Read the Psalms, especially the Psalms of grief and complaint. You'll find more to go on there then you will from the pundits and the on-screen lawyers, much as you might want to believe them. Look at Jeremiah who is as relevant as anyone. Democracy is in exile, democrats are in survival mode, those of Color and minority status most of all. As I said, we should learn from themOddly enough (or coincidentally, you prefer to believe in coincidence), I was reacquainting myself with Jeremiah the other day. The readings for the First Sunday of Advent include a passage from Jeremiah 32 (IIRC; you can check me in a month), so I decided to get the context by starting at the beginning.
Gonna keep up with that now. Suddenly it seems like a real good idea. Gotta pick up my volume of the Psalms, too. Good accompaniment to that book on monasticism I’m getting a great deal from.
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