New Voices 

"May. You start it with feeling in between Late Spring and Early Summer.

Then May explodes into change. Suddenly it's hot and summer is on us. A time of freedom of movement. So what about the summer season ahead?

There's a new generation of young people emerging. And it's exciting because it seems to be in contrast to a past generation. A generation that seemed absorbed in apathy and cynicism as it related to engaging with our political system. To be sure, politically, the recent and even present times have been grim. Just a toxic fog of scandal, corruption, deception – no respect for the role of morality in leadership.

So perhaps there's new hope. New voices that do care about things that are now absent. Who can help push the ball forward and up. Maybe this summer might include some community volunteerism or enterprise. Just a thought."

-Robert Redford, from the Sundance Catalog, Late Summer

They called them 'Christians' for a reason -- they were like Christ. They called themselves 'believers' for a reason -- they prayed in faith, they acted in faith, they lived a faith that was alive with compassion and action and hope for the hopeless. They were filled with His Love, His Spirit, they shone as lights -- and the world was never the same for their brief existence on this earthen plane.

There was a time when the Church the world encountered was very powerful. There was a time when the Church was a vibrant living reality of disciples who breathed in and out God's Love each and every moment. There was a time when the Church was beautiful, faithful, passionate. There was a time when there was a people who were known for their love just as Jesus said they would be.

Perhaps . . . is there new hope? New voices that do care about things that are now absent -- maybe even our voices? 

Perhaps. 

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