Dear Saints in Santa Fe and other far-off places, Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ, who began a movement to change the world. Since then, Christianity has changed and grown and diversified.  Lately, though, I hear more about Christian Nationalism and strident views than I do about a religion based on a compassionate God who loves the world and everyone in it. So, I wrote something this morning that I have been thinking about for a long time.  I share it with you first...

Dear Saints in Santa Fe and other far-off places, Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ, who often looked to the prophet Isaiah who spoke of turning swords into plowshares and imagined a world without weapons. Now Farmington, yet another community rocked by gun violence. What’s more, I just learned the shootings happened very close to the Farmington Presbyterian Church whose building and parking lot are still cordoned off.