Those Jonesboro boys still baffle us. The furies let loose in that Holy City surrounding the garden harboring the tomb of the risen Christ continue to haunt us. We watch from a distance as the Balkans seem to go up in flames again. And yes, this morning, with our fingers crossed, and our prayer shawls intact, we witness an almost astounding agreement in Northern Ireland. We can hope.
Time is cluttered with the wreckage of communities which surrendered to hatred and violence.
For the salvation of our nation and the salvation of humankind we must follow another way. . . We shall meet your physical force with our soul force. Do to us what you will and we will continue to love you. . . Throw us in jail and we shall still love you. Send your hooded perpetrators of violence into our community at the midnight hour and beat us and leave us half dead and we shall still love you.