It's time to heal!

I've been thinking about the various reactions we've seen in the past few days to the death of Osama Bin Laden. Ranging from emotionally charged "Hooyahs!" to patriotically charged chants of "USA! USA!" to morally charged admonitions of "take no pleasure in any man's death" to worrisome cries of "the hydra has more than one head," I've heard it all.

One thing binds all of these reactions together: they represent the collective exhale of a world that has been holding its collective breath for nearly ten years.

Then, this morning, I heard one small voice, at the bottom of a very long string of Facebook comments, say, " How profound it would have been if our nation took to the streets with candles and prayed/meditated/remembered those we lost, walked in peace for those in other countries who lost loved ones because of OBLaden's actions."

People, it is not too late to do so. Let this be your task, if you really believe this is what we should do: gather your family, your friends, your congregation, your community, your town, your city together and make that moment happen. Lead us in prayers and meditations, that the death of this man should give us pause to reflect on ourselves and to declare our love of peace and goodness and truth. I call on all our religious, political, and intellectual leaders to do so!

It's time to take a cleansing breath!