Truth meets mercy (Psalm 85)
These days it is hard to discern what is true and what is false.
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After seminary I worked as a prison chaplain. The seeds of my interest had been sewn on a field trip to the women’s prison, where I met the chaplain, Sister Jeannette. She knew each incarcerated woman and every correctional officer by name. Standing next to her when someone stopped to talk with her, I listened as she focused intently on their story. She never interrupted, and she never allowed someone else to interrupt (she’d put a calm hand up if they tried).
