Monday of the Fourth Week in Lent

Will: We are learning about prophets in Sunday School, prophets come from God to tell us big news
Dad: Who are some prophets?
Will: Moses and Isaiah. So are Martin Luther King and Einstein I think, but they aren't in the Bible.

No, Will they aren’t in the Bible and some people may think it is wrong to suggest they were Prophets, but you just might be on to something. Is Martin Luther King’s “dream” finally becoming reality, and Einstein said the following:
A human being is part of a whole called by us “the universe,” a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separate from the rest — a kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening the circle of understanding and compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.

Yes Will, both King and Einstein called on us look beyond just the few people nearest to us and to seek understanding of all, and practice compassion to all. That is “big news.”

Webb