Strangely from the very early stirring of the winds of this global storm, of economics, of environment, of injustice, fear and mis-trust...there was something very spiritual. It wasn't just morality...it was something far deeper. Although despite your religious background, or whether you believe in a God, a creator...as deep calls to deep, something stirrs us back to our embryonic beginnings of what it is to be human.
I am reminded of this quote by Thomas Merton...
We are living in the greatest revolution in history—a huge spontaneous upheaval of the entire human race; not the revolution planned and carried out by any particular party, race, or nation, but a deep elemental boiling over of all the inner contradictions that have ever been in man, a revelation of the chaotic forces inside everybody. This is not something we have chosen, nor is it something we are free to avoid.
Source: Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander
Outstanding thoughts, Ron. I'm on the same page with you.
Posted by: Mike | January 14, 2009 at 03:26 PM
Outstanding thoughts, Ron. I'm on the same page with you.
Posted by: Mike | January 14, 2009 at 03:27 PM
Outstanding thoughts, Ron. I'm on the same page with you.
Posted by: Mike | January 14, 2009 at 03:28 PM
How true at this juncture in the state of world affairs. I recently wrote a piece about faith and these unpresendented times. Perhaps, you may enjoy it:
http://www.billdahl.net/the-recent-published-works-of-bill-dahl/faith-to-confront-unprecedented-economic-times/
Best,
Bill
Posted by: Bill Dahl | January 23, 2009 at 12:24 PM