Some have asked me, Rabbi, why are you involved with #Ferguson? Why do you care so much about #pointergate? I suppose I could sit back in my office in South Minneapolis and try to block out the suffering around me. But thats just not the rabbi or the man that I am. Pastor Michael McBride teaches it best. The role of clergy is to be with the people. There may be some who believe our role is to try and maintain peace and calm people down, and I used to subscribe to that. Now, I am getting to the place where I believe we have to be there in the belly of the beast to remind people that God is present with them in their pain and tears. Clergy and the faith community have to speak truth to power. Amen.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 01:34:29 +0000