Where is God?

You may not be asking “Where is God?”, but in some way each of us struggles to learn, integrate, and respond to what is unfolding in Haiti. In effect, “Where is God?” is a rhetorical question. God is Where we look and What we see.

I see the goddess Kuan Yin in the doctors and nurses, the skill and innovation of healing professionals who are used to working with so much more.

I see the violent upheaval of the earth as the goddess Kali, destroying that which must give way for a better future to take hold.

I see Jesus in we who respond as neighbors, as the Good Samaritan he described, who saw a person in need and would not pass on by without acting.

Pat Robertson sees a vengeful, wrath-filled God, destroying unbelievers. I see god/ess in the world wide Web of people who scorn such idiocy.

I see the god of Exodus, Moses’ liberator God, impelling people to freedom.

There is a lot I don’t know about Haiti and about earthquakes, but I am inclined to believe that this disaster is more man-made than natural—the result of poverty, isolation, bad governance (one airstrip!). I believe that we are the hands of God—for good, for ill, or merely idle.

I believe in the faith values which underlie our efforts to help in our own best, most generous way. I have given, and I hope you will too, to the UUSC/UUA Joint Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund. You can donate online or send your contribution to UUSC, P.O. Box 844001, Boston MA 02284-4001. Thank you.

~ Jean