Brian’s Reflection: Wednesday, April 25, 2007


When two people love each other, they don't look at each other,
they look in the same direction.

- Ginger Rogers, terrific dancer and entertainer, who died
on this day, age 83, in 1995


Oh, come on Ginger! Give us a little break here. When two people love each other, of course they look at each other. It would be silly to pretend otherwise, or that it should be otherwise. They look with amazement, with wonderment, with sometimes unbelief. As the old song, sung so wonderfully and in a glorious slow tempo by Bette Midler, says, “that’s the story of, that’s the glory of Love”.

But after that Ginger is right. Love is not just about two people. In the Christian tradition, there is always three – the Mystery of the God of Love is always present. But - more than that. True lovers look out, Ginger’s right. They look out to see who needs love. By nature Love is inclusive. It wants to invite people in, to enlarge the circle.

Inclusivity is a good sign: if it isn’t there, it isn’t love. And “inclusive”, by definition, opens up to those we might be inclined to judge and reject, out of our own fears or ignorance.

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