Wholeness as THE moral obligation  Rev. Ernie Mills

According to Phillip Hewett we “gather together in search of wholeness” (Reading 440 in our Living Tradition Hymnal) from a “fragmented world, separated from one another and divided within ourselves. ” But do we know what wholeness really is? While it is easy to witness our separation from one another through such things as racism, sexism, and an array of phobias, how do we experience fragmentation “within ourselves”? Yet I believe wholeness is THE moral obligation that transcends all human-made moral and ethical systems, rules and laws. In fact there may even be “moral” systems that divide us against ourselves. Our search for wholeness may lead us into civil disobedience. There is much to think about here.