A taste of Thomas Berry
I’m speaking at Lake Junaluska in North Carolina this week, and yesterday shared a powerful quote from Fr. Thomas Berry:
The present human situation can be described in three sentences:
In the twentieth century
the glory of the human has become the desolation of Earth.
The desolation of Earth is becoming the destiny of the human.
All human institutions, professions, programs, and activities
must now be judged primarily by
the extent to which they inhibit, ignore, or foster
a mutually enhancing human-Earth relationship.
In the light of these statements, it is proposed that
the historical mission of our times is:
To reinvent the human
At the species level
With critical reflection
Within the community of life systems
In a time-developmental context
By means of story and
Shared dream experience.
You can read it in context here:
https://www.journeyoftheuniverse.org/news/thomas-berrys-historical-mission-of-our-times
