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Who does your heart break for?

Who does your heart break for?

Last updated on: October 12, 2013 at 8:31 am by Rev. Deanna Vandiver

Who does your heart break for? 2013-10-12T08:31:51-06:00 Rev. Deanna Vandiver

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Last month I had the joy of participating in the first Life on Fire un-conference (https://www.facebook.com/LifeOnFireTribe).

I was drawn to the gathering by the questions being asked, as well as by the beloveds who were convening us.

• Do you want to transform the world into the beloved community?
• Do you want to live a committed life that takes you to third places, abandoned places, and secular places?
• Do you believe in radical integrity?
• Do you want to live as if you are who you say you are?
• Do you know who your heart breaks for?

Do you know who your heart breaks for?

I know who my heart breaks for. My heart breaks for the neighbor who has nothing and the neighbor who lives in fear that what he has will be taken from him.

My heart breaks for the creatures of the disappearing wetlands and for the communities destroyed because the wetlands are no longer there to protect them.

My heart breaks for the transgender woman who has no shelter to accept her in New Orleans as a woman “because she hasn’t had the operation yet” and for the shelter director whose compassion has been destroyed by the unceasing need that shows up on her doorstep every day.

My heart breaks for everyone dehumanized and treated as less than by the evil of oppression, and for those so blinded by their own hate that they do not realize they have given up their own humanity in the process of denying it to others.

Who does your heart break for, beloveds?

When we find what breaks our hearts open, we can begin to live with a sense of purpose, with a mission, as a compassionate community of faith.

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