It takes a village to raise each new generation. Last Monday was the 78th Anniversary of “D-Day,” aka “Operation Overload.” On June 6, 1944, a village of 150,000 troops, 195,000 sailors, and 23,000 airmen put down their collective feet to say, “NO MORE!” to the violence, tyranny, and carnage created by a madman. Can’t We All Just Get Along? This question is a paraphrase of what Rodney King asked in 1992 when riots spread destruction, death, […]
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Wherever Two or Three are Gathered There’s Potential for Conflict
So, if you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother or sister, and then come and offer your gift. (Matthew 5:23-24) Many years ago I was a lay member of a congregation the bishop credited as being the most conflicted congregation he’d ever had to manage in his […]
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