Paul, as a fellow 'interior journey pilgrim', I honour the integrity and authenticity you show in your work! As pilgrims I think we will get used to how change is a constant in this journey, and that it is good to hold lightly to many aspects of our walk - including people and resources that have helped us greatly at one point. (I've moved on from so many 😅)
I have a "complex" relationship with Pope Francis too! There are so many things about him and his teaching that I am grateful for, but I've also been learning how he is also a human being limited and confined to his historical and social conditioning. In the end, I've come to believe that it's good not to make any person out to be a "hero/heroine" as we all have clay feet! And perhaps it is good that it is so for what we all need more of is the experience of being unconditionally loved in our messiness and imperfection!
My admiration and very best wishes for you in this decision, Paul. I want to continue being part of your community. Pope Francis is a human too; we don't know everything that goes into his decision-making. Why I liked the title "Pope Francis Generation" is that I belong chronologically to a generation before the John Paul II generation, more like a Vatican II generation of the Concilium branch. I think Pope Francis exemplifies those values. But together we all have to grow into a working operation. You have identified the work you must do in that operation, and I admire that no end. In the time I have left, I am concerned about re-visioning the institutional structures to facilitate our working together. What reforms have to be made to make the institution supportive of the spiritual growth we envision? I hope you and Dominic address that question from time to time. As a mental health professional you probably help people figure out ways to concretely support psychological change? I'm thinking that institutional reforms can concretely support spiritual growth. I may be off track. Anyway, best wishes, Paul.
Paul, as a fellow 'interior journey pilgrim', I honour the integrity and authenticity you show in your work! As pilgrims I think we will get used to how change is a constant in this journey, and that it is good to hold lightly to many aspects of our walk - including people and resources that have helped us greatly at one point. (I've moved on from so many 😅)
I have a "complex" relationship with Pope Francis too! There are so many things about him and his teaching that I am grateful for, but I've also been learning how he is also a human being limited and confined to his historical and social conditioning. In the end, I've come to believe that it's good not to make any person out to be a "hero/heroine" as we all have clay feet! And perhaps it is good that it is so for what we all need more of is the experience of being unconditionally loved in our messiness and imperfection!
My admiration and very best wishes for you in this decision, Paul. I want to continue being part of your community. Pope Francis is a human too; we don't know everything that goes into his decision-making. Why I liked the title "Pope Francis Generation" is that I belong chronologically to a generation before the John Paul II generation, more like a Vatican II generation of the Concilium branch. I think Pope Francis exemplifies those values. But together we all have to grow into a working operation. You have identified the work you must do in that operation, and I admire that no end. In the time I have left, I am concerned about re-visioning the institutional structures to facilitate our working together. What reforms have to be made to make the institution supportive of the spiritual growth we envision? I hope you and Dominic address that question from time to time. As a mental health professional you probably help people figure out ways to concretely support psychological change? I'm thinking that institutional reforms can concretely support spiritual growth. I may be off track. Anyway, best wishes, Paul.