a child who comes upon thousands and thousands of starfish stranded on the beach after a storm. They are dying. The child begins to carefully pick up

Lord, I thought when I was there, God, what am I doing here?I’m a-tryin’ to kill somebody or die tryin’But the thing that scared me most was when my enemy came closeAnd I saw that his face looked just like mine” Oh Lord, just like mine          -Bob Dylan

When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly.           1 Peter 2:23 Praise Be to God

What good am I if I know and don’t do,If I see and don’t say, if I look right through you,If I turn a deaf ear to the thunderin’ sky,What good am I? -Bob Dylan Praise Be to God