Welcome to The Wildroot Parables weekly discussions! This is where we can come together as a community and have real talk with one another: open, honest, gracious, and curious.
This is YOUR space to discuss with each other, not just engage with me! Because of this, SAFE SHARING is my highest priority. If you are not engaging safely and with grace with others, you will have to leave. Period.
Thank you for entering this space with care!
On Monday, I brought back a classic from my early days of Substack, an essay called Tension. In it, I wrote about how we engage with grief and confusion on a global scale, yet continue to tend to our own little patches of earth. In that essay, I quote Martin Luther: “Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, still I would plant my apple tree.”
So our question this week is this: How do YOU plant your apple tree?What small hope do you tend to, even in the face of overwhelming odds? What small thing do you pour your love into no matter what the world looks like?
It’s easy to feel as if our immediate & local influence has no real importance because it’s not global, but loving our neighbors (literal neighbors, family, friends) is the second greatest commandment. And, for good reason. It matters cosmically & eternally. When the tension of the world feels overwhelming, I like to focus on my small circle of fellow Image Bearers. The seeds I plant at home matter for the bigger picture.
It’s easy to feel as if our immediate & local influence has no real importance because it’s not global, but loving our neighbors (literal neighbors, family, friends) is the second greatest commandment. And, for good reason. It matters cosmically & eternally. When the tension of the world feels overwhelming, I like to focus on my small circle of fellow Image Bearers. The seeds I plant at home matter for the bigger picture.