It’s Sunday, supposedly a day of rest and, hopefully, one of prayer and reflection for those of us who call ourselves Christian. But it’s really hard to rest, to take a respite from the world around us. Today is also a day of service, feeding people who need the sustenance they cannot obtain on their meager wages due to inflation and low-paying jobs. Service causes us to reflect on the world and what needs to be changed.
Now we’re heading into a week that will end with celebration and fireworks, a day when we should also reflect on where we’ve been and where we are going, on what as a Nation our direction should be, especially in light of recent Supreme Court decisions, which, quite frankly, betray our promise as a Nation.
Trashing the Voting Rights Act and refusing asylum seekers at our Nation’s doors are just two of the many decisions the Court has made that reflects inward and racist views of judges who fear a meaningful transformation in American society. Their shortsighted vision of the future will be overcome in the end, but, I fear, not without upheavals that will shake our foundations.
Prayer for the Day
Easily angered and slow to forgive, we turn from he world,
For we are caught up in myths about our history;
Afraid of losing what we think belongs to us,
We construct fences and boundaries.
Forgive us, O Lord, heal us, and open us to your ways,
And transform us into a transformed people.
In the name of the One who shows us how to live,
Even Christ Jesus our Lord, Amen.
Thoughts for the Day
This is a way of undoing the demographic and political power that has been coming with people of color.
Victor Saenz, UTexas Associate Dean, School of Education
[The Voting Rights Act] was born of the literal blood of Union soldiers and civil rights marchers" and accused her colleagues of betraying their duty to faithfully implement the statute as Congress wrote it.
Justice Elena Kagan, dissent in Louisiana v. Callais, April 27, 2026
“Alas for you who get evil ain for your house,
Setting your nest on high to be safe from the reach of harm.”
You have devised shame for your house,
By cutting off many peoples; you have forfeited your life
The very stones will cry out from the wall,
And the plaster will respond from the woodwork.
Habakkuk 2: 9-11