Beyond Borders, Beyond Self

Our spiritual path calls us to step beyond the narrow boundaries of our personal identities, affiliations, and loyalties. We have too often built our lives around small kingdoms—our families, nations, ideologies—believing they define who we are. Yet these are temporary and limited. The kingdom of God supersedes and far surpasses all kingdoms of self, personal reward, society, or nation. Real security lies in aligning ourselves with something larger, something enduring. We cannot claim to seek truth while clinging tightly to what is familiar and safe. The call is clear: we must release our attachment to smaller kingdoms and open ourselves to a greater reality. This is not a matter of rejecting the world, but of seeing it rightly—valuing what is lasting over what is temporary, and choosing trust over control.

May we release our grip on lesser kingdoms
and find our true security in what is lasting and real.

(inspired by Richard Rohr, We Have Not Yet Begun to Love; Preparing for Christmas)