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“The deeper our faith, the more doubt we must endure; the deeper our hope, the more prone we are to despair; the deeper our love, the more pain its loss will bring; these are a few of the paradoxes we must hold as human beings.” Parker Palmer Kenosha, Ferguson, New York, Cleveland, Charleston, Baton Rouge,Continue reading “PATIENCE, DISCERNMENT + KINDNESS”

“By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. There on the poplars we hung our harps, for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” Psalm 137:1-3 How much have you wept since mid-March? I suspect manyContinue reading “FINDING JOY IN EXILE”