"This tired and troubled old world needs a change..."

This tired and troubled old world needs a change. All around the world people are living in days of struggle, sorrow, and uncertainty. Their light grows dim. Their energy diminishes. Hope flickers on the windowpane, like a candle near the end of its brightness, a pale light left to stand alone against the coming of the night. This old world needs a rescue, a rebirth, a renewal. It needs a new way of thinking and of being. It needs more than a candle. Lift up the torch of what you believe. Hold it high for others to see. Tell them change is coming. Tell them a new light is coming into this world. Tell them to look up and see how brightly countless torches shine in the night, all waiting for the dawn.
~ Steven Charleston is a Native American elder, author, and retired Episcopal bishop of Alaska. Professor of Native American Ministries at Saint Paul School of Theology OCU and Citizen of the Choctaw Nation. https://stevencharleston.com/