Weekly Inspiration (5/18/23)

Quote of the Week

“In an age when words of fear, retribution and anger dominate the news and fill our ears, words of hope, forgiveness, and love seem an idle tale at worst and unbelievable at best. Yet the promise of the Risen Lord is that hope, not fear, has the last word. Forgiveness, not retribution, has the last word. Love, not anger, has the last word.”

-Br. James Koester 
Society of Saint John the Evangelist  

Poem of the Week

The chair without distinction
by Luci Shaw
 
This, in praise of inanimate objects,
of the piece I brought home last year
from the church rummage sale.
A useful color in basic fabric,
a button missing among its worn tufts.
Sturdy, not graceful. Dependable,
not particularly easy. In a corner of
the room, out of the way, people sit on it
when the space gets crowded. They chat
with friends, coffee cups in hand,
then rise and move on without
noticing. Why should they notice.
 
Blessed are those who simply sit
and wait for people who need
to take the weight off their feet.