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"From whence cometh my help…" (Psalm 121:2)

It takes no great measure of depth or intelligence to realize that the global community is living through an incredibly painful moment in history – deep divisions continue in the political landscape of our nation; conflict seems unceasing in places around our globe – Haiti, Nigeria, Central and South America; the war in the Ukraine is just maddening – and now – now, that land called Holy – is steeped in the most serious moment of conflict in the last 50 years.

In the face of this – and so much more – what I am hearing and experiencing from the believers I serve in the church I pastor, but also believers in other Christian communities as well as other faith traditions – Jewish and Muslim – can be summed up in one word... "helpless."

Many have told me they feel helpless – anxiety, fear, worry. "What to do when you can’t do anything?" is what I am hearing. Maybe you feel that. I certainly have from time to time in the last year or so, and yet I am in the "hope" business! That said, so, well is there anything you can – really do? I think the answer is a resounding "yes." What to do?

When you feel helpless, you can pray. (iStock)

Pray. The world that lives beyond the parameters of a belief in the Almighty is a world without hope, without a future, without that Greater Power available to humankind since we humans first were brought out of the........

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