{"id":24625,"date":"2025-01-10T10:38:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T15:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=24625"},"modified":"2025-01-10T11:21:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T16:21:27","slug":"a-transforming-movement-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=24625","title":{"rendered":"A Transforming Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Crowder - Somebody Prayed (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M-0QXi7cLwI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Participating Today<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Friday, January 10, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Transformed people working together for a more just and connected world. &nbsp;<br>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/cac.org\/about\/who-we-are\/\">CAC Vision Statement<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>At the recent Students of Life conference, Brian McLaren encouraged the CAC community <\/em><strong><em>to practice \u201cengaged contemplation\u201d as a way to participate in a movement for healing, justice, and peace in the world:<\/em>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We know that what we do flows from who we are. Our work in the healing work in the world flows from the ongoing healing we experience within ourselves. Just like hurt people hurt people, healing people heal people. <strong>But it\u2019s not like we get healed and then we go \u201cfix\u201d everybody else. We\u2019ve met people who think that\u2019s the case, but their sense of having it all together actually makes it harder for them to help others.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the CAC, we often refer to Henry Nouwen\u2019s image of being \u201cwounded healers.\u201d <strong>Our own process of healing, with all its pain and difficulty, helps us participate humbly, gently, and sensitively in the ongoing healing of others and the world. I think that\u2019s why so many of us are attracted to the work of engaged contemplation.<\/strong> We know that what we do flows from our being and becoming.<strong> In contemplation, we\u2019re attending to the curation of our own inner being and becoming. What we do in the world around us flows from this inner lifelong process of healing and growth.\u2026&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>None of us know what the near or long-term future holds, but we can gain clarity within ourselves about how we want to show up. <strong>I want to show up as a person of peace, but not alone. I want to be in partnership with others to create a circle of peace\u2014not a circle that puts up a wall to keep others out, but one that welcomes others in no matter what happens.<\/strong> We\u2019re not the first ones who have tried to do this. We\u2019ve got to look around, recognize, and be grateful for how many people are doing their part\u2014what they are uniquely called and gifted to do\u2026.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are so blessed in the Christian tradition to have so many amazing leaders and teachers who have been creating circles of healing and peace for generations. <strong>It is truly inspiring to learn from their examples. But our job is not only to learn from them, but more: to join them in this ongoing work in the world. <\/strong>Marine biologist Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and climate activist <strong>Katharine K. Wilkinson write, \u201cLet\u2019s move forward with love, not conquest; humility, not righteousness; generous curiosity, not hardened assumptions. It is a magnificent thing to be alive in a moment that matters so much. Let\u2019s proceed with broken-open hearts, seeking truth, summoning courage, and focused on solutions.\u201d <\/strong>[1]&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can we accept this magnificent opportunity? To be alive in a moment that matters so much? <strong>Dare we believe that this contemplative work and exploration and study that we\u2019re engaged with is not to just make us happier people, but rather to help us be partners together in loving action?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sara Young; Jesus Calling: January 12<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Let Me prepare you for the day that stretches out before you. I know exactly what this day will contain, whereas you have only vague ideas about it. You would like to see a map; showing all the twists and turns of your journey. You&#8217;d feel more prepared if you could somehow visualize what is on the road ahead. <strong>However, there is a better way to be prepared for whatever you will encounter today: Spend quality time with Me.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; <strong>&nbsp;I will not show you what is on the road ahead, but I will thoroughly equip you for the journey. My living Presence is your Companion each step of the way. Stay in continual communication with Me, <\/strong>whispering My Name whenever you need to redirect your thoughts. Thus, you can <strong>walk through this day with your focus on Me. My abiding Presence is the best road map available.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RELATED SCRIPTURE:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Exodus 33:14 NLT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>14 The Lord replied, \u201cI will personally go with you, Moses, and I will give you rest\u2014everything will be fine for you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>John 15:4-7 NLT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4 Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5 \u201cYes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing. 6 Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned. 7 But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Doctor My Eyes | Jackson Browne | Playing For Change | Song Around The World\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VQPD17v6eLU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Participating Today Friday, January 10, 2025 Transformed people working together for a more just and connected world. &nbsp;\u2014CAC Vision Statement&nbsp; At the recent Students of Life conference, Brian McLaren encouraged the CAC community to practice \u201cengaged contemplation\u201d as a way to participate in a movement for healing, justice, and peace in the world:&nbsp; We know [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24625"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24625"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24627,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24625\/revisions\/24627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}