Something new waits to be born
[image: “We are not going back. We are moving forward in a pilgrimage. We are on this pilgrimage together, and it will take extra efforts for us to see and hear the different perspectives around us.” Photo: Kzenon/Shutterstock]
This is a time when the description of our calling as the body of Christ is more critical than ever. We are not going back. We are moving forward in a pilgrimage. We are on this pilgrimage together, and it will take extra efforts for us to see and hear the different perspectives around us. If we charge ahead with the most fearless, we will split the very community we long to preserve. We need one another—the fearless and the cautious; the grieving and the adventurer—especially so that we see and know what we are losing and ensure that we carry with us what we need for the continuity and longevity of our life together. Every voice is needed. We may well be in the midst of a “great rummage sale” (to borrow from Phyllis Tickle, author of The Great Emergence) in which a testing of what we need to carry with us will be critical—and a discernment for the whole community to undertake.