Well, the day of Christmas is now a memory once again. The gifts have been exchanged and the packages unwrapped. Time with family - in this case with a sister-in-law who hadn't spent a Christmas with her family for about 40 years! What a gift - both for her and for us.
The gift of community (in this case family) was evident as my parents (working on 72 years each) and my extended in-law family got together to celebrate on Christmas Day. I found myself musing on the benefits of sharing stories as well as food - and the benefits on our personal and collective health, wellness and wholeness (HW2). Smiles were evident as was laughter, we shared reflections of the year gone by, we shared - we found a moment of peace and grace.
In this vein of communal sharing and peace, I received a copy of the book, "Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals". The theme of praying together, even when we are separated is powerful and healing. The idea that when we pray as individuals we join the prayers of all others and we do the work of the kingdom - we create a different and "other worldly" community that is based on something larger and more powerful (and transformative) than ourselves.
So, in our post-Christmas time together, let us share our prayers for a world that is different. Let us take time to be bold enough to ask for that which will heal us as individuals and as communities. To ask for that which will improve our HW2. Be bold and be ready to be active in this new endeavor.
Peace,
Dan
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