The Word and the Deed

[E]very religion struggles to have the Word become Deed. Whereas there is only one “Word” expressed in many words, there is also only one “Deed” acted out in many deeds, what we Christians would call the “cruciform deed.” The diverse religions will and should forever maintain their own poetry to describe their encounter with the Word, but it strikes me they all already agree on the Deed, which . . . plays out in some kind of life lived to serve. To illustrate [consider these contemporary] exemplars from the great religions: Mother Teresa (Christian), Elie Wiesel (Jew), Gandhi (Hindu), Dalai Lama (Buddhist) and Anwar Sadat (Muslim). ~Randy Williams

We are one in Word and Deed. Namaste.