To talk about spirituality in the new millennium is an exercise in anticipatory imagination. I imagine a world and a society that is peaceful and just, equitable and sustainable, participatory and democratic and governed by a focus on human rights and responsibilities. But I do not simply imagine. I found my spirituality affirmed by my participation in the struggle. Imagination and struggle are creative and proactive.
Imagination is both historical and critical, personal and collective.
Imagination engenders memory of the past and points to possibility and hope for the future. Human rights work is one important venue to discover and realize hope for justice and peace. As we discover our common humanity we realize how important it is to dismantle those barriers and impediments to our common dignity. Hope is hinged on memory and imagination. In the work for peace and justice, it is at once a memory of the brutalities and inhumanities people have inflicted on each other, and the imagination of a different future where such brutalities and inhumanities are no more.