Archive for October 2020

Pastor Mary Martha Kannass, Hephatha Lutheran Church, Milwaukee, WI Hepatha Lutheran Church is a member of Gamaliel affiliate MICAH   Walk with us, Lord Jesus, as we walk into the voting booth, as we walk to the mailbox, as we mark our ballot, as we cast our vote, so that we do not walk away…

Fr. Frederick Thelen, Retired Pastor, Cristo Rey Church, Lansing, MI, and former President, Gamaliel affiliate, Action of Greater Lansing   Harvest of Justice Growing up on the farm, we had a huge garden. But along with the good plants, quack grass kept reappearing from its deep roots every time we hoed it out, though fortunately…

Rev. B. De Neice Welch, Ph.D., Senior Pastor, Bidwell Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, PA; Chaplain, Western Psychiatric Hospital; Former Chair, Gamaliel Women’s Leadership Development Program, Ntosake   The Wellspring of Justice The expectation of injustice is so normal that we find it difficult to hope for anything different.  The greatest lesson on justice I have ever…

Rev. Dennis Jacobsen, member of Gamaliel affiliate MICAH, Milwaukee, WI, and author of Doing Justice: Congregations and Community Organizing    “We’ve come too far, we’ve made too much progress as a people, to stand still or to slip back.  When I was growing up there was a song that people would sing in the church: …

Sr. Anneliese Sinnott, OP (Dominican Sister of Adrian, MI), Retired Professor of Systematic Theology, Ecumenical Theological Seminary, Detroit, MI, and Member of Gamaliel affiliate MOSES   As a country we have experienced many internal struggles. We have disagreed with one another on religion, wealth, land, taxes, and certainly on issues involving human rights. From the…

Rabbi Simone Schicker, Temple B’nai Israel, Kalamazoo Michigan, Member Congregation of Gamaliel affiliate ISAAC   We are living during divisive times. Every time we log onto social media, read or watch the news or even drive along our neighborhood streets we see the division. Neighbor against neighbor, family member against family member. We know the…