Gentle Strength: Restoring / Rev. Dwayne Johnson

With the screaming of talk radio and the mudslinging of politics, it is time for a restoration of civility through gentle strength. Gentleness is not weakness. In Galatians 6, Paul calls Christians to move beyond the angry and divisive rhetoric of fear-based religion to a restoration of love-based Christian maturity. Rev. Dwayne invites each individual to decide on a specific action that will help restore wholeness to the church, community, or world. Sources: Adapted readings from John S. Mogabgab’s “Gentleness” from Weavings, Volume XIX, Number 4, July/August 2004, 2-3, and an adapted reading from Kent Amos, “U1: Relaunch!” from Fast Company, July 2000, 128. Scripture: Galatians 6: 1-6; 16.