Come and See
The reflection by Rev. Jeanne Randall-Bodman presented on Sunday, January 18, 2026.
Witnesses watch events unfold, even when it breaks their hearts, even when they are tempted to look away. And witnessing is more than being a bystander or an onlooker. To witness is to do something active. It means bearing testimony. It means remembering what you saw, perhaps filming what you saw, perhaps writing it down. It means providing evidence of the truth of a thing.
No matter how shocking, or brutal, or inhumane, witnesses tell the story afterward…
In this moment, in our national story, we are being called to see the truth of what is going on, the whole truth. Because the place of oppression and suffering is the very place to meet the risen Christ. The place of oppression and suffering is the very place to participate in and proclaim the Empire of Love.
Liberating Words:
Isaiah 49: 1-7
John 1: 29-42