Piloting Faith: What if...?

A Word for the Day...

Yesterday in a meeting, my colleague said "I wish 2020 would just be over. Let's get to 2021 because it has to be better." I suspect we can all relate to his sentiment. This year so far feels like it has had 1,245,011 days, and it's only June.

I've been playing a game for the past few months to keep myself curious and open to what these days might teach us. I call it "What becomes possible?" It goes like this:

• The economy is shut down...what if this gives us the chance to create a more just, sustainable economy going forward? What becomes possible?

• We are in lockdown...what if we rediscover the value of our families and communities? What becomes possible?

• People can't go to the places of worship for the foreseeable future...what if this frees us from our obsessions with our buildings and sets us loose in the world? What becomes possible?

• George Floyd's murder seems to be waking white folk up...what if we will finally take meaningful steps to protect and honor black and brown lives? What becomes possible?

Every day, I try to make as many observations as I can about the changes happening among us and to us. Then I ask "What if" and then "What becomes possible?" It's been a great teacher for me, keeping me curious about this strange time.

Yesterday, a friend sent a poem by Leslie Dwight that drove this home for me. She writes:

What if 2020 isn't canceled?
What if 2020 is the year we have been waiting for?
A year so uncomfortable, so painful, so scary, so raw -
that it finally forces us to grow.
A year that screams so loud, finally awakening us
from our ignorant slumber.
A year we finally accept the need for change.
Declare change. Work for change. Become the change.
A year we finally band together, instead of
pushing each other further apart.

2020 isn't canceled, but rather
it's the most important year of them all.

What if? What becomes possible?

We are in this together,

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

Prayer for the Week

Grant us, Lord God, a vision of your world as your love would have it:
a world where the weak are protected, and none go hungry or poor;
a world where the riches of creation are shared, and everyone can enjoy them;
a world where different races and cultures live in harmony and mutual respect;
a world where peace is built with justice, and justice is guided by love.
Give us the inspiration and courage to build it.

Amen.

- Prayers for Justice

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