Comments on: How You Can Embrace the Mysterious Virtue of Jesus & Lao Tzu https://www.patheos.com/blogs/breathingspace/2024/06/how-you-can-embrace-the-mysterious-virtue-of-jesus-lao-tzu/ Free faith in the spirit of Jesus Sun, 27 Sep 2026 15:15:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: wedgescout https://www.patheos.com/blogs/breathingspace/2024/06/how-you-can-embrace-the-mysterious-virtue-of-jesus-lao-tzu/#comment-5 Sun, 27 Sep 2026 15:15:18 +0000 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/breathingspace/?p=5877#comment-5 Two details connected for me here: “Instead of trying to drive out darkness, Jesus and Lao say there’s a mysterious virtue in nurturing it” and “Lao Tzu asks, “Can you love people and lead them without forcing your will on them?” This is the way that Jesus loved and led during his ministry on earth”. The first frames the immediate issue, while the second keeps the takeaway from becoming too absolute. I would be curious how you would apply that distinction to a recent case.
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