Greetings! “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” - Matthew 6:13 KJV “Do not bring us to the time of trial, but deliver us from evil.” - Matthew 6:13 NRSV My daily prayer during the pandemic has been woven with the Lord’s prayer. It is a simple prayer, but a profound one with many layers of meaning. To deepen my engagement with it, I have started switching between the different versions of the Lord’s prayer. In the line we all know from the King James Version (above), we are asking God not to lead us into temptation, which makes us think of our personal sins. We could enlarge that to include our collective sins and even our systemic sins. But ultimately, the translation
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Grace and peace to you through our Saviour, Jesus Christ, “Do not put your trust in princes, in mortals in whom there is no help. When their breath departs, they will return to the earth; on that very day their plans perish. Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in YHWH their God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps faith forever; who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry.” - Psalm 146:3-7 Today is the U.S. election. It is a very charged and divisive time in U.S. politics. Having moved to Canada, I now understand what many of my fellow Americans don’t: U.S. politics reverberate internationally. Democra
