By what authority?

Spoken with immense conviction one assumes.

Yet I was not there, looking through those eyes, seeing the challenge being faced and

trusting the proclamation regardless of

consequences.

I stand in my own shoes eyes

clear enough and when called proclaim

just as he, in my own day.

Perseverance.

Proclamation.

Performance?

Faithfulness in one long direction.

the new story sees the universe as primarily consciousness and the human being as body, mind, and spirit, able to locate and carry out their life’s purpose in a meaningful—indeed, fundamentally benevolent—universe.

richard rohr