Following Jesus in rejecting empire
I thought it might be a good exercise to push beyond the Covid and US election headlines just to stay in touch with the reality that there is a world outside these big news items. I understand that the US election will have global ramifications. And I know that the current pandemic is a very…
I’ve been startled lots of times (I have a hair-trigger startle reflex). I’ve been scared on a number of occasions. But I’ve only really experienced panic twice. Knowing people who have panic attacks regularly I feel quite lucky. Panic is different from fear. The human instinct when fear arrives is for “fight or flight,” and…
The world just got a whole lot smaller. Whether you live in Milan, Italy or Moline, Illinois; York, England or New York, New York; Johannesburg, California or Johannesburg, South Africa, we are all now sheltering in place and watching a pandemic sweep the globe. I don’t want to minimize the disparities here. One look at…