Shugaban Seminary na Bethany Ruthann Knechel Johansen ya yi kira ga sabon abin mamaki a cikin lokacin "rashin lafiya," yayin da ta ba da babban jawabi ga taron 'yan'uwa na ci gaba a karshen makon da ya gabata a Arewacin Manchester, Ind.
 Shugabar makarantar tauhidin tauhidi ta Bethany Ruthann Knechel Johansen ita ce babbar mai magana a taron 2010 Progressive Brothers Gathering da aka gudanar a N. Manchester, Ind., wannan karshen mako. Hoto daga Joel Brumbaugh-Cayford |
Taron dai ya samu halartar mutane sama da 200 daga sassa daban-daban na kasar da suka hallara a cocin Manchester Church of the Brothers and Manchester College. Kungiyar Matan Mata, Muryar Muryar Ruhaniya, da Majalisar Mennonite ta Brotheran’uwa ta Mennonite don Madigo, Luwadi, Bidi’a, da Sha’awar Canji (BMC), taron ya binciko jigon “Gaba Tare: Tattaunawa Ga Al’umma Mai Raya.”
Lokacin taron-yayin da ake gudanar da jawabai na musamman da suka shafi al'amuran jima'i a kowace gunduma na Cocin 'yan'uwa-ya sanya tattaunawar ta zama koma baya da mahallin tattaunawa.
"Me yasa ko ta yaya wannan lokacin a tarihinmu ya bambanta da sauran lokutan?" Johansen ya yi tambaya-ɗaya daga cikin tambayoyi da yawa waɗanda a ciki ta gabatar da "tsari mai tsarki" ko "tausayi da adalci" akan shaidar rashin lafiya da rashin lafiya a cikin coci da al'umma.
Yin bitar lokutan rikice-rikice a cikin rikodin Littafi Mai-Tsarki da tarihin Ikilisiya, da rikice-rikicen zamantakewa na yau da kullun, ta tabbatar da cewa, “Mun shiga cikin darajar al’adar mulki marar hankali.” Wannan yana haifar da abstracting mutane cikin batutuwa, in ji ta, da kuma halaye kamar jima'i, militarism, luwadi, wariyar launin fata, son abin duniya.
“Ta yaya za mu ɓata kanmu” sa’ad da muke fuskantar matsalolinmu? Ta tambaya. Amsar da ta bayar ta yi nuni ga tsarin da aka samu a cikin halittun da aka halicce su, duniyar da take ganin an ba ta ikon canzawa da haifar da wata sabuwa. Misali na tushen tsarin gandun daji na redwood yana ba da samfurin tsari don lokacin rashin lafiya, in ji ta, a matsayin hanyar sadarwa na bishiyoyi da ke kula da kowane mutum.
Wani hanya don magance rashin lafiya shine tarihin jajircewa a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa, in ji Johansen. Ta yi nuni ga al’amuran da ba a tilasta wa ikilisiyoyin bin shawarwarin taron shekara-shekara ba, hatta kan batutuwan da suka taso a tarihi kamar nadin mata da shedar zaman lafiya.
Haɓaka, duk da haka, yana buƙatar fahimi–kuma “gane da matsayin iyakoki ko ƙa’idodi yana da wahala musamman a cikin coci,” in ji ta, musamman ma lokacin da duniya ta duniya ta bukaci rarrabuwar kawuna.
Mafita ta ƙarshe ita ce zama “mutane na zahiri,” in ji ta. Mutanen cikin jiki, in ji ta, su ne waɗanda suka karɓi goron gayyata zuwa cikin jiki tare da Yesu Kiristi, waɗanda suka rungumi baiwar siffa ta ɗan adam–da jima'i, kuma waɗanda suka zaɓi zama na dangi. Jiki yana samuwa ta wurin Ruhun Allah, kuma ba tare da farkawa ta ruhaniya ba, ta yi gargadin, Ikilisiya ba za ta gane Ruhu a tsakiyarta ba kuma ba za ta ga ganuwar kan iyaka da ta riga ta rushe ba.
