matterchatter GOALS & MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
1. PURPOSE
To help us live our PURPOSE. Each person is a unique expression of God’s love to the world. Each person is designed by God to be an expression of God’s love, beauty, wisdom, justice, goodness, etc. “To love is why we are here.”
2. LOVE
To help us focus on what is most important in life: LOVE. Love motivates us to care, to give, to serve and to help where we can. Love moves us outside our comfort zones and self-interest to care for our neighbors, the global community and the earth.
3. GROWTH
To help us grow in our understanding of the obstacles to love and teach us how to love. Learning is a lifelong process. The more we know, the more we realize how little we know. Pursuing lifelong learning reflects humility and positions us to embrace change and GROWTH.
To help move us into ACTION. We can no longer stand idle while others suffer. Poverty, hunger, physical and emotional abuse, degradation, genocide, racism and injustice are real problems of epidemic proportions in our neighborhoods and around the world. The time to act is now. The current systems are not working. For many reasons, such as misinformation, greed and abuse of power, our current political, educational, business and religious systems are not enough to effect long-term positive change. Just one personal act of sacrificial love leads to others. We can no longer say, "It is not my problem." We are all part of the global family.