Mathew David, you expressed what I’ve been feeling since I heard this horrendous news. You spoke directly about white supremacy and the rotten foundation it’s beliefs are built on. I thank-you for telling us whites folks how we can be inadvertently complicit if we sit back and are silent.
I thought your message about what we can do to be active in our response was so clear. I would be in favor of a Grace Memorial series that addresses this more fully. I appreciated your clarity about white supremacists doing what they do to “save”all white peoples including me if I don’t act. Thank-you I needed this today. With love, Ruth
Beautiful message in your sermon today. We have to become involved or else nothing will change. Words are powerful falling on closed ears to the truth. There is no master race, we are all created by God who loves equally and doesn't see color or our differences. I believe you can't call yourself a Christian and practice and spew hate towards anyone. It's not what the Christ I know taught us.
Thank you so much for this, Matthew David. My parish is 17 miles SE of Buffalo/22 miles from the store where that heinous act took place. I know people who live in that neighborhood through The Episcopal Church. Your sermon is incredibly helpful. This afternoon, our Bishop offered this Litany online and it was quite moving as well. https://episcopalpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/LitanyintheWakeofaMassShootingEpiscopalPartnership5.15.22.pdf
(a reprint)
Crayons in wall scribbler hands,
Take them away.
Guns in hate hands,
Crickets.
.Frustration.
I AM SO FUCKING TIRED OF CRICKETS
Thank you Matthew David for sharing this and for the way to get involved. Can your sermon be shared? Love you, Gloria.
Thank you, Matthew David. Your words have begun the healing of my broken heart and compelled me to action this day. I'm grateful.
Mathew David, you expressed what I’ve been feeling since I heard this horrendous news. You spoke directly about white supremacy and the rotten foundation it’s beliefs are built on. I thank-you for telling us whites folks how we can be inadvertently complicit if we sit back and are silent.
I thought your message about what we can do to be active in our response was so clear. I would be in favor of a Grace Memorial series that addresses this more fully. I appreciated your clarity about white supremacists doing what they do to “save”all white peoples including me if I don’t act. Thank-you I needed this today. With love, Ruth
Beautiful message in your sermon today. We have to become involved or else nothing will change. Words are powerful falling on closed ears to the truth. There is no master race, we are all created by God who loves equally and doesn't see color or our differences. I believe you can't call yourself a Christian and practice and spew hate towards anyone. It's not what the Christ I know taught us.