Some of those charged told Reuters they had been stigmatized as a result of the raid and a televised news conference held by police in which they were identified the day after their arrest in 2018. Another of the men said the striking out of the case would not help him to be reconciled with his family who had rejected him over the matter.
“An old friend once called this season “Hallowthankmas,” because the three holidays are somewhat run together like water spilled over damp watercolor paintings.”
“It is clear from many lessons of history that violence does not root out violence, though it may change around who are the perpetrators and who are the victims. The challenge is to loosen the bonds of society enough that those who are oppressed are released, but the whole body of a community does not dissolve. It is to loosen, and then retie those bonds in a shape that more resembles justice.”
If she is successful in the state-senate elections on Tuesday she will remain minister of the church, and also be the first openly lesbian state senator in Georgia.
David and Charlette take on the the story of Jesus’ discussion of the Greatest Commandment
It’s easy to love God; much harder to love the people life sends your way
St Nonna (or Non), a woman of deep faith and commitment who also is the mother of Wales patron, St David
Special guest the Venerable Pamela Rieger, aka Deacon Pam, joins in to discuss Jesus’ exchange with the Pharisees about paying taxes to Cesar from this week’s gospel
“An old friend once called this season “Hallowthankmas,” because the three holidays are somewhat run together like water spilled over damp watercolor paintings.”
“‘Don’t say that. We will have another presidential election in four years. Maybe not a woman, but you will know another president.’ This spoken to an octogenarian in fragile health. I could not tolerate hopelessness in the most hopeful person I knew.”
“The life of faith is NEVER a life lived in isolation, thrown upon our own meager and faltering resources. The life of faith is always strengthened and aided by God’s abundant mercy, grace and love. The life of faith is lived in community with God and with each other.”
The remembrance of my fear, trembling, and faith as I witnessed whatever was going on in the air that night sustains me through this season, whose decorations do not entertain me, I am sorry to say. I am not so far removed from death, decay, and demons that I need the Hallowe’en décor to remind me that they exist. I turn away from the tombstones and their terrible puns.
Some of those charged told Reuters they had been stigmatized as a result of the raid and a televised news conference held by police in which they were identified the day after their arrest in 2018. Another of the men said the striking out of the case would not help him to be reconciled with his family who had rejected him over the matter.
If she is successful in the state-senate elections on Tuesday she will remain minister of the church, and also be the first openly lesbian state senator in Georgia.
“Kindness and compassion are sorely needed in society right now,” Bishop Fisher said.
In Stowe church, homosexuality and homosexual practice were generally perceived as deviant and wrong, so Farquhar could not be honest about his emotional relationship with Field.
“It is clear from many lessons of history that violence does not root out violence, though it may change around who are the perpetrators and who are the victims. The challenge is to loosen the bonds of society enough that those who are oppressed are released, but the whole body of a community does not dissolve. It is to loosen, and then retie those bonds in a shape that more resembles justice.”
“The pandemic has taught those of us who thought we were completely in control that we’re really not – and a lot of us knew all too well that the power in our lives was not our own. The coronavirus pandemic for many of us has just added yet another thing pushing in on us, making our lives more and more difficult.”
“Indifference may be the greatest human evil; standing by while someone is being abused or bullied or starved. And Equanimity might be the greatest human tool; living a life that welcomes all of it – aware that suffering will pass. Ecstasy will pass. Everything will pass.”
“One of the deepest rooted human fears, even more so than the fear of illness, is the fear of the stranger. We are all hard-wired to trust most those whom we know best, sometimes despite the evidence. The pandemic has fed on those fears. Although there is no more reason to suppose that a stranger is carrying the virus than your family and friends, we are all inclined to believe that those we know well are safe to be with, and those we don’t, not so much.”
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