The Grace of Being Human

<p>Radical Christian Humanism is a rich spiritually grounded philosophy that combines the dignity and worth of<br />every human being with a radical commitment to justice compassion and the transforming love of Christ. It is<br />deeply rooted in Christian theology but pushes beyond conventional religiosity to engage the full reality of human<br />existence-especially the suffering the marginalized the oppressed and the forgotten. It's radical not because<br />it's extreme or rebellious for its own sake but because it goes to the root (from Latin radix) of what it means to<br />be human in God's image - and what it means to live that truth in the world.<br />The Meditations of Harmony and Dissonance are complementary to the affirmations and commitments of<br />Radical Christian Humanism. They are like Zen Koans or poems from the Desert Fathers. They do not close like<br />doors or resolve like symphonies. They drift like smoke from a censer held by a blind angel in a forgotten chapel.<br />They speak in tongues of wind and thunder laughter and sobbing.<br />And through it all - harmony dissonance - the One Voice murmurs: Be human. Be holy. Be still.</p>