These gentlemen mean what they say. They live meaning. Meaning is also what those demagogues in Indonesia and in Alabama, in angry Iran and brutal Thailand, gave to those wild-eyed brown, white, and yellow boys. Meaning can elevate, meaning can be murder. Rabbi Lerner says America s competing political elites argued vociferously in front of our nation about which party could put more tax money back in American pockets instead of inspiring us with meaning, instead of nurturing us with community.
Selfishness lacks meaning.
Community is not about self. Rabbi Lerner says we need to be careful about who we place up high, before us. I was at that demonstration, last week. Bone-chilling wind whipped off our deep dark Willamette. Snow flakes fell.