The Rev. Mike Angell is rector of The Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion in St. Louis.
Fear is a disease, the mystic says, and you have to get vaccinated. You have to get inoculated, by trusting, trusting in God that whatever the world tells you, you are beloved, you are deserving of a full life. And, you know what, your neighbor is beloved and deserving too. Even your neighbor who disagrees, even your neighbor who votes the other way. We are, all of us, beloved. We have to take small brave steps toward one another.
This Mother's Day, I invited three mothers from our congregation to speak. This year, I've been reflected a great deal on motherhood and parenthood. What does it mean to nurture and care for all God's children. I'm grateful to Debbie, Karen, and Emilee for their reflections.
This, friends, is the radical dream of Jesus: that his followers would exercise a different kind of power. Jesus imagined a world where power was exercised differently, where we understood power differently. In the Kingdom of God, or as Dr. King translated, in the beloved community, power is measured in compassion, in healing. Power is measured by justice.
