Restoring the light
My sincere apologies. For the first time in the years I've been posting these, I totally missed a month. And June was definitely a month for lighting candles -- especially in all the vigils for the 49 murdered in the Orlando Pulse club attack. This is ironically part of what contributed to me overlooking the poll posting. I work for The Word, the Indianapolis-based LGBTQ-focused newspaper, and for two weeks, while completing the edition as a whole, I also spent a lot of time with these victims, sizing and positioning their photos, learning and briefly writing their bios. Most of these were in their 20s, two were teens. You can't look at this many lives snuffed out without it affecting you.
This last week, there were more killed in shootings by and at police. We have much to pray for (then, we get off our knees and act, right?).
These weeks have also had warm summer days and reasons to celebrate. We are complex creatures, and have a right to our joy; there's too little of it other days.
Inspired by the candle stands at LifeJourney Church, Indianapolis, I again present my monthly poll. As usual, I'll be bringing the list to church Sunday (as I keep noting, this isn't just a Christian thing, candles for prayer or meditation are used in practically all faiths). Newcomers can look down the "prayer candles" tag to see the origin of this.
Poll June/July 2016 Candlepoll
The candles at my church are in various-colored votive holders -- red, green, blue and yellow, with a few orange and purple. If you have a color preference, you can note it, as well as any other details (optional) in comments (comments screened and not unscreened without explicit permission).
This last week, there were more killed in shootings by and at police. We have much to pray for (then, we get off our knees and act, right?).
These weeks have also had warm summer days and reasons to celebrate. We are complex creatures, and have a right to our joy; there's too little of it other days.
Inspired by the candle stands at LifeJourney Church, Indianapolis, I again present my monthly poll. As usual, I'll be bringing the list to church Sunday (as I keep noting, this isn't just a Christian thing, candles for prayer or meditation are used in practically all faiths). Newcomers can look down the "prayer candles" tag to see the origin of this.
Poll June/July 2016 Candlepoll
The candles at my church are in various-colored votive holders -- red, green, blue and yellow, with a few orange and purple. If you have a color preference, you can note it, as well as any other details (optional) in comments (comments screened and not unscreened without explicit permission).