The Sound of Winter Ice Cracking
What does the Lord require of you
but to do justice
and to love kindness
and to walk humbly with your God?
Micah 6:8
Friends, Yesterday the Rev. Anna Broadbent-Evelyn preached a powerful sermon on the text from Micah above, connecting us with the season of winter, the healing power of the jingle dress as the sound of winter's ice cracking, insight into the Hebrew word for 'humble' and the Greek word for 'meek.' You can listen to her sermon here.
Below, I'm sharing with you two resources as you navigate the coming week.
First, a video letter from more than 150 Episcopal bishops addressing the crisis of constitutionality and violence happening in Minnesota and across the country. Thanks to Karen Murdock for sharing this link!
Second, a list of readings compiled by Sky Woodhull that help put the government's actions today in historical context.
Oh Jesus, have mercy.
With love,
Susan+
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1) A Video Letter to our Fellow Americans
2) ICE Tactics in Historical Context
The tactics employed by ICE and the Border Patrol on display in the Twin Cities are by no means unique. They are all too reminiscent of tactics employed by the Nazis in Germany with the rise of Adolf Hitler. Following is a list of books that provide historical perspective for what we see today.
In The Garden of Beasts: Erik Larson, 2011
Berlin, 1933, as Hitler consolidated power, as documented by U.S. Ambassador William Dodd and his daughter Martha Dodd.
Hitler’s Banker: Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht: John Weitz, 1997
Hjalmar Schacht, anti-Nazi, was chief architect of the Nazi economy.
Strongmen: Mussolini to The Present: Ruth Ben-Ghiat, 2021
Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History at New York University, explores the use of propaganda, corruption, and violence to stay in power.
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From The Twentieth Century: Timothy Snyder, 2017
Historical perspective and a guide to resistance with ideas for how to preserve our freedoms.
Winter of The World: Ken Follet, 2012
This work of fiction is book 2 of Follet’s Century Trilogy. He places the reader in the midst of the rise of the Third Reich through the experience of families in the U.S., Germany , the Soviet Union, England and Wales.
[ Photo credit: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2019/06/15/jingle-dress-tradition-native-american-dance ]