As individuals, we all know pain and loss. It is the rare person who escapes sorrow. But when one of us hurts, others are there to offer comfort. Communal tragedy is different. When something bad happens to us as a community—whether that is a school, a town, a people, or a country—we struggle to figure out how to tend to our own wounds while taking care of each other. Drawing on compassion, empathy, justice, and love, we can bring out the best in each other, and perhaps, find a theology of hope in the midst of despair.
Response to the acquittal of the shooter who killed two racial justice activists, and injured one, in Kenosha, Wi., in the summer of 2020
“My neighborhood is radiant in its mourning”
“Ana, YHVH, restore our waters as before!”
“From the makor ha’hayim – the Source of All Life – we draw forth these blessings”
“have we become so familiar that we have memorized the Great Lie”
“Allah, Adonai – please give ear to us”
Poem by Israeli peace activist on war with Gaza
“Shalom, salaam – the only victory”
“our eyes clouded / By rocket fire”
“Today we pray in the name of the children”
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