Dear All of Us,
It's said that
"All politics is local."
Just about
everything else
sure is.
We can only be in
one place at a time.
Time/Place
locate and hedge.
Yes,
media modifies both,
if not meddling
overly much,
but we can use it
only in the
here and now.
EVERYTHING
is
LOCAL
We can only
make love locally.
We can only
have babies,
share a meal,
grow a garden,
work remotely,
vacation,
sleep,
GOOGLE,
have our teeth cleaned,
wear clothes,
here and now.
Life is Local
It's essential to
BE THERE
For sure that goes for
our spiritual life.
It's either
here and now,
or it is delusional.
Like everything else,
it is contextual,
"contained"
in the
here and now.
It doesn't exist
then and there,
past or future,
elsewhere.
How 'bout this?
Jesus
The Savior
of the World
was
Local Limited
and look what he did!!
He lived but
thirty three years
within a less than
one hundred mile
area.
To use
traditional language,
"Jesus Saved The World"
and did it from home.
Our life in
His Spirit
and
Mission
are so as well.
LOCAL
OK, so what about
environmental degradation,
nuclear threat,
culture wars,
religious decline,
Proud Bad Boys,
politicians in a play pen,
wars, starvation and
overwhelmingly
just too much?
Well,
we are part of a
Divine Whole
and we have
our part to play.
God's Work and Way
in the
World
is a
Mosaic
and we have
our place
in it.
It is not the whole.
We are neither
responsible for
nor capable of
addressing
The Whole.
Our part is
our place
in the here and now,
Local
Given the chaos
of the world just now,
there is the temptation
to be stymied still
and
not be and do our part.
"What can I do?"
"What difference
can I make?"
"It's beyond me!"
It sure is!!
So we
Live Love
Local
Live it where and how
we are located
physically,
mentally,
emotionally,
relationally,
responsibly,
spiritually.
We can't remedy
global destruction.
We can modify
our use of earth
elements and energy.
We can't tame
the intemperateness
of culture wars.
We can offer broadness
of perspective and
champion openness
to diversity.
We can't bring about world peace.
We can bring peace
to our part of the world.
We do that with
the gentle strength
of respect, acceptance,
embrace and service.
We can't straighten out
the twists and knots
of the church.
We can commit to sharing
simple and authentic
Gospel Life
in community.
God has a difference
to make
and we are it
in our
here and now.
God chooses to
create
recreate,
redeem
renew
and wants to do that
particularly and personally
through us
in our person and place.
God counts on us to
BE THERE
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frankly speaking
spirituality for the street
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