As many of you know, my love of music is deeply rooted in folk music. If you’ve watched our midweek videos, you’ve often seen me share songs by Jesse Welles. His music has been my voice and my guide on many different topics lately.

As I deal with the complexity of two shooting events yesterday—one in Utah and one in Colorado—there’s a lot of back-and-forth between the political divide. At the end of the day, no one should be killed for any reason.

I have a hard time expressing my feelings and emotions today. I had hoped to use just the words of our Bishop, but then I saw this video this morning. I hope this video speaks to you as it spoke to me.

It is my prayer that we live in a place where individuals will listen to each other, even when we disagree, and that silencing anyone’s voice through extreme measures hurts the entire collective.

https://youtu.be/UCBkt5Nt1wo?si=sdG1eWVkqqZjt0Yq
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God is Love, 
Rev. M. Andrew Davis (He/Him/His) 
Temecula United Methodist Church
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