As we now reach part eight of this series, we have been with our two primary, fundamental orientations regarding Beloved Community. Parts 1-4 went through the different aspects of divine reality we integrate into our holistic experience of communion. And after, we have been considering different components of healthy and effusive mutuality, which relate to the interplay and integration of both the I and the We.

Now, we turn to how we inhabit the reality of this communal body, so that we can not only just spiritually experience the dynamics of the body of Christ, but also create and bear life from this larger being—which is who we truly are. We are this and we can act from this in service to the loving evolution of Christianity and the world.

Rooted in the ground of trust, with our capacity for connectedness growing more and more, and bearing life from the vitality of our spiritual intimacy, we find a whole new level of collective participation in a holistic vision of inhabiting the mystical body of Christ communally.