A blog for Claire

Saturday, April 30, 2005

Micah 6:8

To do Justice
To love kindness
To walk humbly with God

I attended a seminar at our church (St. Michael's Episcopal) last fall and winter on a Marcus Borg book about Chritianity and the new paradigm and I was enlightened. One of the most important gifts of that seminar was the verse noted above and the paraphrase that follows. I have been discouraged by the resurgence of fundamentalism and this time was a drink of cool water for my soul. It has allowed me to see my faith and my Faith in a different light. Justice, as we understood it, was not vengeance but to act in a just manner, seeing that each received their due. Thus the selfish nature of our materialistic society can be viewed as unjust. Kindness and humility are certainly, for me, attitudes I wish to maintain.

¶ 8:42 PM

Saturday, April 23, 2005

I had a dream Thursday night that Ted finally contacted me. It was only a dream. Decided to Google him again and found a blog of his. That was poignant. It seems strange to me that my two older children grew up to be so far right in their beliefs. I had a conversation with Marie, my older daughter, the following night after the aforementioned dream and she told me of how confusing it was to travel between her mother's home and ours. From the Christian Right (which is an oxymoron, IMHO) to a liberal environment. It's interesting to me as I have found myself responding to a calling to help people understand that Jesus was a radical put to death by the collusion between imperial power and conservative religioous authorities. I am firmly convinced that were he to come again the Imperial power of the United States driven by the theocratic urges of the Christian right would kill him again. We have a history of assassinations of radicals from Huey Long To MLK and Jesus preached a radical agenda then and would do so again. We must remember that the early Christian communities practiced what sounds a lot like communism.(note, a lower case "c"). From each according to their means to each according to their needs. Sell all you own , contribute that and come live with us. You will be provided for.

More later. I love you, Claire. I miss you. I'd like to get to know Clement and Rosemarie.

¶ 7:01 PM

Wednesday, April 06, 2005

I'm Back

Still no word. This is beyond belief to me and all who know me. I miss them all so much.

A story about what it's like to be me. This morning, even though I wasn't on call, the crisis worker called me and said, "I'm beggin' you to come in and see this lady. She's psychotic and needs to be committed". I hesitated for a few seconds and then said I would be in. Got up. Got dressed. Drove to the hospital and, sure enough, she was psychotic and needed to be in a controlled, safe environment. Filled out the paperwork. Made sure everything was ok. Thanked the policeman who filled me in on her behavior. Drove home. Went to bed. Got up at 0630 this AM. Not required to do so by my job, but she needed someone to help and I was the only one around qualifed and willing. I was glad to do it. Glad to be able to do it.

I love you Claire and even though I only post once in a great while, I think of you every day. I saw a movie tonight you'd have loved... Robots. It was animated and the visuals alone were strikingly beautiful. I thought of you and how you'd like it.

¶ 6:25 PM