Discernment is not simply about resisting what is evil, self-absorbed, or destructive.

It is about foundational identity. It is about who we know ourselves ultimately to be.

It is about paying attention to the ways in which the limited power we wield, the modest respect we command, the taken-for-granted resources we hold provide us with our primary sense of meaning.

To what extent do we "know" ourselves first as civic and church leaders, or as respectable citizens or conscientious parents or homeowners or degree holders or job holders and not at all as beloved daughters and sons of God?

We are beloved not because of what we do.

We are beloved because we are.

Wendy M. Wright

Let us journey on...