Saade - Second Wave Spirituality: Passion for Peace, Passion for Justice

Second Wave Spirituality suggests were embarking on a new stage in our evolutionary journey, and I agree. Love-in-action is exactly whats happening, and exactly what we need.

Marianne Williamson, author of A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles

With passion, conviction, and experience Chris Saade speaks to the vital need for engaged spirituality, a way to live the hearts love in service to humanity and the planet. Read these words and be inspired, be called to spiritual actionour deepest shared purpose.

Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, PhD, Sufi teacher and author of Spiritual Ecology: The Cry of the Earth

Second Wave Spirituality is a masterpiece that opens hearts and gives courage to those who want to stand up for truth. With grace and intellect Chris Saade infuses the movement for social justice with a poetic yet fierce longing for a better world.

Adam Bucko, coauthor of Occupy Spirituality and cofounder of the Reciprocity Foundation for Homeless Youth

A profoundly inspiring synthesis that deserves extensive recognition.

Diarmuid OMurchu, author of God in the Midst of Change

Second Wave Spirituality is a compelling compendium of the authors keen insights, along with a treasure-filled collection of the wisest wisdom from a broad range of spiritual titans. I highly recommend it.

Gerard Thomas Straub, founder and president of Pax et Bonum Communications and author of Thoughts of a Blind Beggar

With a host of examples of persons and situations from all over the world, Chris Saade challenges readers to recognize that love can only be full and real when embodied in the passionate pursuit of peace and justice.

Elaine Prevallet, Sister of Loretto and author of In the Service of Life

Chris Saade brings a dignified and noble perspective on human suffering; that through both our great joy and our great losses we are given the privilege to serve.

Mandy Eppley, cofounder and director of The Respite: A Centre for Grief & Hope

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Saade, Chris.
Second wave spirituality : passion for peace, passion for justice : exposition and anthology / Chris Saade.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-1-58394-766-1 (pbk.) ISBN 978-1-58394-780-7 (ebook)
1. SpiritualityForecasting. 2. CivilizationForecasting. 3. Future, The. I.
Title.
BL624.S17 2014
204dc23 2014001652

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This book is dedicated to my beloved and loving wife, Jessie Thompson, who has been my staunch support, my muse, the companion of great dreams, and my generous editor. I remain always grateful for her generosity of soul, her love, and her amazing high sense of values.

I am fortunate beyond measure to be surrounded by a community of beautiful hearts and spirits. I am hugely grateful to my wife, Jessie Thompson, who, from the moment we met, believed in our common destiny and in our co-creative ability to give back to the world. I greatly honor her high sense of values and am so very blessed by her love, constant inspiration, encouragement, editing contributions, and generosity that allowed this book to reach print. I am also very grateful for her willingness to sweetly and patiently support my idiosyncratic spirit. I am also very grateful to my daughter, Amal Maria, for her deep sense of compassion, justice, and solidarity. She inspires me continuously by her passion for stage acting and by her strong desire to give an artistic voice to causes of justice and peace. In so many ways, her life has expanded my thinking and deepened my hope for the world. And I owe a great deal to the love of my son-in-law and my three stepchildren and their partners, who give me strength, energy, and many wonderful moments of invigorating laughter. I hope this book will be a launching pad for many rich dialogues as a family and for stimulating exchanges on diverse viewpoints about the future of our beloved world. To my dear friend Andrew Harvey, I offer my deepest thanks. His fiery and loving insistence that this book be sent for publishing now (and not later) contributed a great deal to its completion. I deeply treasure his passion, gentle ferocity, endless support, and tireless care. I greatly value our precious and elaborate interchanges of ideas and our passionate times of teaching together. To Ginger Wagoner, my sister of soul, I offer great gratitude for the beautiful, many layers of our relationship, her staunch passion for social justice, and her love of brainstorming. I thank her for the myriad of things she has worked on that directly impacted every page of this book (from grammar to organizing the large section of quotations). I also offer great gratitude to another soul sister, Casey Robertson, my spiritual journey co-traveler and personal consultant. Her many years of loving challenges and soul fire-stoking have opened my eyes and guided my thinking many times over. I also want to thank my amazing soul brother, Barry Sherman, for his years of friendship, co-leadership, and co-teaching; for the amazing inspiration I get from his music; and for the contribution of his editing talents to this venture. He is a multitalented man who brings so many gifts to the world as well as to me. To Victoria Gailey, Morgan Shields, and Theresa Dulken, I am very grateful. Their generous efforts, their high and loving level of commitment, and their talents for tending to the practical and the administrative contributed greatly to the reality of this book. They are tremendous women with wonderful spirits and have worked faithfully to help me accomplish the vision of this book. And regarding the facilitators and participants in the learning circles of the Institute for Life-Leadership and Coaching and the Olive Branch Center, I hold gratitude beyond gratitude for all that they have taught me, inspired within me, and deepened in my convictions, and the way they have supported my efforts and brought to me immeasurable hope and joy. I am very indebted to the wonderful team at North Atlantic Books: Doug Reil, Emily Boyd, Jessica Moll, Louis Swaim, Sarah Serafimidis, Adrienne Armstrong, and Susan Bumps. They have all been incredibly gracious, kind, and helpful. I was very touched by their generosity of spirit. Their guidance has been invaluable. To Janet Thomas, who assisted by editing early versions, thank you for your soulful reflections and support. This book is one more piece of evidence that it takes a village.