Topic Tags: justice

“Together we will plant seeds of justice and peace.”

“May we begin the work of making America anew.”

“Bless us, Divine Source, / with earth’s abundant generosity.”

“We created this mayhem in the night time / because our hearts were full of fear,” and now we must live in its shadow.

“We pray to see the day when Israelis and Palestinians – Jews and Christians and Muslims – will dwell under their fig trees and grapevines, whether in Tel Aviv, in Ramallah, or in Gaza City, and no one will make them afraid.”

One day it was all too much, // the princely façade cracked at the sight // Of overseers doing what they really do // when no one is looking. // The lash laid fiery welts along the back of a slave // And Moses felt the burn.

Democracy was like weather // on those rare days when it’s so // right, so not-too-anything, // its goes unnoticed.

A reflection for this season of rupture, reckoning, and return.

A meditation on safety