Hello Friends,
I read a very good article this morning in The Atlantic magazine. It's by Ekemini Uwan, and is called "There's No Going Back to 'Normal'". Uwan posits that with the pandemic, global economic meltdown, racial unrest, and political polarization we're experiencing, there will be no resumption of life as we knew it. But, perhaps a better future can be forged the other side of this upheaval. A critical piece of moving forward is grieving what we can no longer sustain. She employs the term 'radical acceptance', originated by psychologist Marsha Linehan, to describe the kind of unvarnished truth we must see with open eyes and hearts. I love that term.
At first it reminded me of a term we use in my tradition to describe widespread inclusion, 'radical hospitality'. Sure enough, Uwan is a theologian and earns her living speaking at conferences, universities, and churches. She knows how to be careful and precise with words. 'Radical acceptance' involves distinguishing between things we cannot change and those we can. She's best understood in her own words, so I'm writing today to commend this article to you. Happy reading.
The link at the beginning of your post doesn't work! 🙁
ReplyDeleteYour mention of "radical hospitality" reminded me that I have a book by that title which has been languishing in my TBR pile for almost twenty years! It's written by Father Daniel Homan, OSB and Lonni Collins Pratt. I bet it will be as relevant now as when I got it, so I've bumped it up near the top of the stack.
I may have to order that one!
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