Archive for November, 2018
November 20, 2018 | Tags: gratitude, migrant caravan, open borders, open heart, thanks, Thanksgiving, welcoming others
This Thanksgiving, I am thinking about travelers. Not just the 54 million of us in the U.S. who will travel to a holiday gathering this week, but especially the thousands traveling in the migrant caravan now arriving on the U.S. border. In a news video of their arrival, I have seen the gratitude in their […]
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November 5, 2018 | Tags: carrying on, Countering hate, despair, Difficult Times, Elections, hope, prayer, prayer flags, violence, weight of the news
The horrific news of recent weeks feels impossible to bear. Like many others, I have cried, raged, railed, lamented, sought community and sat in desolate silence. This week’s elections may bring what some will call victory, but no matter which winners are declared, we will remain a country dangerously divided. It is important to ask […]
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