Mike’s Rumblings – 06-30-23

This is an audio version of Mike Murphy‘s Friday rumblings. This is a regular post on Facebook that I’ve turned into a podcast. I decided Mike’s words needed a wider audience. You may agree or disagree with what he says, but there is certainly much food for thought contained here. You can friend Mike on Facebook for the printed version or read it below Rumblings. 6.30.23  1. “the truth is that things don’t really get solved. they come together and fall apart. they come together again and fall apart again. it’s just like that. the healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.” ~ Pema Chödrön 2. Many of you are still on an interesting and sometimes difficult quest to make sense of your spiritual lives – past, present and future. And I applaud you. I love interacting with you. Your journey is sacred and filled with meaning.  For sure, it has been hard. There’s healing that needs to be done. Trust has been broken by individuals and institutions. Friends and family question your motives. Sometimes you do too. But you’re working through it all because you believe this particular  journey is important. This much I know. God sees you and isn’t afraid of the journey you’re on.  3. “Trump doesn’t just cross moral lines; he doesn’t appear capable of understanding moral categories. Morality is for Trump what colors are to a person who is color-blind.” ~ Peter Wehner, The Atlantic I believe this to be true. How do we respond?  C.S. Lewis once said that “one of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is to shut their eyes to facts.”  How many people do you know who live within an echo chamber, never really hearing anything contrary to what they believe?  They wade into every argument with eyes and ears closed and a malfunctioning crap detector. It is indeed an act of cowardice to not care about the truth and to not search for it. 4. “To my Republican colleagues who introduced this resolution [to censure me], I thank you. You honor me with your enmity. You flatter me with this falsehood. You, who are the authors of a big lie about the last election, must condemn the truth-tellers and I stand proudly before you. Your words tell me that I have been effective in the defense of our democracy and I am grateful.” ~ Congressman Adam Schiff  Schiff is a little full of himself at times but that’s true of many of us, right? But censure? Nah. His rebuke of House Republicans is spot on.  5.  Listening to this refrain of a worship song grabbed me.    “On my best day, I am a child of God.  On my worst day, I’m still a child of God.”  True. Nothing can separate us from God’s love. “God looks at us and is ecstatic. This God loves the sound of our voices and thinks that all of us are a magnificent work of art… God’s cheek resting on ours. God’s singular agenda item. ~ Gregory Boyle, SJ 6. “Religion is one of the safest places to hide from God.” Richard Rohr I put my guard up when I’m with religious people but open myself up when I meet people of faith. 7. I read that a “Moms for Liberty” chapter in Hamilton County, Indian