Being transfixed by the disturbing events at the United States Capitol, during the certification of President-elect Joseph R. Biden’s victory by US lawmakers, I perused the media for adjectives...

Will we be hoarders or will we compassionately look after our neighbors in human solidarity regardless of race, religion, color or nationality?

My professors still reverberate in my mind, especially the quiet and humble ways of Eugene Peterson as teacher, speaker, poet, and writer.

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.” (Gal 5:22-23 NAS)