The story goes that God gave an angel a glass bubble with Truth inside to deliver to us.  But the angel dropped the bubble, which burst into millions of smaller, tiny bubbles of truth.  Now, our job, is to put all our bubbles together until we’ve discovered the whole Truth once again.

We’ve had some really interesting and stimulating conversations the last couple of weeks at our Tuesday G.I.G.–God Investigation Group.  Last week, we discussed a quote from Marianne Williamson’s “Return to Love”, which is often mistakenly attributed to Nelson Mandela (see this link for details about this).

Here’s the quote:

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

Last week, the theme of our conversation seemed to center around claiming our voices and unlearning the censors that we, our families, society, and even the Church have put on us since we were young.  Last night, we came back around to this quote, and seemed to center this time around the theme of leaving behind toxic relationships and thought patterns that hold us back and how we go about doing that.

It’s interesting to hear others’ thoughts and learn from their perspectives.  It helps me better understand my own and I always come away awed and humbled at the beauty and wisdom going on below the surface in all the people I meet each day.

So take a moment today to share your bubble of truth, and listen to the bubbles of others.  In the end, we’ll all find ourselves closer to God, and to one another.

Join us next week as we pick up with a discussion of “The 8 Points of Progressive Christianity” to learn from the areas in which we agree, as well as disagree!