First, it is a NOVEL! (I am not an historian of the holocaust because I just do not know enough. I am not a student of the holocaust because I do have the academic rigor to pursue such a study. I am a reader on the subject but- a Novel?)
Second, it is not all that well written and I love good literature. (I am not a professional writer but enjoy the nuances of the craft immensely.)
But with this book, Bob is still teaching and leading me.
In the book/history/novel (in chapter 24), a Rabbi Menasha Levartov is described as "one of those men who, even in the years of peace, would have advised his congregation that while God may well be honored by the inflexibility of the pious, he might also be honored by the inflexibility of the sensible."
Which brings me to an article from today's UM News Daily Digest. The UM News report can be found at https://www.greatplainsumc.org/newsdetail/omaha-confirmation-class-refuses-to-become-members-of-united-methodist-church-12803676
Keep the faith class! There is a generation coming that has sensibility, courage and a voice. Also from Bob (Dylan this time):
Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don’t criticize
What you can’t understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is rapidly agin’
Please get out of the new one if you can’t lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin’
The following is a letter which was read by the youth of the Omaha First UMC during services at what was to be their Confirmation Sunday, April 28.
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