What Is Truth?

 I pray for friends and family imprisoned by The Big Lie; I pray for their deliverance. Only a miracle, by the Spirit of God, can set them free. 

Part of the miracle is our determination to know the truth, to tell the truth, to push ahead, and to push on. And to rely upon the work of truth-tellers like Dr Heather Cox Richardson​. 

You ask me, "What is truth?" And I say, "Truth is in the pudding." Does it affirm life for the many, or just the few? Does it rely upon the distinctions of race and class as if these were weapons of war against

others? Does it instill fear, irrational fear, a fear of conspiracies, space lasers, and vaccination chips? Truth stands on its own two legs, but lies cannot stand at all, and require a constant propping up, a constant effort to maintain the lie, because lies are fragile; lies have no inner life, no ability to bless, but only to bruise. Only by extreme effort, an effort that saps our strength and depletes the mind can a lie be sustained.

Truth, however, is of faith, hope, and love ... truth is of grace, mercy, and peace ... truth is a child laughing, a mother proud, a father pleased ... truth is generosity, kindness, and welcome ... truth is voting rights, marriage equality, and a woman's right to choose. Every one of these truths lifts up and broadens the expansion of life. That's how I know truth, and mostly likely you do, too.

Something I wrote in another blog that has bearing: "No Politics in Religion???" ...