#jason garner

At times it can seem glib, naïve, or perhaps even stupid to talk about loving all beings. When we look around our world, with wars, terrorist attacks, people killing each other over race, religion, gender, and sexual orientation … how can we possibly hold a space for loving everyone? But this is, in fact, exactly why we must. We’re called to practice a love that is more courageous than all the terror we see in our world, because if we aren’t bold in our love then the hate wins out … So we love one another even when it’s seemingly impossible; we look for the humanity behind the acts of hatred; we find our own pain in the pain of the world; and we meet it all with an intensity of love that is fitting of our intense times.

At times it can seem glib, or naïve, or perhaps even stupid to talk about loving all beings. When we look around our world, with wars, terrorist attacks, people killing each other over things like race, religion, and gender--so many incidents of beings inflicting pain on one another--how can we possibly hold a space for loving everyone? But this is, in fact, exactly why we must...We're called to practice a love that is more courageous than all the terror we see in our world, because if we aren't bold in our love, then the hate wins out. And there is nothing more stupid than that. So we love one another even when it's seemingly impossible; we look for the humanity behind the acts of hatred; we find our own pain in the pain of the world; and we meet it all with an intensity of love that is fitting our our intense times.

When we see beyond pain & find ourselves in others we learn to love at the deepest level. â€