Article June 17, 1991 Issue

A HEART FOR COMMUNITY

It's natural to care deeply about community. Real love for family extends to neighbors—and overflows for the whole of society. This occasional column tells of how a spiritual perspective has been helping Sentinel readers help others and make a contribution to healing some of the collective challenges facing communities today.

Eight years ago I received a teaching appointment at a new experimental school for elementary through high-school students in the visual and performing arts.

When the school opened, I left a note of encouragement with the principal, which read something like this: "If the impulse behind the founding of this school is a right idea, it is governed by God, and nothing can destroy or hinder the orderly unfoldment of this idea." Little did I know that I would have to hold on to the thought expressed in that note through many difficult, sometimes frightening, circumstances.

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