{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"#00128 What Is An Enemy?","description":"Yesterday, I delivered my first sermon in an actual house of worship. It was an exciting and bizarre moment for me, and turned out to be quite beautiful. Exciting because I see myself as a priest, and giving a sermon is a very priestly honor. Bizarre because I never thought I\u2019d ever write a sentence like that last one!&amp;nbsp; I\u2019ve been marrying people for the last eighteen years. My first chaplaincy assignment was fifteen years ago. I\u2019ve done plenty of conflict and relationship coaching over the past twenty years. I\u2019ve even given away around 10,000 loaves of bread over the past decade. And yet, it\u2019s only recently that I\u2019ve come to see myself as a priest. (growing up, it was always wizard!) One of my projects is to rescue the community-oriented elements of religion from the trash heap where they ended up, with the rest of the religious junk we discarded. To pick up the \u201cbaby\u201d of caring and food and togetherness from the \u201cbathwater\u201d of dogma, rigidity, and us vs. them. &amp;nbsp; \u200b My other project is to preach the gospel of ahimsa (unconditional love) at every scale, and explain both the pragmatic and spiritual benefits of doing so. &amp;nbsp; \u200b Today\u2019s sermon represents a major milestone in my own understanding of that journey, and therefore, my ability to conspire with my fellow humans to make it happen. &amp;nbsp; (For the video version, go here: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@tenthousandheroes) \ud83e\uddb8\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\ud83e\uddb8\ud83c\udffe\ud83e\uddb8\ud83c\udffc\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\ud83e\uddb8\ud83c\udffd\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\ud83e\uddb8\ud83c\udfff\ud83e\uddb8 \u2665\ufe0f If you liked this episode, let us know with a review. And follow this show to get all our latest episodes. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; \u2665\ufe0f\u2665\ufe0fOf course, If you really liked this episode, subscribe to The Ten Thousand Heroes newsletter to get weekly 5 minute reads on meaning, purpose, and community. Plus, you\u2019ll never miss an episode again. http:\/\/tenthousandheroes.club ","author_name":"The Ten Thousand (10,000) Heroes Show","author_url":"https:\/\/momentumlab.com\/podcast","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/34255270\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/181883995"}