Volume 1 Issue 23

As our nation and the world mourn the loss of those aboard the space shuttle Columbia, the poetic words of “High Flight” are so appropriate:

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence.
Hov'ring there,I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew
-And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand and touched the face of God.

--John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
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For each of February’s Daily Guides author Margaret Stortz makes reference to “Letters of the Scattered Brotherhood” by Mary Strong (editor). Rated 5 stars by customers, the paperback is available for $11.20 from www.amazon.com
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Richard Nixon spoke of “the great silent majority.” From the lack of response to the thought-provoking entries posted on our Bulletin Board I have a little better understanding of what he was talking about. Perhaps it is the common sensibility that discussions of politics and religion are best kept to one’s self that is inhibiting greater participation, but it is still unfortunate that greater advantage of this forum for theological exchange is not being taken. Fear not! Be brave! Express yourself, knowing that in so doing you are helping the voice of God to be better heard.
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Until next week…….Shalom!