It is difficult to maintain a sense of balance in a world filled with chaos. The urgency of current events and the resulting upheaval throw us off kilter. And we are bombarded with the stuff. Turn on your computer and there are written words, images and videos designed to make you angry, fearful and throwContinue reading “That Tricky Little Thing Called Balance”
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Do Something
If not us then who? Let’s Talk About It We are talking about Celebration this month in The Espirational Community on Facebook. While due to the founders of this site’s personal backgrounds this is a Christ based Website this site and The Espirational Community is a place for people of all faithsContinue reading “Do Something”
What “outsiders” teach us about community
Recent attempts in the U.S. to limit what it means to be an American and exclude those who don’t measure up sadden, frighten and disturb me. When will it stop? Will you make the cut? I’m not sure I will. The example being set by our President that it is okay to bully, belittle, mimic,Continue reading “What “outsiders” teach us about community”
We are all children of God traveling on spaceship earth together
“The seven of us on board [the Space Shuttle] represented five different religions. But we were all agreed – it just doesn’t make sense how people on earth treat each other. It doesn’t make any difference what language we speak. It doesn’t make any difference what country we come from. It certainly doesn’t make anyContinue reading “We are all children of God traveling on spaceship earth together”
an inescapable network of mutuality
“All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be, and you can never be what you ought to be until I am whatContinue reading “an inescapable network of mutuality”
The Challenge of Social Justice
“The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need to make our nation a better place, just as we make it a safer place.” Marian Wright Edelman Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/community
We are a community
Each of us must rededicate ourselves to serving the common good. We are a community. Our individual Fates are linked; our futures intertwined; and if we act in that knowledge and in that spirit together, as the Bible says: “We can move mountains.” — Jimmy Carter
The Warmth of Community
“It is not more bigness that should be our goal. We must attempt, rather, to bring people back to…the warmth of community, to the worth of individual effort and responsibility…and of individuals working together as a community, to better their lives and their children’s future.” — Robert F. Kennedy
The Value of the other people within my community
“Most importantly, I realize the value of the other people – the extended family – the other people within my community, my cultures: my teachers and the other people I call Auntie, Uncle, Godfather, Godbrother, whatever. These are people who pulled you in and made you part of their lives and their homes.” — LammanContinue reading “The Value of the other people within my community”
The Woman Power of This Nation
“The woman power of this nation can be the power which makes us whole and heals the rotten community, now so shattered by war and poverty and racism. I have great faith in the power of women who will dedicate themselves whole-heartedly to the task of remaking our society.” Coretta Scott King Read more at:Continue reading “The Woman Power of This Nation”
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