Diana Butler Bass has written a beautiful book called A Beautiful Year and this short quote below comes from that book and of course that source book called the Bible.

You know what time it is, how it is the moment now for you to wake from sleep.

         — Romans 13:11

A Reflection from The Good Decision Project

We now awake to hopeful, dangerous times. Never has a culture fought human consciousness as brutally as this current US Government’s administration that has, in this past week, been pulled up short by its own people.  How did “woke” ever become an anathema?  Perhaps national guilt is the driver for those who don’t want us awake.  Authentic guilt, is painful and the tendency is to defend against the experience of uncomfortable guilt by sleeping or escaping through entertainment, bread, and circuses.  Today is Sunday.   The moment demands facing the liturgical music.  Once a person faces the pain of authentic guilt that person can understand the importance of the spirit gifts called “mercy” “forgiveness” and “compassion”.  Perhaps your spiritual tradition might have something to say about that.  Wouldn’t that be ironic?