Peace activist Philip Berrigan once said, “The poor tell us who we are, the prophets tell us who we could be, so we hide the poor, and kill the prophets.” Clarity of vision, about both what’s happening in the present and what’s possible in the future, is dangerous to the forces of injustice. In these days where that kind of clarity is so necessary, how can we lean on our faith, spiritual practices, and religious community to help us cultivate our powers of perception?

Topics: Vision