{"id":473,"date":"2020-11-12T08:55:45","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T13:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/?p=473"},"modified":"2020-11-12T08:55:45","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T13:55:45","slug":"reflection-from-michelle-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/reflection-from-michelle-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflection from Michelle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Is this the darkness of the tomb, or of the womb? I don\u2019t know. All I know is that the only way we will endure is if each of us shows up to the labor.<\/em>&nbsp;\u2014Valarie Kaur<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I grew up listening to Leo Buscalia on PBS when I was in junior high school. (I know I know what a nerd). He captivated me the way he explored to multi-dimensions of the word \u201cLove\u201d. It was a seed that has continued to grow to move away from the sentimental, purely emotional definitions to something richer and deeper, more about how the holy moves and heals, more about ethical action and intentions. Do you need to reclaim \u201cLove\u201d for your own life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today from Fr. Richard Rohr\u2019s daily meditation\u00a0 he lifts up a new voice Valarie Kaur who is currently reclaiming, deepening and complexing the idea of \u201cLove\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cLove\u201d is more than a feeling. Love is a form of\u00a0<em>sweet labor<\/em>: fierce, bloody, imperfect, and life-giving\u2014a choice we make over and over again. If love is sweet labor, love can be taught, modeled, and practiced. This labor engages\u00a0<em>all<\/em>\u00a0our emotions. Joy is the gift of love. Grief is the price of love. Anger protects that which is loved. And when we think we have reached our limit, wonder is the act that returns us to love.<\/p><p>\u201cRevolutionary love\u201d is the choice to enter into wonder and labor for\u00a0<em>others<\/em>, for our\u00a0<em>opponents<\/em>, and for\u00a0<em>ourselves<\/em>\u00a0in order to transform the world around us. It is not a formal code or prescription but an orientation to life that is personal and political and rooted in joy. Loving only ourselves is escapism; loving only our opponents is self-loathing; loving only others is ineffective. All three practices together make love revolutionary, and revolutionary love can only be practiced in community.<\/p><cite>Valarie Kaur,\u00a0<em>See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love<\/em>\u00a0(One World: 2020), xv\u2013xvi, xvii.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A prayer for us:<br><br>All that is Holy and Grace-filled, <br>Help us to open to Love <br>That it may heal our broken places <br>Help us to open to Love <br>That we might reach across aisles, across streets, across borders <br>Help us to open to Love <br>That we might step in the shoes of our nemesis and understand <br>Help us to open to Love <br>That we might stay curious and open (even when it hurts) <br>Help us to open to Love <br>That we might let the stars spark light in our darkness <br>Help us to open to Love <br>That it empower us to love one another in fresh ways. Amen. <br><br>Be the Love you hope for the world and allow Love to embrace you in times of challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Be well,<br>Michelle L DeCoste<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is this the darkness of the tomb, or of the womb? I don\u2019t know. All I know is that the only way we will endure is if each of us shows up to the labor.&nbsp;\u2014Valarie Kaur I grew up listening to Leo Buscalia on PBS when I was in junior high school. 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