By Anne O. Weatherholt As churches and people of faith adjust to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the more chilling statistics from the past several months, other than the death toll, is the rise in incidents of domestic abuse. Lockdown conditions, along with business closures and children learning from home, created a Petri dish for tension and stress in the … [Read more...] about Intimate Partner Violence
Archives for September 20, 2021
18 Pentecost: Surgery and Recovery
SUNDAY’S READINGS | September 26, 2021 Esther 7:1-6, 9-10, 9:20-22 or Num. 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29 Ps. 124 or Ps. 19:7-14 James 5:13-20 Mark 9:38-50 There is little risk that we will take this passage literally: “If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life maimed than to have two hands and to be thrown into hell, to the unquenchable fire. … [Read more...] about 18 Pentecost: Surgery and Recovery
The Perils of Anger
By Pamela Lewis A Reading from the Gospel of Matthew 5:21-26 21 “You have heard that it was said to those of ancient times, ‘You shall not murder’; and ‘whoever murders shall be liable to judgment.’ 22 But I say to you that if you are angry with a brother or sister, you will be liable to judgement; and if you insult a brother or sister, you will be liable to the council; and … [Read more...] about The Perils of Anger