Sarah Wilke, publisher of he Upper Room, shared a meditation about a man named Christian during the worship service on Wednesday morning, April 25, 2012. It began the day for the delegates to the General Conference of the United Methodist Church, meeting in Tampa, Florida.
The Rev. Thomas Kim reflects on how the enforced isolation recalls his time in prison. While that isolation is hard to take, he writes that it is nearly impossible to take the racism and xenophobia aimed at Asian Americans.
Humanity has never found a good explanation for why there is suffering in the world. Why do so many seem to accept that bad answers are better than no answers?
