Lately, I’ve been reflecting on Paul’s comforting words in 2 Corinthians 4. In verses 17 & 18, he gives us two more reasons to hang in there even when we feel like giving up. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
… Read more…My America
In 1967 at Stanford University, Dr. King delivered a speech entitled The Other America. With characteristic eloquence he described the very different economic, social and political conditions under which black and white Americans lived. Much has changed since Dr. King’s speech. But if you could ask Ahmaud Arbery or George Floyd if things have changed enough, and if they could answer, they would tell you that we still live in two Americas. In my America, I can wander into a house under construction and look around, or jog down a street, or roam a city park and no one is … Read more…
