Filed under: Parker J. Palmer | Tags: christian spirituality, Christianity, contemplative prayer, Economics, Emerging Church, Evangelicalism, Parker Palmer, Religion, spirituality
Check out what Parker Palmer has to say in his latest interview with Bill Moyers. Parker talks about coming to terms with his “illusions about America’s essential goodness as an economic system.” Speaking of a new awakening in the United States he also observes that ”what’s happening now is a little bit like what’s often been said about — what would happen to war if Congress members had to send their kids first or the administration had to send their kids first. And that is that we would declare and fight fewer wars.” Parker goes on to say that “our capacity to deny reality is huge. And I think that we don’t want to know what we really know because if we did, we’d have to change our lives. And now we have to change our lives because the whole thing is crashing down around our head.”
Filed under: Parker J. Palmer | Tags: A Hidden Wholeness, christian spirituality, Circles of Trust, Community, Mysticism, Parker J. Palmer, solitude, spirituality
“If we are to hold solitude and community together as a true paradox, we need to deepen our understanding of both poles. Solitude does not necessarily mean living apart from others; rather it means never living apart from one’s self. It is not about the absence of other people—it is about being fully present to ourselves, whether or not we are with others. Community does not necessarily mean living face-to-face with others; rather, it means never losing the awareness that we are connected to each other. It is not about the presence of other people— it is about being fully open to the reality of relationship, whether or not we are alone.”
Parker J. Palmer, A Hidden Wholeness (San Francisco: John Wiley and Sons) 55.
