“Put your hands in the hand of the man who stilled the water. Put your hands in the hand of the man who calmed the sea. Take a look at yourself and you can look at others differently. Put your hands in the hand of the man from Galilee.” – Lyrics by Gene MacLellan, sung by many About six months ago (or so it seems), I was driving down Beechmont Avenue and noticed the new electronic sign in front of St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church. (Yes, like ours, the old, red and white Ken Sil

“Nine in 10 Protestant pastors in the United States say that, as Christians, we have a biblical responsibility to care for refugees and other foreigners based on clear biblical injunctions, according to LifeWay Research. The same survey found that only eight percent of local churches are helping refugees – nearly half acknowledged a sense of fear in their congregations regarding the arrival of refugees.” – Sojourners, December 2016, p. 8. It has been a confluence of things th