The
Cooking Process for a Reborn Soul Talk
Years
ago at my church, I was asked to write a brief paragraph about
what I do as a Preacher. I referred to myself as a "Sacred
Chef." I began to reflect on this notion, seeing
the transformed Soul Talk as a cross between a common meal
and a communion service. This tag line to frame the
program emerged, "A Spiritual Feast to Leaven the World
Soul."
I
recalled the closing blessing in the Episcopal Eucharist service. "You
have fed us with spiritual food…send us now into the
world in peace, and grant us courage to love and serve you
with gladness and singleness of heart." This was
right on target. The purpose of being fed is not to be
selfishly satiated but to be nurtured for service to humanity. However,
I needed something more succinct and to the point.
I
discovered it in preparing for a class about my own faith tradition,
Unitarian Universalism. This wonderful phrase jumped
off the page to become Soul Talk's closing tag line, "Love
the Good and live the Good." It comes from Things
Commonly Believed Among Us, composed in 1887 by William
Channing Gannett. The complete quote is "We believe
that to love the Good and to live the Good is the supreme thing
in religion."
Damn
good and Damn hard to beat!
Soulfully,
Chuck
Freeman
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