I am at conference right now, listening to some of the speakers, the testimonies, the outrage over general conference, the hurt and the pain. I know I am not alone. I know that I am amongst friends. Not only am I here with friends, but this is my community. We are struggling together. We are working together. We understand that we are crusty, craggy, cranky, hurt, injured, callused, and pained. We are the people God has called though. We are are called to allow God to work in those spaces. We are asked to be careful, to continue to work and to listen. We are called to stop listening to our own voices and begin listening to the music that is the voice of all the others - even those we don't agree with. We are called to listen and be with and cultivate each other. It is time my friends to unite, to start doing instead of talking and to show our voices, not just complain behind close doors! Let us go out into the world and fight for social justice - not just talk about it!
Praise God!
