Tonight is the longest night. As a way to mark this significant day, people will enter into houses of worship to light candles and pray. There will be silence and singing, speaking and listening. There will be tears. It’s an important worshipping moment in the life of the church because in the midst of theContinue reading “Alone the Longest Night”
Category Archives: crazy
Scapegoating Crazy
Five days before Christmas, a Black man named Ismaaiyl Brinsley shot two non-Black Brooklyn NYPD officers, Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu, “execution style” while they sat in their squad car. Within hours of the news breaking, a friend posting on Facebook, in understandable outrage, quickly distanced himself from the shooter, calling him a “madman.” OthersContinue reading “Scapegoating Crazy”
The Hope Factor
Our best decisions are driven not by fear, but by hope. When our decisions are made from a place of hope, we automatically win, no matter what the outcome. Two weeks ago my brother Scott called me wanting to knowing if I supported his decision about entering an inpatient recovery program for people with addictionsContinue reading “The Hope Factor”
Rev. Dr. Sarah Griffith Lund 