The two most important days of your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why. -Mark Twain

I find myself in many conversations these days on the need for greater unity in our world…in my community, in our country, and in our global Church. I love the concept of “Roundtabling” when I think of building community, and am pleased to share this poem below. Blessings on your week ahead!

“In Search of a Roundtable“

For God has called a People,
not ‘them and us’
‘Them and us’ are unable to gather around,
for at a roundtable, there are no sides
And ALL are invited to wholeness and to food. …

Roundtabling means no preferred seating,
no first & last, 
no better, 
no corners for ‘the least of these’
Roundtabling means being with,
a part of, 
together, 
and one
It means room for the Spirit and gifts
and disturbing profound peace for all.

And it is we in the present
who are mixing and kneading the dough for the future.
We can no longer prepare for the past. …

—Chuck Lathrop