The president is supposed to give the eulogy for the
pastor-state senator who was killed in church last week but I think the
coverage will be preempted by IS. During
Ramadan Muslim murderers kill their own and kill tourists on a beach. Come on.
How strange is it that disaffected youth find this attractive and travel
to the gutted countries once called Iraq and Syria and Libya to join up. I don’t understand the inability of this
faith’s scribes and theologians to reinterpret obvious out of context verses. By not coming together, the Sunnis and the
Shias can be accused of complicity, you speak with two tongues, a house divided
will not stand.
What do racists and IS have in common? Hate.
Narrow mindedness.
Isolation. Poverty of spirit. No accountability. A warped sense of mental superiority. Simple evil, call it what you will.
Here’s the problem with only two English speaking
channels. The three incidents are
significant but for the last thirty minutes they haven’t reported anything
new. A tourist in Tunisia is
interviewed, he was told the beach was closed so he went back to his room. Wow, that was insightful. Filling in the space with stories that create
the scene. It sounds like reality tv
instead of the news. Wait, is the
president going to speak? Will the
network that drives me crazy broadcast the eulogy?
The president was scheduled to speak fifteen minutes
ago. How long am I going to wait? It is past my bedtime and I didn’t sleep well
last night, the bedroom’s a/c didn’t remain cool throughout the night. Tonight the lows will be 35 degrees
Celsius. The BBC said Muscat will be the
hottest place on the planet for the next two days which I think is 300
kilometers off target. Buraimi is always
ten degree different from Muscat so!
Tomorrow it might be 56 degrees Celsius which in Fahrenheit is wow, way
too high to calculate safely.
2:53pm EST Notes
All Praise and Glory to Him
Hope…to persevere in things not seen
Rev Pinckney
…a heavy burden of expectation
He was full of empathy
The most gentle of us
Sweet hours of prayers that lasted all week
long
caring for the poor is a character of a just
society
…a preacher by 13 a pastor by 18 a public
servant by 23
slain at 41 in his church, the pain cuts deep
The church has always been the center of the African-American
life
hush
houses
praise
houses
rest
stops in the underground trails, bunkers, community centers
Our beating hearts
The church is the foundation of liberty for all.
Our nation’s original sin
God has different ideas. He (the killer) didn’t know he was being used
by God.
The killer didn’t see the light of love.
He couldn’t have imagined the families would forgive
him.
He failed to comprehend the power of God’s grace.
I’ve been reflecting on this idea of grace
The grace of the family….Amazing Grace (the organist
plays)
Grace is not earned
Grace is not merited
Grace is not something we deserve
Grace is the free and benevolent favor of God
It’s up to us to receive the grace with gratitude
The
flag did not cause these murders
The
flag has always represented more than just ancestral pride
The
flag is a reminder of systemic
oppression and racial suppression
By
taking down that flag we express God’s grace
I
don’t think God wants us to stop time.
What
causes our children to hate
We
express God’s grace by treating people equally.
For
too long we’ve been blind that gun violence inflicts on this nation
By
making a moral choice we express God’s grace
We
don’t earn grace, we don’t deserve it, but God gives it to us. Again it’s our decision how to receive it and
honor it.
It
would be a betrayal if we fall into a comfortable silence once the tv cameras
are gone
We
have a deep respect of history but not each other’s history
My
liberty depends on yours too.
We
need an open heart
That
reservoir of goodness, if we can find that grace, everything is possible.
Amazing
Grace---The president sings.
The separation of church and state makes America what
it is, the great democratic experiment continues to churn to give equality and
freedom for all.
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