From “Reviving the Golden Rule: How the Ancient Ethic of Neighbor Love Can Heal the World” by Andrew DeCort
I believe neighbor love remains a revolutionary way of becoming human together still today. By revolutionary, I mean what Audre Lorde called “the energy to pursue genuine change within our world, rather than merely settling for a shift of characters in the same weary drama.” Infinitely more than a dead dogma, neighbor love is an ancient-yet-still-emerging story that can change our lives and heal our world. When Jesus called us to love our neighbors as ourselves, he promised that doing this would transform how we see one another, how we design our societies, and how we relate to the Source and Sustainer of our universe. Neighbor love is key to overcoming our separation, healing our suffering, and energizing human flourishing with authentic faith. Its movement offers the abolition of othering and a mandate worth championing with everything we have.