Especially in challenging or difficult situations, our responses to the need we normally have in less troubled circumstances for a measure of kindness can be shunted aside. Today we take a closer look at what role kindness can and does play in our lives. Six-year congregation member John Fisher is a retired Episcopal priest and … Continue reading A Meditation on Kindness
Be Wise as Serpents We’ll explore the interplay between strategic wisdom and compassionate action in our striving to maintain our democratic society. The biblical exhortation to be “wise as serpents” brings challenges to the companion exhortation to be “innocent as doves” – a paradox touching on a principled response to the recent changes in our … Continue reading Be Wise as Serpents
In a world where polarized views lead to discord and animosity, how can we cultivate empathy, understanding, and the willingness to engage with perspectives that differ radically and dangerously from our own?
John F. Kennedy said, “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things not because they are easy, but because they are hard.” And in the midst of the difficult, in the midst of struggle, we may find blessings. John Fisher is an ordained Episcopal priest and a member … Continue reading Struggles and Blessings