Linda Wertheimer (National Public Radio): Why did you think that a book of prayers was a good place to start for this kind of conversation about the way we ought to be? Marian Wright Edelman (directo… — Marian Wright Edelman
Ken Sehested
Text: Luke 24:44-53
12 May 2024, Circle of Mercy Congregation, Asheville, NC
Invocation. “People killin’, people dyin’ / Children hurt and you hear them cryin’ / Can you practice what you preach / And would you turn the other cheek.” —Black Eyed Peas, “#WHEREISTHELOVE”
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Read more ›Gracious One, who jealously guards the lives of those at every edge, we lift our heavy hearts to your Mercy. Corrosive leaders claim that immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country.”
We live in a fretful land, anxious over the ebbing away of privilege, fearful that strangers are stealing our birthright.
Loud, insistent voices demand a return to “the rule of law.”
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