Maybe that’s the point. Maybe the story was never about the whale, but about a God who dares to ask us things we don’t yet know how to answer.

…I saw bitter fruit in all its forms of pain and hurt. How contempt for those unable to pull themselves up by their bootstraps leads to making decisions based on interpretations of efficiency rather than care.

Erin Weber-Johnson gives us a prayer for retaining a spirit of love in the face of political controversy and indignation.

Bishop Michael Curry says, “As a black man, I understand the anger in our streets. But we must still choose love.”