Sunday Video and Readings
From Our Minister
Lately I've been quite drawn to Kim Stafford's little book of poetry entitled We Begin a Better Nation. We included a piece in last week's readings, and on this Independence Day weekend I am compelled to bring along another one. Both have been about creating dialogue with those who reside at different ends of cultural polarities. Last week’s poem was overlaid with a simple message of love. When we love others as we love ourselves, we listen for their stories, their pain, and their disappointments. This "listening love" helps us enter conversations we might prefer to avoid. Without these conversations, however, there's little possibility for healing our divides.
This week's emphasis is overlaid with a message of justice. We return to the classic sentence from Micah, the Hebrew prophet. "What does God require of you, but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly?" Our cries for justice are not merely political. They are rooted in the evolution of major religious traditions. Moses and Jesus were deeply moved by the inhumanity of Empire. Their followers were among those who longed for liberation from the bondage of cruel patriarchy. The struggle for liberation always changes the course of human history in some way.
We are living in such a time when we long for liberation. This Independence Day, as a country we find ourselves polarized between the love of power and the power of love. As the title of Kim Stafford's book suggests, the resolution of this polarity will not come overnight, but we are invited to heed the simple call to "begin a better nation.”
Peace,
David
Lately I've been quite drawn to Kim Stafford's little book of poetry entitled We Begin a Better Nation. We included a piece in last week's readings, and on this Independence Day weekend I am compelled to bring along another one. Both have been about creating dialogue with those who reside at different ends of cultural polarities. Last week’s poem was overlaid with a simple message of love. When we love others as we love ourselves, we listen for their stories, their pain, and their disappointments. This "listening love" helps us enter conversations we might prefer to avoid. Without these conversations, however, there's little possibility for healing our divides.
This week's emphasis is overlaid with a message of justice. We return to the classic sentence from Micah, the Hebrew prophet. "What does God require of you, but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly?" Our cries for justice are not merely political. They are rooted in the evolution of major religious traditions. Moses and Jesus were deeply moved by the inhumanity of Empire. Their followers were among those who longed for liberation from the bondage of cruel patriarchy. The struggle for liberation always changes the course of human history in some way.
We are living in such a time when we long for liberation. This Independence Day, as a country we find ourselves polarized between the love of power and the power of love. As the title of Kim Stafford's book suggests, the resolution of this polarity will not come overnight, but we are invited to heed the simple call to "begin a better nation.”
Peace,
David
Sunday video
July 3, 2022
July 3, 2022
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