

The Gloved Hand
Sometimes I (Keith) get stuck in a Bible book. It ruminates and keeps stirring around in my soul. Two books this year have been particularly impactful, Esther and Habakkuk. Both are books that are connected to the need for justice, but both outwork in different ways. Habakkuk’s prayer, or complaint, a lament really, says: How long, Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not save? Why do you make me look at injustice? Why d