Inspiration:
In each moment, invisibly, the world enters into us through our lungs. Take a deep breath, and appreciate how that which you cannot see enters you and gives you life.
Fatherhood
For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to be a father. When I met my wife three years ago, it started to become a reality. The first time we met, I talked about wanting a family…Last summer, we got pregnant, and in the next few weeks we’ll welcome our little baby.
So how, then, can I welcome a new life into a world where so much is wrong? I will just refer you to the news if you need evidence that there is plenty wrong with this world of ours. I worry about this. I worry that I’m too broken, too troubled myself to be any sort of parent, protector, or role model to our child. I worry that bad things will happen to my family, to my child…
I have hope. That’s how. I have hope and faith that, despite all the evidence of our brokenness, we can do better. We can make a better world for ourselves, for our children, for all humanity. I have seen the good that lies in people, sometimes buried underneath so much brokenness. I’ve seen it in myself. I have faith that my child can grow up in a better world than I have known, and that my child can be a part of making an even better world.
Christian Schmidt, Intern Minister at the First Parish in Needham, Unitarian Universalist, TO READ MORE