“Nothing is constant but change,” says the philosopher, and we might as well add, “…changing ever faster.” Wherever we look today the world is changing and at an unprecedented rate. Much of that change is alarming, but there is also some good news, such as for our prison system. In my home state of New York, the state prison population in the last 25 years has been reduced from 70,000 in the late 1990s to around 30,000 today.
In December, two young women sought refuge at the home of the Rev. Delia Adelina Leal Mollinedo, a Guatemalan human rights advocate. Their living situation was so precarious they felt unsafe. They had stayed with her before when things were uncertain.
Dear Sisters and Brothers:
On Tuesday we commemorate Human Rights Day, honoring the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948, an action urged by many U.S. Christians after two great wars. I urge you as pastors to encourage your congregations to seek information provided by our office of World Mission and through the Presbyterian News Service regarding the needs of our Christian partners around the world.