Trust the science!
I was never much good at science, but here goes: Quantum physics somewhere along the line has discovered that the “building blocks” of matter (discreet, separate) are not really blocks anymore. They’re waves or fields, connected, not discrete and separate.
Several years ago I read two books that got me really excited: “Quantum Theology” Diarmuid O’Murchu (1997), and then Meg Wheatley’s “Leadership and the New Science” (1992). They confirmed that even at the subatomic level, all matter is hotwired for relationship. That, and the ongoing research that confirms that we are indeed made, in part, from stardust, eventually inspired me to write this Proclamation and Affirmation of Faith.
So, ha! It’s based in science. Community is who we are. And who we have always been.
This is a long reading, so you could divide it up between two or three single readers. Or perhaps, in the context of a service of worship or other gathering, you could do half of the reading at one time, and the second half later on (I would suggest dividing it between
And we have forgotten. Or denied. Or ignored…
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As a species, we have thought so very deeply: I am all that is. I am all that matters.
But make sure to use the whole reading.
The full reading is available as a PDF document. Here are the first few lines:
We are ancient. We are new. When it’s all working right, we will bend towards justice; we will bend and will not break. That doesn’t always happen. So we come together to remember and to re-member ourselves.