“We don’t have to be in a church building or a church meeting to share wisdom and admonition. In fact, there’s a good chance that it’s in the other settings of our lives that we will find the richest opportunities to encourage others to walk in the Light.” –Harold “Doc” Arnett, Fruit of the Vine

Query: How are you sharing wisdom and encouragement through your daily exchanges?

Widening the Door

Does the heart have a narrow door?

Will it allow in just one more

of every beast and flower and bird

and every song it has ever heard?

Just one more child, just one more flower,

one more relinquishing of power

to that sane and sacred foolishness

of living by inclusiveness?

Does the heart have a supple, elastic latch

that makes it easy to dispatch

all pettiness and bigotry

and opens it to what makes free?

Is the heart a huge and lovely land?

Does it know the meaning of “Expand

and make your borders bright

and luminous with love’s own light”?

You who can heal all wounds and hate

make my heart open, free, and great.

–Carol Bialock, Coral Castles