Good morning friends around our little blue marble earth – Peace be with you.
Anti-apartheid activist, Rev. Allan Aubrey Boesak, is chaplain for Week Eight at The Chautauqua Institution. He has often been quoted: “When we go before Him, God will ask, ‘Where are your wounds?’ And we will say, ‘I have no wounds.’ And God will ask, ‘Was there nothing worthy fighting for?’ “
In 1982, Boesak made the motion at the World Alliance of Reformed Churches in Canada, calling for the alliance to declare apartheid a heresy. Motion was adopted and he was made president, a post he held for seven years. He is welcome at The Chautauqua Institution.
What kind of apartheids, heresies, do we see now in our culture?
The apartheid of repealing parts of the voting rights acts which will limit people’s rights to vote. The well announced and well organized efforts by some to limit the black vote. The heresy of hunger in our country – millions are food challenged. The apartheid that gives some people access to health care in our country while denying it to many others.The political apartheid that wants people to work for a minimum wage that leaves them in dire poverty.
We must ask ourselves – where are our wounds? Where is our compassion, our courage, our holy boldness? Deeds not just creeds! Where are we reaching out in the words of Jesus to “the least of these, my brothers and sisters?”
We need a revolution.
I heard yesterday, “People are fed up with all the politicians in our country! And they are fed up with those who are not fed up!”
Let the music, words and images flow through – listen for the feeling within you (“French Revolution” – Les Miserables)
My good friend and mentor, Rev. Dr. Jerry Jud – 95 years old, who gets into The Chautauqua Institution free because of his tender age, has always asked this question to people: “Where are you hurling the moral ounces of your being?”
Where are our wounds?
We are all sparks of the Divine flame
Blessed Be
Compassionate Be
Boldly Be
