Here’s what I think is important. I think the vast majority of people who claim commitment to a given religion are merely giving it lip service. E.G., they claim to be followers of Jesus but don’t believe him when he said “You can do the things I’ve done. As a matter of fact you can do even greater things than I”
People think Jesus was THE Son of God, not that we are all of us, sons and daughters of God.
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Reply: Raz Mason
Dec 27, 2022
John and I have been having a conversation both on another of my posts this morning, and one of his at https://acjt.org/blog. Thank you, John, for weighing in.
John and I are both interfaith chaplains - rooted in our own faith, yet cognizant of many types of faith (or unfaith, or being "spiritual but not religious").
For my list of key competencies above, the ones most relevant to your comment, I believe, are:
4. Dynamics of conflict and peacemaking.
8. Dynamics of effective community/social change...
10. Basic geographic literacy (since faith traditions are often associated with and flavored by specific geo-social locations).
And most importantly: 13. Moral courage - where people identify their animating values, and reflect on how to live in better alignment with them.
Thank you for engaging. I hope to build here a community of respectful dialogue.
Comment from john newton hickox
Dec 27, 2022
Here’s what I think is important. I think the vast majority of people who claim commitment to a given religion are merely giving it lip service. E.G., they claim to be followers of Jesus but don’t believe him when he said “You can do the things I’ve done. As a matter of fact you can do even greater things than I”
People think Jesus was THE Son of God, not that we are all of us, sons and daughters of God.
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Reply: Raz Mason
Dec 27, 2022
John and I have been having a conversation both on another of my posts this morning, and one of his at https://acjt.org/blog. Thank you, John, for weighing in.
John and I are both interfaith chaplains - rooted in our own faith, yet cognizant of many types of faith (or unfaith, or being "spiritual but not religious").
For my list of key competencies above, the ones most relevant to your comment, I believe, are:
4. Dynamics of conflict and peacemaking.
8. Dynamics of effective community/social change...
10. Basic geographic literacy (since faith traditions are often associated with and flavored by specific geo-social locations).
And most importantly: 13. Moral courage - where people identify their animating values, and reflect on how to live in better alignment with them.
Thank you for engaging. I hope to build here a community of respectful dialogue.