Here's a quote to start the week on an uplifting note from Lori Deschene, founder of Little Buddha, one of those sites I've invited at some point to stream such things into my social media feeds.
Goodness knows there's enough to think about otherwise. The passing of Rosalyn Carter, of course. And then the Rev. Carlton D. Pearson, died on Sunday, too, at the age of 70. Pearson is widely known in some circles as a fundamentalist megachurch pastor dismissed as a heretic when he embraced universal reconciliation (aka universalism) --- the concept that godly love embraces everyone.
Today also is Transgender Day of Remembrance, set aside to remember those who have been killed for no reason other than their gender identity.
That came to mind over the weekend when I was visiting with someone who attends one of Chariton's largest fundamentalist churches where position papers crafted by congregational leadership condemning transgender people and Critical Race Theory currently are circulating.
I remember a time when fundamentalist churches focused more on winning hearts and minds for Jesus and less on the politicized cultural hotspot of the day. As a rule, I'm not sentimental about the past, but in this instance I miss the good old days.
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