standing together to hold the centre of love.

[Gabrielle Dean]

COMMON CAUSE

 The more things in this world seem to slide out of control

The more we need every person

Of every faith tradition

To stand together to hold the centre of love.

 

Now is not the time to hang our heads in despair

But rather to raise our expectation 

Of what a united community can do

When it has the will to do it.

 

Across all lines of imagined division

Against all odds of reaction

We extend our hands and hearts 

To every person on Mother Earth

Who will join in the struggle

For peace reconciliation and justice

Faith is not a sign of our difference

But a clear call to our common cause.

 

Steven Charleston Spirit Wheel 

"I send my energy against the chaos. In word and action, all that I do has a single intent: to calm and strengthen. I direct the authority Spirit has given me at the centre of the conflict. And when I do, I feel the chaos diminish, even if only slightly. Join me. Focus on the core of chaos and release your love.”    

Steven Charleston is a retired American Episcopal bishop and academic. He is a member of the Choctaw Nation and a prolific writer, primarily on American theological, Indigenous, and cultural issues. Wikipedia