God,
I see the schools
that are closing up
due to violence
and protests
and the likes–
and I’m reminded
All Behavior is Communication
All of it–You knew God, when
Helen Keller was throwing a tantrum
when Elijah was crying out
when Moses said
don’t call me
when the disciples
woke Jesus in the midst of the storm
terrified…
All behavior is communication.
So, God I’m wondering
as we start to boil over,
what are we trying
to communicate?
As we are forced
to work
and school
and carry on
in the middle of a storm
as though everything is normal
and haven’t even paused to grieve.
Help us–not to behave,
God no.
But to communicate,
because clearly we are crying out,
and boiling over.
Help us, we pray.
Amen.
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Pastor Katy has enjoyed ministry at New Covenant for 7 years, where the church has solidified its community focus. Prior to that she studied both Theology and Christian Formation at Princeton Theological Seminary. She also served as an Assistant Chaplain at Trenton Psychiatric Hospital and as the Christian Educational Coordinator at Bethany Presbyterian at Bloomfield, NJ.
She enjoys working within and connecting to the community, is known to laugh a lot during service, and tells as many stories as possible. Pastor Katy loves reading Science Fiction and Fantasy, theater, arts and crafts, music, playing with children and sunshine, and continues to try to be as (w)holistically Christian as possible.
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Tolkien states in the foreword to The Lord of the Rings that he disliked allegories and that the story was not one.[66] Instead he preferred what he termed "applicability", the freedom of the reader to interpret the work in the light of his or her own life and times.
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