ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGS
January 19, 2026
Prayer for the Week:
There has always been
There will always be
those who desire to maintain
a high level of anxiety—
leaving us
fretful, foreboding.
There has always been
There will always be
those who call themselves Christian
who preach an imminent end:
– the signs are real!
– the signs are present!
– the signs are now!
They want us to know fear,
and not you, O Merciful One.
They want us to experience fear
and not you, O Gentle One.
The instrument of choice seeks
not peace,
but constant
uncertainty and apprehension.
There has always been
There will always be
an alternative voice
an alternative vision
from those who read the scriptures
and find mercy and gentleness.
Those who see in Jesus
a new world already being birthed
through acts of mercy and kindness.
There has always been
There will always be
those who truly believe the words:
Perfect love casts out all fear.
Jesus believed it.
He lived it.
And so shall we…
even against a backdrop
of self-serving cruelty.
Amen.
