Micah 6:8 - from April 2013
“How do you have such absolute faith in the ultimate triumph of good over evil?” I blurted out at the end of a discussion in Ted Grimsrud’s history and philosophy of non-violence class, fall of my junior year. Ted, much to my surprise, responded to what I thought to be a rhetorical question with a lecture in our next class together on how he maintains faith in the transforming power of love, or something along those lines. This anecdote from history and philosophy of nonviolence, a class I very much recommend by the way,is almost a perfect reflection on how my faith and my identity have grown and changed during my time at EMU. Almost at every turn my fixation with absolutes, my doubts and my questions, have been replaced with aprofound awe of the transforming power of love. It seems somewhat cliché to admit, but the college verse, Micah 6:8, has had a significant impact in shaping this transformation. “What does the Lord require of you? To do justice, to love mercy, and to walk ...