12/15/11 My breath prayer for the day comes from Mary's song after she learns she will be giving birth to the Messiah, Luke 1:50, "His mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation." A book that has had a tremendous impact upon me has as its title "Generation to Generation." It was written by rabbi/psychotherapist Edwin Friedman, who applied the family systems theory of Murray Bowen to the religious communities. He notes the power of foremothers and fathers to shape our lives as we are all connected in relational/emotional systems. To connect with what Mary is saying in Luke, I hope that we can see the God of the Universe, the God who loves us so much that God comes in the flesh in Jesus the Christ, as working all down through history and into the future, from generation to generation.
Love,
Lynn
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