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Title
Myke Johnson
Subject
Queer Spirit Podcast
Description
Myke Johnson, author of 'Finding Our Way Home: A Spiritual Journey into Earth Community,' describes herself as a lesbian mystic, earth activist, and retired Unitarian Universalist minister. Myke lives in Portland Maine with her partner Margy and two cats. She blogs at https://findingourwayhome.blog.
Almost two years ago, back in April 2020, Myke wrote this: “I wake in the night with pain in my heart for all that is happening in our country, and I feel utterly powerless. I’ve been an activist most of my life, and I believed and hoped that activism might help to change the world for the better. In some ways, it has. But the dream -- of a whole society rooted in cooperation and mutuality, in care for all of its people -- feels lost in a nightmare of empire that’s re-emerging like a multi-headed dragon from the flames of disaster.”
Then, Myke, you posed two questions: “How can we respond to a reign of terror? How can we respond to cruelty after cruelty promulgated by people in power?”
And then, at the close of this blog entry, writing as the mystic-activist that you are, you offered this prayer: “O, Holy one, you who are with us in the midst of our powerlessness, help us to let go of what we cannot control. Help us to shift our focus to what is possible, to what really matters. Bless those . . . who are risking their lives right now to look after the sick, to bring food to the hungry. Help us to seek your presence among those considered the ‘least’ among us.”
A kindred spirit, feminist mystic and social activist Elly Haney, put it similarly: It all boils down to vision and struggle. In the best of days and the worst of days, hold onto the vision, and stay in the struggle.
Almost two years ago, back in April 2020, Myke wrote this: “I wake in the night with pain in my heart for all that is happening in our country, and I feel utterly powerless. I’ve been an activist most of my life, and I believed and hoped that activism might help to change the world for the better. In some ways, it has. But the dream -- of a whole society rooted in cooperation and mutuality, in care for all of its people -- feels lost in a nightmare of empire that’s re-emerging like a multi-headed dragon from the flames of disaster.”
Then, Myke, you posed two questions: “How can we respond to a reign of terror? How can we respond to cruelty after cruelty promulgated by people in power?”
And then, at the close of this blog entry, writing as the mystic-activist that you are, you offered this prayer: “O, Holy one, you who are with us in the midst of our powerlessness, help us to let go of what we cannot control. Help us to shift our focus to what is possible, to what really matters. Bless those . . . who are risking their lives right now to look after the sick, to bring food to the hungry. Help us to seek your presence among those considered the ‘least’ among us.”
A kindred spirit, feminist mystic and social activist Elly Haney, put it similarly: It all boils down to vision and struggle. In the best of days and the worst of days, hold onto the vision, and stay in the struggle.
Source
Marvin Ellison and Tamara Torres-McGovern
Contributor
Myke Johnson