Where To from Here?

Thanks to circumstances, I must keep my thoughts brief today. (Big sigh of relief from my audience.) Perhaps to outline the direction I hope to head in the New Year will be the best use of this time. Over the holiday break Mary and I had the opportunity to do a lot of talking, and from those conversations an idea emerged. Evolutionary natural selection is by its very definition set in the context of a competitive paradigm which rewards the fittest with survival. I am thinking that this is the paradigm to which humans default subconsciously or even consciously when not “enlightened” to a cooperative paradigm in which there are no victors—survivors—but rather equals. It is this spirit of cooperation revealed in the Christ who comes not to be served but to serve. I’m excited at the prospect of fleshing this out in more detail, hopefully with the invaluable input of my readers. To keep alive the promise of peace on earth and goodwill toward humankind will require us all to move beyond our primal intuitions to a genuine spirit of equality and justice.