"Dole ne mu fitar da jiki daga cikin Littafi Mai-Tsarki, daga zanga-zangar bangaskiya, da kuma cikin jikinmu," in ji ta. "A can za mu iya saduwa da juna a cikin dukan bambancin mu mai tsarki."
A cikin rufewa, kafin yin tambayoyi, Johansen ya nuna ma'anar abin mamaki a matsayin mabuɗin rayuwa na jiki, da kuma samun "tsari mai tsarki" a cikin mawuyacin lokaci. Abin al'ajabi zai taimaka wa Ikklisiya a cikin aikinta na fahimi, in ji ta. Abin mamaki kuma yana iya rage mana damuwarmu, kuma ya kai mu ga nazarin nassi da hankali, in ji ta.
Abin mamaki ya ba da yuwuwar “sababbin sarautar Allah na iya tasowa,” in ji ta. "Abin mamaki shine, ina tsammanin, ƙasan da ke haɓaka ƙauna."
Taron ya kuma kunshi taron karawa juna sani da rana, da kuma ayyukan ibada na yau da kullum. Debbie Eisenbise, fasto na Skyridge Church of the Brother a Kalamazoo, Mich., da Kreston Lipscomb, fasto na Springfield (Ill.) Church of the Brothers ne ya kawo saƙon. An gudanar da hidimar safiyar Lahadi tare da cocin Manchester Church of the Brother. Ayyukan maraice sun haɗa da wasan kwaikwayo na Mutual Kumquat da rawa mai faɗi.
Kwalejin ta gudanar da wani liyafa a yammacin ranar Asabar, sannan kuma motsa jiki mai kayatarwa yana tambayar taron don kimanta yadda ta ji game da nau'ikan kalmomi 15 a ƙarƙashin nau'ikan kamar "Cocinmu" da "Abin da muke so" da "Abin da za mu yi." Motsa jiki kamar yana nufin bayyana yadda ’yan’uwa masu ci gaba suke ji game da ƙungiyar, da kuma yadda suke so su amsa shawarwarin taron shekara-shekara.
A zaman da aka yi a makarantar Lahadi da aka yi bayan kammala taron ibada, mahalarta taron da kuma ’yan ikilisiyar Manchester sun ba da labarin irin yadda suka halarci tarukan ba da amsa na musamman a gundumomi daban-daban. Abubuwan da aka samu sun bambanta daga mummunan ra'ayi zuwa tabbatacce, daga bayanin wani mutum cewa, "(tsarin) an saita shi don gazawa," zuwa shaidar mace game da tsari mai "tunanin" da kuma kyakkyawan shiri a gundumarta.
Koyaya, damuwa iri-iri game da tsarin sauraren karar sun mamaye tattaunawar ta gaba. Yayin da zaman ya koma kan tambayar yadda za a mayar da martani ga abubuwan da suka faru a taron shekara-shekara na shekara ta 2011, tsokaci ya yi yawa tun daga wadanda suka fito fili suna maraba da rashin jituwa a cikin darikar, da wadanda suka damu da yanayin barnar rabuwar coci, da wadanda suka jajirce wajen ci gaba da zama. a cikin darika.
Carol Wise na BMC ta rufe taron tare da roƙon a ba da kulawa ga mutanen da a lokacin sauraron Amsa na Musamman za a iya yin kalamai masu cutarwa saboda yanayin jima'i ko na 'yan uwa. "Na damu matuka game da hakan yayin da muke ci gaba da wannan tsari," in ji ta, "yadda muka sanya wata al'umma a baje kolin kuma a kan gwaji."
(Bayani game da tsarin ba da amsa na musamman na Church of the Brothers yana a www.cobannualconference.org/special_response_resource.html .)
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