I agonized over just what to say at a time such as this, when a man who seems to represent all of our worst tendencies will be inaugurated as president again on a day meant to celebrate a man who represented most of our best.
By holding the Lectionary's Gospel lesson loosely, you've brought to light some of the deeper truths that resonate with our times for me. Thanks! One of my favorite books is "We Make the Road by Walking." It's a dialogue that took place between Myles Horton and Paulo Freire at Highlander back in 1987. Horton ends the discussion with the following words he attributes to Lao Tzu, "Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Love them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. But the best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will all say, we have done it ourselves." I wonder what we will say about our role in relation to our current leader's reflection of our worst tendencies. I see many of the tactics in the above quote being used. Conspicuously absent is love.
Thank you, Tyree! I’ve heard of that book- I’ll have to read it myself. The quote you’ve pulled really is quite insightful. I think there’s a lot of “learning from” the people done for exploitative ends. There’s not the corresponding love, as you point to, or mutuality.
By holding the Lectionary's Gospel lesson loosely, you've brought to light some of the deeper truths that resonate with our times for me. Thanks! One of my favorite books is "We Make the Road by Walking." It's a dialogue that took place between Myles Horton and Paulo Freire at Highlander back in 1987. Horton ends the discussion with the following words he attributes to Lao Tzu, "Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Love them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. But the best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will all say, we have done it ourselves." I wonder what we will say about our role in relation to our current leader's reflection of our worst tendencies. I see many of the tactics in the above quote being used. Conspicuously absent is love.
Thank you, Tyree! I’ve heard of that book- I’ll have to read it myself. The quote you’ve pulled really is quite insightful. I think there’s a lot of “learning from” the people done for exploitative ends. There’s not the corresponding love, as you point to, or mutuality.