Park Seong-won at the Uniting General Council, WCRC, Grand Rapids, 2010
Flourishing Life-Giving Oikos: - A faith Journey towards Cosmic Unity
“How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity! (Psalm 133:1)
No other word than this beautiful praise comes to my mind as we congratulate and celebrate the coming together of the two worldwide Reformed families, forming one World Communion of Reformed Churches.
What kind of joy is it that we are enjoying and celebrating today? What sort of unity is it that we have achieved today? What type of life in unity should we live out today and tomorrow? What challenges are ahead of us in our ongoing journey of unity and justice?
AGAPE consultation on Poverty, Wealth, and Ecology
“Be rich, you won’t be humane. Be humane, you won’t be rich.”
“When you unite wealth, you divide people. When you divide wealth, you united the people.”
Drawing insightful learning from the deep wells of Asian traditional wisdom, Prof. Park Seong-Won spoke at the AGAPE consultation on Poverty, Wealth, and Ecology in Asia and the Pacific which was held in Chiangmai, Thailand, from 2 to 6 November 2009.
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My view on the Ecumenical Movement and the WCC
Mr. Moderator, members of the Central Committee!
I stand before you and before God as we are seeking to discern God’s will on the leadership of the World Council of Churches. I stand here because I feel a compelling call of the Triune God to commit myself to the World Council at this critical juncture of the ecumenical journey. I stand here because my church, and churches and people around the world feel that the experience I have gained through my ecumenical ministry over last 15 years in this centre should be put at the service of the World Council.
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In Chinese classic, there is a word saying "Be rich, you won't be humane (jen); be humane, you won't be rich."
If we rephrase this for a spiritual connotation, this word can be said as follows:
"Be rich, you won't be spiritual; be spiritual, you won't be rich."
This would mean that there would be a fundamental difficulty in connecting the state of being rich and the condition of being authentically humane, or being rich and being truly spiritual.
