“The distinguished English Unitarian L. P. Jacks once said that life is best studied in the form of dialogue. ‘Will you live?’ The question comes to us, and as infants, not understanding what we are doing, we eagerly answer, ‘Yes, we will live.’ Later, when we have become aware of what is involved, we are again asked, ‘Will you live?’ And again, with all of our tenacity and perseverance, we reply, ‘Yes, we will live.’
“But then life asks another question: ‘How will you live? What kind of person will you be?’ We do not answer these two questions verbally. We answer by what we choose and by what we reject. We answer by what we love and by what we destroy. To hear these questions, and to respond to them with generous, loving and brave answers – that is what ‘being religious’ means.” – From Stations of the Spirit by Victor H. Carpenter. In Sunday School we ask and we answer.
Masakhane, Janice
