Whether it be the experience of the sublime in the Christmas season on one end or the trauma of our cultural chaos in 2025 on the other end, I suspect we all are now negotiating something within ourselves. Whether that be culturally, environmentally, physically, mentally, psychologically, or spiritually, we have a shared sense that something is being infused in a way that is compromising us and that a deeper awareness of sacredness is the only real way forward.
Here are two observations that grab my attention on this last Sunday of 2025:
I define “sacred” as that which pulls us beyond the bounds of our individual selves, envelops us within mystery, and gives us a glimpse into the vast, entwined, eternal network of living beings that we are in relationship with.
-- Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder
Sacramental vision means not only that we grow in our love of God’s ways in the world, but also that we grow in our sense of kinship with creation.
-- Christine Valters Paintner
