Why do we need to find and use our voices? First and foremost, as Christian women, we find and use our voices because it is one way in which we live out our baptismal promises. It’s what we do as Christians. As author Kathy Khang has said, “our voice is meant to be and bring good news.”
What happens when you don’t find and use your voice? You don’t join in the conversation. You are not part of the solution. What is uniquely you – your thoughts and feelings – is not contributed to the greater good.
You’ve probably seen a T-shirt or a meme with these words: When hate is loud, love cannot be silent. There’s a lot of hate in our world today. Hate that is gender-based. Hate that is racially based. Hate that is politically based. Hate that is even based in religion. And all that hate is loud.
When hate is loud, love cannot be silent. You and I cannot be silent. We are called to be and bring good news. You and I and our voices have been called for such a time as this.
This message is excerpted from “Use your voice to become part of the solution” by Linda Post Bushkofsky from the October 5, 2020, blog of the Women of the ELCA. Today we commemorate John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, 407.
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