There's more love somewhere. And there's more peace somewhere. I ain't gonna rest until I find it. There's a bright side somewhere.

The title/lyric comes from There's a Bright Side Somewhere by Ry Cooder off of his beautiful (if a bit odd) album My Name is Buddy, a concept album about the friendship between a cat and mouse. I find this song to be a hopeful one at the end of a long week.

In a few places this week I have found some hopeful thoughts from other folks. I am preaching this Sunday, so I've needed the encouragement of fellow believers (in the broadest sense). Here are my two favorites.

Last week was World Communion Sunday and I found this and made a slide of it for our worship design. I dig this message and like that it's on a globe.



The second thing I found was this quote. I hope it moves you like it did me. I hope your week winds down in a blessed way and your weekend is restful or fun.

"There is in each of us, no matter how humble, a capacity for love. Even if our lives have not taken the course we had envisioned, even if we are less than the shape of our dreams, we are part of the human family. Somewhere, in the most inconsequential corners of our lives, is the opportunity for love.

If I am blind, I can run my hand across the back of a shell and celebrate beauty. If I have no legs, I can sit in quiet wonder before the restless murmurs of the sea. If I am wounded in spirit, I can reach out my hand to those who are hurting. If I am lonely, I can go among those who are desperate for love. There is no tragedy or injustice so great, no life so small and inconsequential, that we cannot bear witness to the light in the quiet acts and hidden moments of our days.

And who can say which of these acts and moments will make a difference? The universe is a vast and magical membrane of meaning, stretching across time and space, and it is not given to us to know her secrets and her ways. Perhaps we were placed here to meet the challenge of a single moment; perhaps the touch we give will cause the touch that will change the world."

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