Viral Faith

  “ So pay attention to how you hear . To those who listen to my teaching, more understanding will be given. But for those who are not listening, even what they think they understand will be taken away from them.” --Luke 8:18 (NLT) "Unchecked, privilege fosters mythology, emboldening an ahistorical theology and worldview.  It allows whitewashed history to be canonized and institutionalized, immoral men to be venerated and revered, and nations to live in denial and unrepentant sin." --Dominique Dubois Gilliard in Subversive Witness "A myth is a story that, whether true or false, helps us discern the meaning and purpose of our lives and, for that reason, speaks truth to those who embrace it." --Richard T. Hughes in Myths America Lives By I have been thinking quite a bit about the results of the recent mid-term election and had some instant reactions to the outcome. I decided that before sharing those thoughts, I would purposely delay my response and spend some time in...

"The captain wired in he had water comin' in and the good ship and crew was in peril. And later that night, when his lights went out of sight, came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.  Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?"--Lyrics from "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" by Gordon Lightfoot I cry out to you because you answer me.  So tilt your ears toward me now—  Listen to what I’m saying!   Manifest your faithful love  in amazing ways  because you are the one  who saves those  who take refuge in you,  saving them from their attackers  by your strong  hand.  Psalms 17:6-7 CEB On November 10th, 1975, the largest freighter that ever sailed on the Great Lakes (at that time) capsized during a storm in Lake Superior.  As a kid listening to Cleveland, Ohio, radio stations, I remember the real-time pleas for prayers for the 29 crew members aboard.  The fo...