Dear Minooka UMC Found Family, “Jesus demonstrates that the way of God in the world is one of non-violent resistance to violence and violent oppression.” I forget who said that, but they sound quite wise 😉 It seems to me that the last thing any of us needs right now is a rehash of the […]
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Dear Minooka UMC Found Family, “These violent delights have violent ends.” —William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 6 ‘These violent delights have violent ends.’ That line keeps echoing in my head this week. Our hearts are broken once again by yet another school shooting. This time in Jefferson County, Colorado—the same county as the
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Dear Minooka UMC Found Family, Nearly every week, I include in our prayer time some version of: We must pray and work to end our societal addiction to guns and our addiction to gun violence as a way to solve our problems. You might (reasonably) wonder: What should we do? One of the blessings of
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Christmas Eve at Minooka UMC
Wednesday, Dec. 24
4:00PM featuring Pop-up Pageant
9:00PM featuring Communion
