And then, at that August Coffee Talk I was reminded again that silence is cooperation with the very things I feared and even hated.

When you have been at this ministry thing a while, when you have been “re-inventing” oneself, “renewing one’s ministry,” “exploring new models,” “challenging oneself to new possibilities” for as long as I have been doing this…it gets tiring.

Here I learned to fight, here I learned to organize. Here I learned to be strategic and coordinated and yes, even aggressive

Ok, so this little excursus on early virgin martyrs may seem gruesome, but it is a reminder that this is part of being church.

The chaos of the storms of racism, and murderous hate, are raging around us and we are being swamped.

So, you say you are so relieved that your kids were safely raised before this age of technology, Internet, police brutality, terrible government?