I know you will, Lauren! It’s such an important issue. May we not forget about the changes that need to be made.

Thanks, Jean. I think many of us will relate to what you’re saying. It’s hard to get all the way to full healing once we start feeling a little better and can slack off the medicine. I guess it’s like the doctors always say: take ALL the antibiotic prescription, even after you start feeling better. I’ve still got a long way to go too, friend. But I’m glad to be going in the right direction with people I respect.

Thanks for sharing these thoughts, Donna. I appreciate hearing your perspective. You have such a unique background so I value your wisdom on this. I don’t necessarily like labels either; I wish there were a better way to talk about things. Hopefully one day we’ll have more adequate words to discuss these things. (Or we’ll have solved it all and won’t have to talk through it anymore! ha) Praying for clearer understanding and acceptance in the days ahead. As long as people will still communicate with each other, I have hope.

Jemar Tisby is an excellent writer and human being, from all I’ve seen. I love that he speaks from his Christian faith but he speaks to all people everywhere about doing the right things.

Thanks for the encouraging words, Liz. Things have gotten quite out of hand over here. But hopefully we can learn from what’s happening and find better ways to move forward. There’s a lot of pent-up frustration from every angle.

I keep having to do resets too. There’s so much I’d like to say. I have to balance what would be helpful versus what would make things worse. It’s hard to know where the lines are. We all have to keep praying about it and with God’s help, find ways to create change that bring our country to a more equitable place. Lord, have mercy!

How encouraging that you have received positive feedback from your letter to the editor, Laurie! You’ll have to keep me posted on how that turns out. At the most basic level, I think we all want the same thing: to be able to love and be loved and to worship in a safe environment with peace and freedom. People just have trouble agreeing on how we get there.

I agree with you, Andrew…action is necessary like you’re talking about, living side by side and interacting and doing normal life things together. Thanks for sharing your neighborhood experience. I love that.