Jack’s Winning Words 6/6/08
“All of us might wish at times that we lived in a more tranquil world, but we don’t. And if our times are difficult and perplexing, so are they challenging and filled with opportunity.” (RFK) Bobby died 40 years ago today. I had a hard time choosing from many good words of his. Isn’t it interesting how words spoken years ago can be so relevant today? Yes, life at times can be difficult and perplexing, but look for the silver lining that is behind each cloud. Kennedy had a way of doing that. ;-) Jack

FROM J.L. IN MI: Even though I love to get up each morning to face whatever comes, I am deeply grateful it doesn't all end here. There will be a new beginning down the road for me....a heavenly place for eternity!

FROM S.H. IN MI: Many of us are making a sort of heroic decision to stay in our churches and fight against racism, fight for a more just and clear theology as regards God's Will for His children's sexuality, fight for the breakdown of denominationalism when it is hurting and destroying people's relationship to God and to their neighbors, there is plenty of opportunity to fight for a good cause, both within and outside of our churches and the silver lining is that, when we keep praying and leaning on God, the ark bends towards God's Kingdom spreading out everywhere. Robert Kennedy did good work fighting for justice like he did.

FROM PR J.S. IN MI: The times that followed....the 70s....were a very difficult time. Lots of hurts and anger and fear and loss. The liberalism that sustained us from the depression on died a slow and tortorous death until Jimmy Carter finally killed it alltogether. Now the Conservatism that replaced it has died thanks to a shove from Geo W. What is next? it certainly will be different but in what form remains unknown. I hope that the old liberals and old neo-conservatives have enough sense to abandon their old ideologies and move forward to a new vista and a new way.

FROM MOLINER C.F.: Yes, and in another 40 years his words will still be relevant ... and in an another 40 after that.