I am so thankful for your words and each day they give me much to consider. It is difficult to rid oneself of a dualistic way of thinking but so necessary during this interim time.
As usual, your commentary today hits home with me. I know I am a part of Nature, but sometimes I forget I am a part of all humanity -- and that all the parts of humanity are a part of me. Grief is hard, especially if I have to acknowledge my participation in the wrongdoing. I like to think of myself as a savior -- I so appreciate your kind reminder to just be present with love.
"May this moment not harden us, but humble us. May it break us open, not apart." Exactly humility is so desperately needed within us and within our interactions with others. We all don't know wholly, for we all only see partially, if only we are willing to admit this truth.
Beautiful. The question you pose at the beginning isn’t the kind of question that has an answer. It’s one that is meant to be carried in our heart and reflected upon every moment.
This reflection highlighted for me the importance of acknowledging personal and collective shadow work necessary to move toward the next stage of human/cosmic/spiritual wholeness....hoping that we can do this personal and collective homework.
Open Relational Theology was good and even the questions and answers. There is a Church of the Nazarene nearby but they don't call themselves by their name and certainly way right of the middle not even purple and their attendees haven't a clue of the church's theology. That recent speaker and all you offer ring a bell with me. Thank you for all you do. KatieD+
Return to your day—not as savior, not as judge, but as a presence in process.
Return to your day—not as savior, not as judge, but as a presence of love in process.
My mind scrambled to understand this article until finally the last line above. That’s what pulled it together for me, reading it a second time - adding ‘of love’ to it.
I am not a separate being. We belong to each other as equals in God’s family. The world may be falling apart around us, but we, from within our hearts can continue with love by purposely living out all the components of love: compassion, kindness, forgiveness, understanding, patience, etc., and all that can bring peace, joy and love into the small world around us in which we live and have our being.
To acknowledge the truth of what is, accept it, because it is what it is, and try to live love accordingly, in ways that are calling us to love. Be alert and awake, and willing to love with a God-love to the best of our unique abilities.
Thank you, Cameron. Your words give clarity to our days, encouragement and hope.
It has been several years since I read or taught the late Walter Brueggemann's "Prophetic Imagination." I seem to recall, however, that he too claimed that the task of the prophetic voice what not simply to describe and denounce that which was broken, but to lament it as well. Your meditation this day fits the bill: we cannot look away or cease to describe the brokenness, and we must lament the harm of our present reality. Brueggemann also declared that the final task of the prophetic imagination was just that--to imagine and dream of the new reality that God is about. I often read of you doing that as well. For today's offering and for so many others, I thank you.
I’m sharing my reflection on Sister Cameron’s opening question that I sent to my dear brother:
Cameron’s question this morning is so spot on!
(My answer: I don’t know. But knowing that she’s there and my Anum Cara is there……. Others too…. at least gives me the Holy Honesty to seek the path to an answer. ❤️🙏❤️)
I am so thankful for your words and each day they give me much to consider. It is difficult to rid oneself of a dualistic way of thinking but so necessary during this interim time.
As usual, your commentary today hits home with me. I know I am a part of Nature, but sometimes I forget I am a part of all humanity -- and that all the parts of humanity are a part of me. Grief is hard, especially if I have to acknowledge my participation in the wrongdoing. I like to think of myself as a savior -- I so appreciate your kind reminder to just be present with love.
"May this moment not harden us, but humble us. May it break us open, not apart." Exactly humility is so desperately needed within us and within our interactions with others. We all don't know wholly, for we all only see partially, if only we are willing to admit this truth.
Beautiful. The question you pose at the beginning isn’t the kind of question that has an answer. It’s one that is meant to be carried in our heart and reflected upon every moment.
This reflection highlighted for me the importance of acknowledging personal and collective shadow work necessary to move toward the next stage of human/cosmic/spiritual wholeness....hoping that we can do this personal and collective homework.
Open Relational Theology was good and even the questions and answers. There is a Church of the Nazarene nearby but they don't call themselves by their name and certainly way right of the middle not even purple and their attendees haven't a clue of the church's theology. That recent speaker and all you offer ring a bell with me. Thank you for all you do. KatieD+
Return to your day—not as savior, not as judge, but as a presence in process.
Return to your day—not as savior, not as judge, but as a presence of love in process.
My mind scrambled to understand this article until finally the last line above. That’s what pulled it together for me, reading it a second time - adding ‘of love’ to it.
I am not a separate being. We belong to each other as equals in God’s family. The world may be falling apart around us, but we, from within our hearts can continue with love by purposely living out all the components of love: compassion, kindness, forgiveness, understanding, patience, etc., and all that can bring peace, joy and love into the small world around us in which we live and have our being.
To acknowledge the truth of what is, accept it, because it is what it is, and try to live love accordingly, in ways that are calling us to love. Be alert and awake, and willing to love with a God-love to the best of our unique abilities.
Thank you, Cameron. Your words give clarity to our days, encouragement and hope.
It has been several years since I read or taught the late Walter Brueggemann's "Prophetic Imagination." I seem to recall, however, that he too claimed that the task of the prophetic voice what not simply to describe and denounce that which was broken, but to lament it as well. Your meditation this day fits the bill: we cannot look away or cease to describe the brokenness, and we must lament the harm of our present reality. Brueggemann also declared that the final task of the prophetic imagination was just that--to imagine and dream of the new reality that God is about. I often read of you doing that as well. For today's offering and for so many others, I thank you.
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I’m sharing my reflection on Sister Cameron’s opening question that I sent to my dear brother:
Cameron’s question this morning is so spot on!
(My answer: I don’t know. But knowing that she’s there and my Anum Cara is there……. Others too…. at least gives me the Holy Honesty to seek the path to an answer. ❤️🙏❤️)