Awards

Much Appre­ci­ated Recognition

Maitri wrote: I have been read­ing this incred­i­ble, inspir­ing blog for some time. It is beau­ti­fully done, well writ­ten, and thought-provoking. But recently I read some­thing on this site that touched me deeply. When I read “The bad news is that many Chris­t­ian Amer­i­cans are inca­pable of lov­ing, tol­er­ant dis­agree­ment. Is the cur­rent state of divi­sion between Amer­i­can Chris­tians what Jesus envi­sioned when he said that he did not come to earth in human form to ‘make life cozy’? (Matthew 10:34).” She was writ­ing about Propo­si­tion 8 and those who want gay mar­riage to remain illegal.

I was touched so deeply I had tears in my eyes. In the heart of com­pas­sion it is not impor­tant that we agree, but that we dis­agree, if we do, with lov­ing tolerance.

This blog is full of com­pas­sion­ate insights. The flip side is — and you should know, as I write this, that I am a gay woman — is that gay peo­ple are, at times, no more non-judgmental about per­cep­tions of Chris­tians than some Chris­tians are of gay people’s rights and lov­ing care for one another. There is no right or wrong here. There is fear of the unknown. Most anger, dis­tanc­ing, and hurt­ful activ­ity come from fear of the unknown, of mis­un­der­stand­ing. The writer of this blog is a great teacher, one with an open heart, and a deep under­stand­ing of human nature, and human lov­ing, and it fits within the frame­work of her Chris­t­ian beliefs. There is a les­son here for us all.

When I started The Maitri Min­istry, it was in hopes that peo­ple of all faiths, sex­ual ori­en­ta­tions, races, from many coun­tries of ori­gin, could find a com­mon ground in our shared human­ity. Of course I’m no Pollyanna, there is no wool over my eyes, but we must each take per­sonal respon­si­bil­ity for spread­ing love and under­stand­ing, not hate and and fear. Each One, Reach One. Hope­ful Spirit is reach­ing many.

I can­not say enough about this beau­ti­ful blog. Thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you. May your lov­ing heart spread waves of love in ever-growing out­ward cir­cles. You truly are a hope­ful spirit, and a com­pas­sion­ate heart, a great healer in this world. I am deeply blessed to have found you. You will help more peo­ple than you will ever know.

Warmest Regards and Deep­est Bless­ings, and Congratulations!

Maitri

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