Occasional Thoughts

Family Is...

I originally wrote the following as a post to a discussion forum for one of my seminary classes.  Enjoy!

Family is the people we are connected to.
This connection can come in many forms; from blood to experience to ideologies, etc.

But more than that, we are all fundamentally connected as humans.  The image of God runs deep in us.  It is irremovable, seeped in the original goodness that is destined to remain within everyone and everything.

Because we are all connected, every person, one to the other. 

Connections run deep.

More than simply connected with other people, we are connected with the world around us.  The food I eat was nurtured by the soil of the ground and the rain of the sky.  It was shared with insects and animals.  As I eat it, it becomes a part of me.  I am not just eating a piece of lettuce, but I am connecting with all of creation.

Humans, after all, are a part of creation.  We are not excluded from it, but are integrated within it.  Just as it is important to know the story behind the people we journey alongside, it is important to know the story behind the coffee I drink, the food I eat, the air I breathe.

Because it's all connected.

And it's all family?

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• 28 January 2010
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