Tag: Injustice
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Living With A Tender Heart – Holding The Tension
How then does a tender heart live in the world these days? That’s a question I asked in a post about a month ago. It’s a question I continue to carry and live with. Maybe you also are carrying and living with that question. To ask the question is to stand in and hold the… Read more
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Join The Protest – Reflections On Holy Week And Easter 2026
Happy Easter! I hope you are Eastering well. Below are my reflections for Holy Week and Easter Sunday this year. Most years I find and follow a thread through Holy Week to Easter. This year the thread was protest. I don’t mean protest in the sense of simply being a dis-agreer. To protest is to… Read more
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Maybe The Cross Is What It Is – A Good Friday Reflection
I don’t know how to explain the cross and the crucifixion of Jesus. It makes no sense to me. I understand the theories of atonement, but not the cross or why “Jesus had to die.” Though I understand the many explanations, I find them less and less convincing or helpful. Maybe there is nothing to… Read more
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Too Tender For This World
Do you sometimes feel like your heart is just too tender for this world? A few weeks ago I received a text message from someone saying that’s how he felt. I didn’t have to ask what he meant. I know that tenderness. I feel it and experience it almost daily. Tender Places Another war, this… Read more
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Is It A Good Or A Bad Thing?
About a week ago I posted My Thank You Note to President Trump. It received a lot more attention than I ever expected. In response to that posting someone sent me the following: Dear Father Mike, I’m a little confused (pardon that). The past twelve months have been tumultuous, to put it mildly. Is it… Read more
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My Thank You Note to President Trump
Mr. President, I did not vote for you and I never thought I would be saying this but I owe you a debt of gratitude. Less than a week into your presidency you have already done for me something I do not think Mrs. Clinton could have or would have done had she been elected… Read more