tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-575514155486283253.post8672519533046613440..comments2023-07-19T18:07:56.603-04:00Comments on Progressive Christian Reflections by Chris Glaser: "I Can't Breathe!"Chris Glaserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05053827119412315808noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-575514155486283253.post-61910104826431639552020-06-03T09:09:26.366-04:002020-06-03T09:09:26.366-04:00Thanks, Mary. Thanks for taking the time to offer ...Thanks, Mary. Thanks for taking the time to offer a thoughtful comment. I like the idea of singing and praying "God heal America." Just when I feel we're making progress as a nation things seem to fall apart, demonstrating we need our Higher Power and our higher powers. Let's pray also for better leadership in all the races of the upcoming election.Chris Glaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05053827119412315808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-575514155486283253.post-35025256358164157392020-06-03T08:50:51.364-04:002020-06-03T08:50:51.364-04:00As always, Chris, I look forward to Wednesday morn...As always, Chris, I look forward to Wednesday mornings and your blog. This week has been a horror, to say the least. I live in Michigan, near Grand Rapids and what was intended to be a peaceful demonstration on Saturday nite, turned into a riot.....thankfully no one was killed, but there was much damage done to the buildings, etc. in the downtown area. At 7:00 AM Sunday,people began showing up with brooms, shovels and so on, to help clean up the mess....all this with no one coordinating it....people just went. Where is God in this country of ours? Amongst those good people who didn't need to be asked to help. We learned that the ones who started the rioting were paid.<br />Having read the blog and now responding, I have a big lump in my stomach....I ache for the blacks who live in constant fear of white authority....of being accused and abused at every turn.<br />I believe just as Jesus wept over Jerusalem, he is also weeping over the US. My prayer is that he will be able to stop weeping in time. <br /><br />Instead of singing "God bless America", we should be singing/praying, "God heal America"<br /><br />Many years ago, a black friend who was dealing with lots of issues asked me, "Why did God make me black?" Wow, how do you answer that? I remember saying to her, "Caroline, I don't know why God made you black and me white, but I feel convinced that God Loves you as a black woman and me as a white woman". I haven't thought of that in years, but it really does cause one to pause and reflect, doesn't it?<br /><br />I appreciate you so, Chris...continue being true to who you are meant to be.<br /><br />MaryMiggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16440403553842357213noreply@blogger.com