Piloting Faith: Everything is breaking

A Word for the Day...

Everything is breaking.

White racism is breaking black lives. National leaders are breaking our laws and institutions. Our "closed" economy is disproportionately breaking the poor. Our fear of each other is breaking our communities. Our denial of reality is breaking our hope for a better world.

Everything is breaking.

As scary as it is...let it break.

Let it break our bigotry. Let it break our hate. Let it break our fear, our privilege, our aggression, our silence. Let it break capitalism, our failed national leaders, our systems that oppress. Let it all break.

When we give up the hope of fixing our systems, we free ourselves to create new ones.

Yes, everything is breaking. Let it break. A better world is possible when we let go of this one.

We are in this together,

Rev. Cameron Trimble
Author of 60 Days of Faith: A Devotional

Prayer for the Week

May God bless you with a restless discomfort about easy answers, half-truths and superficial relationships, so that you may seek truth boldly and love deep within your heart.

May God bless you with holy anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, so that you may tirelessly work for justice, freedom, and peace among all people.

May God bless you with the gift of tears to shed with those who suffer from pain, rejection, starvation, or the loss of all that they cherish, so that you may reach out your hand to comfort them and transform their pain into joy.

May God bless you with enough foolishness to believe that you really CAN make a difference in this world, so that you are able, with God’s grace, to do what others claim cannot be done.

And the blessing of God the Supreme Majesty and our Creator, Jesus Christ the Incarnate Word who is our Saviour, and the Holy Spirit, our Advocate and Guide, be with you and remain with you, this day and forevermore.

Amen.

- A Franciscan Blessing