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Eye on the world: A spirit of brotherhood, not ‘otherness’
In “Germany’s humane rush to integrate refugees” The Christian Science Monitor’s Editorial Board highlights the importance of integrating, not just accepting, Germany’s million-plus asylum seekers. The editorial reports progress on this front: “In a historic first, the country’s leading political parties agreed [recently] on an integration plan for legal newcomers.” The plan, which requires migrants to make individual efforts to assimilate but provides government assistance for them to do so, “... represents Germany’s steady progress toward a society defined more by its shared ideals than a singular ethnicity.”
Ideas on this subject:
From the Bible:
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God.
—Ephesians 2:19
From the writings of Mary Baker Eddy:
With one Father, even God, the whole family of man would be brethren; and with one Mind and that God, or good, the brotherhood of man would consist of Love and Truth, and have unity of Principle and spiritual power which constitute divine Science.
—Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, pp. 469–470
Related articles from the Christian Science Sentinel and The Christian Science Monitor’s “A Christian Science perspective” column:
In “Man Is No Stranger”: “... man is not a mortal, surrounded by indifference, superiority, hostility, or misunderstanding, for man’s real identity is spiritual. He always exists within the tender embrace of infinite Spirit, Love…. Mutual understanding and love characterize all God’s ideas.” And “How comforting to realize that no matter where the traveler’s new abode may be ... he can never depart from the friendly, healing presence of infinite Love!”
In “No One Is a Foreigner”: “The spiritual language of Love communicates itself irrespective of regional or national accents, national custom, or historical tradition.” And “Knowing that God is the Father of all, we can begin to express the spirit of universal brotherhood and love, regardless of and in spite of differing languages, governmental systems, races, and customs…. Expressing divine qualities to glorify God, good, we help to bring into human view the brotherhood of man.”
In “Welcoming our neighbors”: “Barriers to healthy connections between neighbors fall when we understand God’s perpetual, unconditional love for and embrace of all His children. The welcoming embrace of divine Love extends without limit—and it isn’t fleeting.” And “Sourced in God, Love, our loving acceptance of others expresses God’s goodness to our neighbors in ways that truly bless. It promotes a spirit of joy in living and working together in and for our common community.”
The articles above and others dealing with this subject can be found on JSH-Online.com or on CSMonitor.com.