Blog
There are forces and voices in our increasingly polarized world that want us to view the issues of the day in a binary way: this or that; good or bad. Most issues are more complicated. This blog seeks to invite people to journey beyond the safety, if not the rigidity, of our silo and our ego – to the soul; where we have the opportunity to see things differently.
The Battle for Power
It is a battle about power. Power can be defined as the ability to control, if not dominate. Power can also be defined as the ability to build solidarity and cohesion. The battle to control and dominate is becoming more intense as the country approaches an election...
Neighboring Has More Power Than Othering
It was “neighboring” that did it. Last winter it was neighboring that exposed ICE for its nefarious “othering” practices, and drove its hyper belligerent leader and many of its squadrons out of Minneapolis. The neighboring began spontaneously: food was delivered,...
AI: A Modern Tower of Babel?
Science is the discovery of knowledge, regardless of the consequences. So I learned in college. In the last eighty years, with the onset of the information age, scientific discoveries have been both remarkable and life changing. And the consequences of those...
A bishop and gun safety activist offers a way forward from opposing viewpoints.
Instead of dismissing those whose views and experiences are different from our own, the author argues that we must look directly at them and see the goodness that is inherent in all things. From the language we use to the imperative to understand and include, we have a duty to work through opposition and build community.
Bishop Beckwith describes it this way: “We are trained to think, yet the cultural emphasis on thinking has not be applied to our ability to see . . . We are not as well trained in seeing the world’s fullness―pain and joy, compassion and cruelty. We regularly receive glimpses of pain and joy, but they are often presented in such a way as to reinforce our thinking.”
Read less
