A Kaleidoscope of Shalom
Lisa DeYoung
- Christians
- often
- hear
- the
- word
- "shalom,"
- equate
- it
- to
- peace,
- and
- move
- on.
- But
- "shalom"
- has
- a
- deeper
- meaning.
- Flourishing,
- wholeness,
- delighting
- in
- God,
- one
- another,
- and
- all
- of
- creation.
- Righting
- everything
- that
- has
- gone
- wrong.
- We
- may
- all
- want
- shalom,
- but
- we
- often
- bring
- our
- own
- definitions
- of
- what
- that
- looks
- like
- to
- the
- table.
- In
- A
- Kaleidoscope
- of
- Shalom,
- Lisa
- A.
- DeYoung
- declares
- that
- this
- diversity
- of
- perspectives
- is
- a
- blessing,
- especially
- when
- we
- listen
- to
- historically
- marginalized
- voices.Throughout
- the
- book,
- Lisa
- uses
- the
- metaphor
- of
- a
- kaleidoscope
- to
- describe
- our
- various
- viewpoints
- on
- how
- things
- are
- supposed
- to
- be
- and
- what
- we
- can
- do
- to
- embrace
- shalom.
- With
- reflections,
- journal
- prompts,
- prayers,
- and
- the
- practices
- of
- lectio
- divina
- and
- visio
- divina,
- Lisa
- offers
- us
- a
- fuller
- picture
- of
- shalom
- by
- walking
- through
- cross-cultural
- perspectives
- and
- reflections
- on
- the
- world
- as
- it
- is
- now
- and
- as
- it
- should
- be."Rather
- than
- us
- tossing
- one
- person's
- or
- culture's
- idea
- out,"
- DeYoung
- writes,
- "It
- is
- when
- these
- ideas
- are
- held
- together,
- like
- a
- kaleidoscope,
- that
- we
- begin
- to
- see
- a
- complex
- and
- gorgeous
- pattern
- emerge.
- And
- when
- we
- turn
- the
- kaleidoscope
- of
- ideas
- and
- play
- with
- it
- in
- the
- light,
- we
- discover
- new
- and
- interesting
- things
- .
- .
- .
- new
- ways
- of
- seeing
- one
- another
- and
- new
- ways
- of
- defining
- shalom."If
- you've
- ever
- wondered
- how
- you
- can
- grow
- in
- your
- faith
- and
- in
- community
- with
- fellow
- brothers
- and
- sisters
- in
- Christ
- by
- considering
- their
- perspectives
- and
- viewpoints,
- this
- devotional
- is
- a
- good
- fit
- for you.
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