We are battered and bruised and bleeding and in pursuit of our healing and restoration we are battering and bruising one another even more. And none of it heals the division or effects the reconciliation we so desire – and yet are so afraid of.
It’s time to change that. It’s time to turn elsewhere for healing and reconciliation. And yet where do we turn? We turn to face one another but in new ways. That has to be the way to go now.
How we do it is phase two. Let’s for now recognise where we are in phase one. And declare a desire to go further down this track. There we may find it’s already a well trodden path, with signposts and wayside cafes. But let’s resolve on it first. We may then find familiar faces already there, but with few companions!
The Emporer's New Clothes 