Become true brothers and sisters...

Extract from NEWBEC - 10th of December 2006

"the old Rabbi when asked how people could tell when the night has ended and the day has degun, replied, "It's when you can look in the face of any man or woman and see that he is your brother or she is your sister. Because if you cannot do this, then no matter what time it is, it is still night"
(Hoffsummer)

SHIFTS IN OUR RELATIONSHIPS
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It is very important to extend our sense of family to include people who are poor and people of other races, cultures and religions. We need to see them as persons with equal dignity, as children of the One God, our ABBA. We are all called to move from preoccupation with power, wealth, possessions and prestige to embrace the kingdom velaus of solidarity, service, humility, simplicity, forgiveness and universal love.
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Wherever life is enhanced or broken life restored, wherever we find joy and true happiness, wherever people build community wuth vital life-giving relationships, there the Kingdom has taken root.
(John Fullenbach in Throw Fire)