teaching how to teach

Year A - Epiphany 4 or Guiding Gift ⁴

February 2, 2014

teaching how to teach

We look around and look around

and look around again

how are we to judge that other person

what is our beginning supposition

can we see them as co-heirs

are they more poor than we see

can we understand them to be stregthened

by the losses they have experienced

can we see them as inheriting our fruits

and so we engage to mutually learn humility

can their lights be seen as bending toward justice

with a common goal to us but a different path to walk

can they possibly be as merciful as we are

or are they incapable of receiving forgiveness

can they gaze upon a clear view G*D

while we see the back of their head in our gaze

can they be a peacemaker with those

we cannot yet talk with or have given up on

can they really be persecuted

not just be a victim whiner

can we see them in steadfast light

our peer by whom we are judged

if so so be it

if not pity us