June 10 Archbishop John C. Wester, Only as Sick as our Secrets: Urgency of Nuclear Disarmament

Only as Sick as our Secrets: the Urgency of Nuclear Disarmament
with Archbishop John C. Wester

Archbishop John Wester joins Jay Coghlan, Executive Director of Nuclear Watch New Mexico, and MCZC guiding teacher Valerie Forstman, to pull back the veil on nuclear business as usual. The moment is dire. Archbishop Wester speaks with a disarming combination (one hopes) of innate gentleness and distilled urgency. He says the very first thing to remedy is the severe lack of conversation in so many contexts, from casual chats to elected officials. We needn’t all agree – a sustained conversation will be more illuminating than a confrontational debate – but we must no longer give the unspoken impression that there’s no issue here, or that only the naive imagine a path from the current global balance of power to disarmament. It’s at least as naive to think the status quo sustainable.

“God’s greatest joy is a human being fully alive” – and none of us can be fully alive under this shadow of destruction.

An impassioned Q & A follows, including a cameo by beloved Sanbo Zen teacher Ruben Habito (calling in from a Catholic theology conference!). Ruben commends the Archbishop’s living example of how spiritual practice, far from providing escape, should deliver us into the heart of the world.

Please also see Archbishop Wester’s Pastoral Letter, “Living in the Light of Christ's Peace: A Conversation Toward Nuclear Disarmament:”

https://archdiosf.org/living-in-the-l...

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