Our task is enormous … To look at all that has gone before us, and to recognize that each one of us, however small, has a unique task in co-creation—a unique contribution to make in the world and to humanity. Edwina Gateley Diana Butler Bass begins this book with Genesis and the Creation story inContinue reading “Conclusion: “Revelation””
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Chapter 7: “Commons”
Welcome to “the Commons Room of Grace Episcopal Church, belonging to none, welcoming all.” “Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breath the same air. We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal.” – John F. Kennedy Diana Butler Bass opens with the realizationContinue reading “Chapter 7: “Commons””
Chapter 6: “Neighborhood”
“I’ve always wanted to live in a neighborhood with you!” –Fred Rogers “Where is God?” and the Neighborhood: Neighborhood comes from the Old English “near dweller” common to families/clans/tribes. Today, the more modern understanding involves a place to abide where people have things in common. “All world religions make neighbors the central concern of spiritualityContinue reading “Chapter 6: “Neighborhood””
Chapter 3: Sky
“The chief thing that separates us from God is the thought that we are separated from God.” Thomas Keating (1923-2018) “Our God is in the heavens; he does whatever he pleases…The heavens are the Lord’s heavens, but the earth he has given to human beings.” Psalm 115:1-3, 16 How do we reconcile the ancient conceptContinue reading “Chapter 3: Sky”
Chapter 27, Chapter 28, and Afterword summaries
Chapter 27—“Stay Loyal to Reality” Brian McLaren opens this chapter with a 2004 anecdote from journalist Ron Suskind in which a White House aide (Karl Rove?) explained his belief that America is “an empire” now, and “when we act, we create our own reality.” And, we can change that reality before we’ve fully understood andContinue reading “Chapter 27, Chapter 28, and Afterword summaries”
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