Change We Truly Need Way beyond Politics

Mike at Waving or Drowning? posted this important quote a little over a week ago:

Incremental change is usually limited in scope and is often reversible. If the change does not work out, we can always return to the old way. Incremental change usually does not disrupt our past patterns--it is an extension of the past. Most important, during incremental change, we feel we are in control...

Deep change differs from incremental change in that it requires new ways of thinking and behaving. It is change that is major in scope, discontinuous with the past, and generally irreversible. The deep change effort distorts existing patterns of action and involves taking risks. Deep change means surrendering control.

Robert E. Quinn, Deep Change (p. 3)

There are many times when we settle for the incremental change because it is comfortable. In the end, true change that makes an important difference takes the deep risks and actions. I pray that we may all have the courage to accept that kind of change when rooted in compassion and love as shown in Jesus Christ.