ONE CLEAR THING

Seeking Out Heroes

Listening to the voices calling for us to “have mercy”

Illustration by the author

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

A voice like a bell against the stare of a bull(sh*tter)

In the darkness we live in these day, the cacophony clamoring for attention deafening, drowning out all others. In the din, a small voice was all I could think of in the last two days — full of authority and unwavering resolve.

Calling out to a face in the crowd that could not have more clearly shown it would not listen.

I don’t believe Mariann Budde — with all her compassion — is a “hard line Trump hater” as he claimed. I can’t believe a bishop so full of concern for others could waste any energy on hate.

When Trump called on Budde and the Episcopal Diocese of Washington to apologize for her “boring and not smart” sermon full of care and grace, I was…