Father Len and Irish grapple with the difficulty of having a spiritual, moral, and meaningful conversation about the slogan “black lives matter.”

Highlights, Ideas, and Wisdom

Father Len explains why he is reticent to make statements about political slogans.
It’s cowardice for religious leaders not to lead and speak out about spiritual and moral issues.
People have to come to the truth by themselves, but religious leaders can and should help lead them there.
“We are generally the better persuaded by the reasons we discover ourselves than by those given to us by others.” – Blaise Pascal
We have become so politically rigid, polarized, and hell-bent on winning in the United States that the search for truth gets lost.
There are good people and evil people. The line between good and evil cuts through every human heart.
Father Len is reading “Black like Me” by John Howard Griffin to become more compassionate and feel the pain and suffering that can come from discrimination and being a minority.