Nunc Dimittis

Oh, I just feel sick at this news. Darlene was a couple years behind me at Luther but we sang in Schola Cantorum together and she shared my interests in nonviolence and progressive politics, we always had fantastic conversations. The church and the world have lost an incredible human being. May she find in Christ the peace that eluded her in this life.

. . .April 9. . .
Just an addendum to add the official ELCA press release on Darlene, and the lyrics to this coming Youth Sunday's prelude, which has taken on radically new meaning for me in light of this week's shocking events:

Am I at the point of no improvement?
What of the death I still dwell in?
I try to excel, but I feel no movement.
Can I be free of this unreleasable sin?

Never underestimate my Jesus
You're telling me that there's no hope
I'm telling you you're wrong
Never underestimate my Jesus
When the world around you crumbles
He will be strong, He will be strong

I throw up my hands, oh the impossibilities
Frustrated and tired, where do I go from here?
Now I'm searching for the confidence I've lost so willingly
Overcoming these obstacles is overcoming my fear

Never underestimate my Jesus
You're telling me that there's no hope
I'm telling you you're wrong
Never underestimate my Jesus
When the world around you crumbles
He will be strong, He will be strong

I think I can't
I think I can't
But I think you can, I think you can
I think I can't
I think I can't
But I think you can, I think you can
Gather all my insufficiencies
And place them in your hands
place them in your hands
place them in your hands

Never underestimate my Jesus
You're telling me that there's no hope
I'm telling you you're wrong
Never underestimate my Jesus
When the world around you crumbles
He will be strong, He will be strong

He will be strong

-Reliant K