It is impossible to deny that Christians and Muslims have a common agenda here: both faiths have at their heart the living image of a community raised up by God's call to reveal to the world what God's purpose is for humanity.
Rowan WilliamsRead
Keeping our eyes on journey's end is what we need - the place where we see at last the world that is greater than the world, the new creation that cannot be contained in present thought or social order or piety.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of focusing on the ultimate goal and a vision that transcends current limitations.
Rowan Williams suggests that to truly progress in life, we must keep our attention on the end of our journey, a place that promises a greater reality that surpasses our current understanding, societal norms, and conventional beliefs. This perspective encourages us to envision and strive for a transformative future that inspires positive change beyond what is currently perceived.
In practice
In a motivational speech about pursuing one's dreams, this quote could inspire listeners to look beyond their current circumstances.
It is impossible to deny that Christians and Muslims have a common agenda here: both faiths have at their heart the living image of a community raised up by God's call to reveal to the world what God's purpose is for humanity.
As the gospels present it to us, the mission of Jesus of Nazareth is about the way in which the community of God's people - historically, the Jewish people who had first received the law and the covenant - is being re-created in relation to Jesus himself.
Our present ecological crisis, the biggest single practical threat to our human existence in the middle to long term, has, religious people would say, a great deal to do with our failure to think of the world as existing in relation to the mystery of God, not just as a huge warehouse of stuff to be used for our convenience.
Incidentally, one of the most worrying problems in the impact of Western modernity on traditional culture is that it quite rapidly communicates its own indifference or anxiety or even hostility about age and ageing.
Institutions develop because people put a lot of trust in them, they meet real needs, they represent important aspirations, whether it's monasteries, media, or banks, people begin by trusting these institutions, and gradually the suspicion develops that actually they're working for themselves, not for the community.
A flourishing, morally credible media is a vital component in the maintenance of genuinely public talk, argument about common good.
From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.
The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.
There’s this idea that somehow you’ve got to keep changing things, and as often as possible. Maybe if people just decided not to buy anything for a while, they’d get a chance to think about what they wanted; what they really liked.
We're heading towards a perception tipping point where it's going to soon become a foregone conclusion that not only has Newark turned a corner, but it's way down the right road.
The revolution is made through human beings, but individuals must forge their revolutionary spirit day by day
The United States was born in revolution and nurtured by struggle. Throughout our history, the American people have befriended and supported all those who seek independence and a better way of life.
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