Meditation: The Church & The State
In the first COVID summer, I tried to keep up church connection and education by creating Midweek Meditations, a regular exploration of Scripture and song and theology all centered around a theme. As we approach July 4, 2023 — a very different Independence Day than 2020 or 2021 or, really, 2022 all were — I wanted to re-share the original video. There’s exhaustion evident in my voice, I think (or maybe it’s just that I know what was going on behind the scenes!) and at least one congregation-specific note (I mention the Little Kitchen Food Shelf, the food pantry at my previous congregation), but I think the Scriptural and theological summaries still hold. I’m including the original slides, too, if anyone wants to grab a quote or get a direct link to the videos featured.
(It closes with Audrey Assad’s rewrite of the Battle Hymn of the Republic, and her new words to the old tune are one of my son’s favorites.)