Weekly Inspiration (1/25/23)

We are marvelously made and fully known. Jesus comes to our dark places, asking us to acknowledge them and let him in to touch them. Try praying in the dark with Jesus, and look for his light dawning there. God sees all, loves all, and seeks to heal all. Where it is most dark, the Light of the World is most powerful. 

-Br. Luke Ditewig 

Society of Saint John the Evangelist

Poem of the Week

They have treated the wound of my people carelessly,  

            saying, “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace.  

                                 —Jeremiah 6.14 

Martin reminds us in an unjust system 
calling for “peace” and “unity”  
simply protects the system, 
justifies the injustice, 
keeps the slaves enslaved. 

Injustice will not let go till it is pushed; 
the righteous choose to not go along with evil, 
but to trouble it, to push back, to resist.  

Liberation requires disruption: 
a boycott, a freedom march, an Exodus. 
It needn't be violent. But it will disrupt.  
It will disrupt abuse of power, 
exploitation of people and living things. 

It will certainly disrupt expectations, 
habits, propriety, business as usual.   
(They said to Jesus, “It is not lawful to heal...”) 

It is not self-serving,  
doesn't turn opponents into enemies. 
But it doesn't make peace with cruelty. 
It's uncomfortable.   

-Steve Garnass-Holmes