We have worn ourselves out with fist shaking.  It is time for some really deep listening. 

When we are battered and beaten, God is at our side. When we fall and skin our knees, God is there to be with us. We cannot be separated. This is the truth. Faith is simply an acceptance of that truth.

God wants a humanity that is characterized by this sort of fearless love which neutralizes the power of evil and transforms it to good.

"Christmas and Easter can be subjects for poetry, but Good Friday, like Auschwitz, cannot. The reality is so horrible it is not surprising that people should have found it a stumbling block to faith."~ W.H. Auden"

Servant leadership is a philosophy and set of practices that enriches the lives of individuals, builds better organizations and ultimately creates a more just and caring world.

Though some cold, snow and ice may show up in the next few days and weeks, the end of their reign is done.  Only a few months ago we welcomed the first falling flakes in anticipation of holidays with gatherings of friends and family.  Then, after being homebound, scooping too many driveways, being stuck at the side of the road, we moaned at the thought of more winter.  When would it ever end!?  Well, now is the time.

Broken relationships, active hostility in families, among former friends and associates, open wounds from mistreatment, and plain old misunderstandings leave a heavy burden for our hearts to carry.

They were runaways from across the country that fled abusive homes to arrive at even meaner streets. Many of them had been kicked out of home by their parents for a variety of reasons.