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A reflection from Mary Elizabeth Hanchey
All the mistakes I have made have been because I've assumed something and then acted as though it was fact.
---"Inspector Gamache" in the novel "A Fatal Grace" by Louise Penny
Late-night fiction reading is rarely the source of poignant insight for me: I am often drowsily stumbling through a few paragraphs. But this particular line startled me with its truth-telling.
The practice of asking clarifying questions is one that requires intention and attention. The practice of asking clarifying questions creates space in a relationship and depth in a conversation. The practice of asking clarifying questions helps me slow my roll as I careene toward conclusions.
In this season of chaos, wilderness, and war, may we summon the intention and attention needed to untangle fact from fiction and assumption from truth.
Just as I am, just as you are, just as we are, let this be a "come to Jesus" moment in our history. Let's immerse ourselves in the Jesus story, allow Jesus to author our lives, to author our resistance movement, to write on our hearts every word.
---Stan Dotson, Circle of Mercy sermon 4.27.25
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