The Season of Creation’s guiding verse is
“But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!” (Amos 5: 24)
And this post by James Bridle, What Does the River Want? is a rich resource for reflection. Asking the question supposes attention and receptivity to the answer, something so ordinary in human interaction but seldom extended to other living beings. I first met this ‘short circuit’ in proper and polite communication (reciprocity) in Robin Wall Kimmerer’s beautiful guide for the Honorable Harvest.
Both of these pieces planted the phrase ‘step aside’ in my mind - as in something humans of the Humilocene (thank you David Abram) ought to find ways of doing to make room for more sisters and brothers to join the party. And you could watch Yolanda Adams' live gospel rendition of that – a song, who knew? – on YT (potent build - it made me well up! 🥹) or listen to Tennessee Ernie Ford’s 16 Tons … ‘step aside/a lotta meen didn’t, a lotta men died.’
