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In Memoriam: Peter Gabel, Part II |
Many people tuned in online from around the country to Peter Gabel’s memorial service last week, myself included. |
I learned so much from the sharing at Peter’s memorial service thanks to Rabbi Michael Lerner’s sharing and that of many others. One story being how Peter, who had a father who did not initially support his own vocation, bent over backwards to be a different kind of father | Peter Gabel speaks on the concept of Tikkun Olam: “to heal and repair the world,” connoting active, collective internal transformation from woundedness and brokenness toward wholeness. |
to Sammy,
and encouraged him unconditionally in his vocation to be an artist. Sammy and his mother Lisa, who spoke at the gathering, were in attendance at the memorial service. The service began with a song to “Return again to the land of our soul; to the land of what we are; to the land where we are; to be born and return again.” Peter brought heart and soul to the law. His most recent book, which I heartily recommend, is called The Desire for Mutual Recognition: Social Movements and the Dissolution of the False Self.
Congressman Jamie Raskin called this book “a thrilling and comprehensive take on how to create a different kind of politics in America.” |
| Theologian Cornell West called Peter Gabel “one of the grand prophetic voices in our day” and “a long-distance runner in the struggle for justice.” At the memorial service, people testified to how “he brought out the best in everyone,” that he led in the “politics of meaning” movement, that his was a “feeling philosophy” committed to dissolving the false self and deconstructing patriarchy. That he displayed a kind of “glow” that came from his inner luminescence. |
In a small group session, I learned from two people, one participating from Colorado and another from Fresno, Ca, how deeply Peter touched their work and souls directly and indirectly. The service ended with one of my favorite songs adapted from the Book of Ecclesiastes (ch. 3): “Turn, turn, turn. There is a reason, turn, turn, turn,” etc. It was said that Van Morrison’s lyrics spoke deeply to and about Peter: |
If my heart could do my thinkin’ And my head begin to feel I could look upon the world anew And know what’s really real. Peter was a real mensch. A gift to the world of law and all who desire to use the law for
freedom and making room for the Spirit of truth and justice. | Van Morrison’s song “I Forgot that Love Existed;” video by Beatriz. |
As president of New College, Peter was also a gift to the world of education trying to
bring values to academia. (Like many others trying to reinvent education, he was tortured by WASC, the accrediting body that eventually shut New College down). To be
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The Reinvention of Work: A New Vision of Livelihood For Our Time Thomas
Aquinas said, “To live well is to work well,” and in this bold call for the revitalization of daily work, Fox shares his vision of a world where our personal and professional lives are celebrated in harmony–a world where the self is not sacrificed for a job but is sanctified by authentic “soul work.” “Fox approaches the level of poetry in describing the
reciprocity that must be present between one’s inner and outer work…[A]n important road map to social change.” ~~ National Catholic Reporter | |
A Spirituality Named
Compassion: Uniting Mystical Awareness with Social Justice In A Spirituality Named Compassion, Matthew Fox delivers a profound exploration of the meaning and practice of compassion. Establishing
a spirituality for the future that promises personal, social, and global healing, Fox marries mysticism with social justice, leading the way toward a gentler and more ecological spirituality and an acceptance of our interdependence which is the substratum of all compassionate activity. “Well worth our deepest
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