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I don’t know about you but I’ve been having fun looking back at songs from the 60’s with Rev. Jane. Why is it we always think the previous times, songs or stories were better than we have today?
By the time you actually read this article, we may very well know who the next President is or we may still be sitting on pins and needles waiting for election day and the results. Regardless of how the election turns out, things will not be the same. There is a possibility that we will have people in power who yearn for the “good old days” without fully understanding the consequences or embracing the wonderful things that have been brought on in our current times. Or maybe the power will be held by the other group that is looking forward to putting the past away in the archives, not understanding that for those that embrace the past, change is painful.
There is so much anger and division between people, certainly more than I’ve seen in my lifetime, and that anger is allowing both sides of the conversation, (I use the term conversation loosely), to not be able to see from another perspective. Change is hard, change is good! Change is scary, change is exciting! Change is, well… change and it will be coming whether we like it or not. It’s what we do with that change that will set us apart as a denomination and as a people. We will need to be welcoming to those who are afraid of the future and those who are frightened of the past. We are built for this. It will be hard work, no doubt, but we are up for it.
After November 5th, we will have people mourning and people celebrating and when the tears are dry and the confetti has stopped falling, we need to be there with love at the center to work even harder to make our part of the world just a little bit better.
Sending you all love and light.
Randy
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