Find the Way to Love
“Triple Threat (Black, Gay, Quaker): Bayard Rustin.” Henry, Bob. 2019, acrylic on canvas.
“What have we left to protect if in the process of defending our freedom we give up both democracy and principle? How can we love God, whom we have not seen, if we cannot, in times of crisis, find the way to love our brothers whom we have seen?”
— Bayard Rustin, 1948
Quaker civil rights activist
Today’s Invitation
Cut a heart out of a piece of paper, then write the names of individuals you find the hardest to love. Attach the heart to your mirror as a reminder to find a way to love them.
This Week’s Query
What does “speaking truth to power” mean to you?
What is your responsibility to speak truth to power as an individual? As part of a faith community?
Read the source of today’s quote
This week’s messages are guest edited by Bob Henry, artist, recorded Friend, and pastor of Indianapolis First Friends Quaker Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana. Bob is married to Sue and has three grown children.
Each of the art pieces this week are originals that Bob has created for sermons or other publications.
