Quaker Helen Steven wrote that she found comfort in: “the idea of a God who is “closer than breathing”, the very ground of our being. This shifts the entire focus of the divine .. to an immediate immanent presence within every one of us, constantly present and constantly loving.”
If we think of God, the divine or Spirit as something in each of us, however deeply buried, this suggests we are responsible for one another, and that we are able to listen, speak and act, guided by the loving presence within us. It may not be easy but we can try. We can learn.
Helen Steven wrote: “As believers in a God of love and compassion, we are called to resist all that destroys fullness of life… Because the domination system, both political and religious is alive and well in our present day, and we are part of the resistance. ... I hope we are.”