Hi Soren, I believe that the world needs the wisdom of love and its lived out practice more than ever. I am a United Methodist pastor serving a mostly progressive congregation in a poor, rural community - 2/3rds of whom voted for Trump. Covid really ripped this county apart with the maskers vs the non-maskers. The "sides" were on public display. Our church is living into what it means to do justice, love kindness and walk humble with God. Here is an example of love in action that transcends our artificial boundaries. https://youtu.be/Yhae9iW7jYo?si=NhO4IbZvKbY2z0CI
My teacher Thich Nhat Hanh comes to mind here. "Each moment is a chance for us to make peace with the world, to make peace possible for the world, to make happiness possible for the world."
To bring that change about I have to make peace with myself, make peace & calm possible for me.
A little like this: “The day will come when, after harnessing space, the winds, the tides, and gravitation, we shall harness for God the energies of love. And on that day, for the second time in the history of the world, we shall have discovered fire”. [Pierre Teilhard de Chardin]
Hi Soren, I believe that the world needs the wisdom of love and its lived out practice more than ever. I am a United Methodist pastor serving a mostly progressive congregation in a poor, rural community - 2/3rds of whom voted for Trump. Covid really ripped this county apart with the maskers vs the non-maskers. The "sides" were on public display. Our church is living into what it means to do justice, love kindness and walk humble with God. Here is an example of love in action that transcends our artificial boundaries. https://youtu.be/Yhae9iW7jYo?si=NhO4IbZvKbY2z0CI
My teacher Thich Nhat Hanh comes to mind here. "Each moment is a chance for us to make peace with the world, to make peace possible for the world, to make happiness possible for the world."
To bring that change about I have to make peace with myself, make peace & calm possible for me.
A little like this: “The day will come when, after harnessing space, the winds, the tides, and gravitation, we shall harness for God the energies of love. And on that day, for the second time in the history of the world, we shall have discovered fire”. [Pierre Teilhard de Chardin]
So glad to be in this space!