morepraxis

ezekiel 37, again
you do not give up
on the broken and the lost
you do not give up
on the fractured
or the shattered
or the dying
or the dead
you do not give up
on the fearful
or the hateful
or the impossible
you do not give up
when there is no heartbeat left
or no heart at all
you do not give up
you do not leave us [...]

for pentecost
from ezekiel 37

God said, ‘Mortal, can these bones live?’
Ezekiel answered, ‘O Lord God, you know’

Ezekiel might not have known
but we’re pretty sure we do.

if only the others would listen
if they’d simply change to be like us
if they’d just know what we know…
our answers come
until, the last of our breath gone,
our hoarse voices fade away
mortal, [...]

from hugh macleod

I was reading this Guardian newspaper article about Desmond Tutu, and came across mention of Paul Verryn, who is a bishop in the Methodist church in South Africa, and minister at Central Methodist Church in Johannesburg… I know Paul through my remarkable friend Penny Foley, who has been working in community development in South Africa [...]

I wouldn’t ordinarily venture to dispute Sydney Cardinal, George Pell (that’s the Catholic dignatory, not a pitcher for a minor-league baseball team), but it can’t be a good sign of the quality of the Cardinal’s thinking that he’s quoted approvingly by Andrew Bolt.
Shorter Pell: people I like to read say that climate change isn’t happening. [...]

Madhav Kumar Nepal is, indeed, about to be sworn in as the second Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. (And, by the way, if Nepalese politics is your thing, and it has rapidly become one of mine, then Prashant Jha is always worth a read.)
Sadly, one of Nepal’s early acts after approval [...]