Dear Saints in Santa Fe, and other far-off places: Greetings in the name and spirit of Jesus Christ! “It reminds me of when the Israelites were caught between the Egyptian army and the Red Sea . . .” I am part of a monthly Clergy Spiritual Direction group in Albuquerque where four of us, sometimes five, share the challenges and joys of being pastors, under the care of a psychologist/spiritual director who is accustomed to lives like ours.  It has been an amazing and supportive group for more than a decade. This past week we talked about the election and what it might mean going forward.  It was here when my colleague finished his sentence: “. . . and God told the people to keep still.”

Dear Saints in Santa Fe, and other far-off places: Greetings in the name and spirit of Jesus Christ! These days of uncertainty have me scrambling for insights and wisdom.  A few days ago, quite by accident, I found it in some of the oldest words, if not the oldest, in Scripture:  Miriam’s Song in Exodus 15:20-21.

Then the prophet Miriam, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dancing.