...holiness as wholeness, the opposite of fragmentation… the
underlying Reality is a continuous Wholeness, a Unity beyond any possibility of
division…
Both the East and the West have expressed this Wholeness,
and the transcendence of time which is one aspect of Wholeness by speaking of
the Ultimate as unchangeable…
God’s will does not change. Once having lighted his troth, God is
steadfast in love God’s love, God’s
will, God’s personal selfhood is one Wholeness, unfragmented.
Beatrice
Bruteau
Those of steadfast mind you keep in peace, in peace
because they trust in you.
Isaiah
26:3
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God is one
and not one
there is this thing we call the Trinity
we don’t understand it
we can’t totally understand
but we can know it
this unity in diversity
it’s important
that we can be many
we can be diverse
we can be black, white, tall, short
Greek, Jew, American, Iranian, Venezuelan
Republican, Democrat
and still,
participate in a profound unity.
Thus we are called
we human creatures who lean toward fragmentation
to practice Wholeness
to take time to stop, and breathe,
to worship and pray, and connect with the One
with Eternity
with the Really Real
What is “sin”
what does it look like when we stumble and fall
and fail to realize ourselves as Children of God.
It looks like fragmentation
like fragmented souls
fragmented communities
fragmented nations
as scattered and shattered world
it looks like hate
and bias
like inequality and inequity
it looks like the bonds of love
shredded
by words that incite and demean
by anger and violence
by those who will sacrifice everything
for money and power
we cannot embrace fragmentation
we cannot follow those
who would divide
we must reflect the unity of
the One
we need to be Holy
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We are stardust
We are golden
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the Garden (Joni Mitchell)
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