Keep at it

I’ve been rewatching HBO’s The Wire lately.  It’s a great show that humanizes the various kinds of systemic injustice we see around us so much that we no longer see it.  Almost everyone is trapped in his or her particular role in “the game.”  This, and his huge ego, inspires Tommy Carcetti to run for mayor of Baltimore.  When he …

Up, Up, and Away

Acts 1:6- 11 6So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?”7He replied, “It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority. 8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you …