{"id":2201,"date":"2016-01-14T23:47:25","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T23:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theworldcafe.com\/?p=2201"},"modified":"2016-08-03T22:30:22","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T22:30:22","slug":"a-genesis-of-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldcafe.com\/a-genesis-of-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"A Genesis of Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"

With deep gratitude for our community of practice, I invite you to read some lines about one of the initiatives that has emerged out of the Impact Jamboree.\"Open<\/a><\/p>\n

Open Hearts supports volunteers who care for refugees \u2013 offering a variety of resources, and co-creating safe spaces for bearing witness for each other.<\/p>\n

Open Hearts sees the need for hosted conversations, bringing together volunteers, NGO\u2019s, governments and refugees; on all levels, ranging from local to regional and national and to international.<\/p>\n

The Impact Jamboree has allowed me to deeply experience the power and potency of hospitable space<\/em>, be it online or offline.<\/p>\n

Hospitable space is so much more than some flowers and coloured pens. It is more than a beautifully designed invitation. It is more than healthy and tasty food. Of course, all of these ingredients help a lot\u2026 but there is more.<\/p>\n

Hospitable space is space in which all what needs to be expressed can be witnessed.<\/p>\n

Hospitable space is space that is held in awareness and openness. No need to fix brokenness.<\/p>\n

Hospitable space is spacious. And this kind of spaciousness is far beyond our Chronos-time. The spaciousness is shaped by our hearts\u2019 openness.<\/p>\n

During our Impact Jamboree time, I came across the writing of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. In his book \u201cThe Dignity of Difference\u201d, Rabbi Sacks says:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe greatest single antidote to violence is conversation, speaking our fears, listening to the fears of others, and in that sharing of vulnerabilities discovering a genesis of hope.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

May this work of Open Hearts and may all our work be blessed through that sharing of vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n

May the light of the World Caf\u00e9 community shine brightly, as a lighthouse in the dark.<\/p>\n

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