The sobering lessons of early American Methodism.

Western democracies are sloughing through the twilight of movement-building strategies built primarily from masculine emphases on quantification and scale, visibility and punchlines. Such impulses should not be cancelled. But it is worth opening our eyes to the role that spiritual mothers also play in nurturing the seedbeds of social change—gestations of relationship and wrestling that patiently nurture the quiet before. Joshua and Chelsea Bombino have written an essay on just this, and join Anne today to flesh out its charge.
Anne Snyder is the editor-in-chief of Comment magazine and host of The Whole Person Revolution.
Chelsea Langston Bombino is a wife, mother, and believer in communities—from the sacred to the civic. She currently serves as a program officer for the Fetzer Institute, a fellow with the Center for Public Justice, a columnist for Religion Unplugged, and an adjunct at Mount St. Mary’s University.
Joshua Bombino is a spiritual misfit/poet, a husband, father, brother, and son. He is a part-time stay-at-home dad and part-time therapist at a small private practice outside Baltimore.
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