{"id":443,"date":"2013-10-14T07:24:58","date_gmt":"2013-10-14T14:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nancymthurston.wordpress.com\/?p=443"},"modified":"2013-10-14T07:24:58","modified_gmt":"2013-10-14T14:24:58","slug":"standing-in-the-gap-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nancymthurston.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/14\/standing-in-the-gap-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Standing in the Gap \u2026 Together"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Scan<\/a>I suppose we could stack one on top of each other, the way one piece of my collage illustrates, as one way to \u201cstand in the gap\u201d together. One house on top of another on top of another. It is an efficient use of ground space, even if climbing from one house to another is a bit daunting with my middle-aged knees.<\/p>\n

Not to mention my fear of heights.<\/p>\n

There are all sorts of gaps or crevasses that cut through our world. We are divided by the color of our skin, how much money we have in the bank and all sorts of stuff about our gender.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t wiggle my nose and make these gaps go away, so I want to get inside them along with others to do the work of love, compassion, justice, equity, spiritual transformation\u2014those things powerful enough to build something new, together.<\/p>\n

However, I don\u2019t usually think of standing in the gap together as a stacking game. If I stand on your shoulders and someone stands on mine, we will fill up the gap vertically, but we\u2019ll also be exhausted in the process.<\/p>\n

I often feel like the weight of the world is on my shoulders without anyone perched up there. I don\u2019t really want you up there, too.<\/p>\n

I know that our world is set up to climb ladders. The ladder to success\u2014until you hit the glass ceiling. Jacob\u2019s ladder on the spiritual journey. We\u2019ve tried to build buildings and corporations higher and higher, and our world groans under the weight.<\/p>\n

That is not the world I want to help build. I\u2019d rather move with circles or waves or flow. Something more curving, connecting and inclusive. Feminine.\"18<\/a><\/p>\n

If not one on top of the other, how shall we then stand?<\/p>\n

In a circle? Standing side-by-side with linked arms, supporting each other? Is there a way we can share the burden and the gifts?<\/p>\n

Playing with images to explore big topics may seem like child\u2019s play, but don\u2019t be fooled. Imagination holds the power to clarify our thinking and propel us to action.<\/p>\n

Anyone want to stand in the gap with me?<\/p>\n

Drawing by Khara Scott-Bey<\/em>. Houses photo from my collage box. I explore more about “standing in the gap” in Big Topics at Midnight<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I suppose we could stack one on top of each other, the way one piece of my collage illustrates, as one way to \u201cstand in the gap\u201d together. One house on top of another on top of another. It is an efficient use of ground space, even if climbing from one house to another is … <\/p>\n

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