It would be great if the world was a better place. More kindness and friendship. Less war and injustice. For “everything sad to become untrue” (to paraphrase Tolkien).
Our speaker in this episode is Mary Poplin (Claremont), and she cares about making the world a better place. In fact, she’s dedicated her life to it. Yet her dedication was challenged when she encountered someone else who was dedicated to social justice but was going about it in a completely different way. That person? Mother Teresa.
In this episode, you’ll hear Mary Poplin share how her life was changed by Mother Teresa. Mary walks us through her personal faith journey, her time spent working with Mother Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, and how this experience led her to better understand the inextricable role of Jesus in making the world a better place.
This forum was held at the University of Michigan in 2012. Thank you to the Forums planning team at University of Michigan for making this event possible.
What Mother Teresa taught me is what you believe and what you disbelieve makes an enormous difference.
My pastor once said that unforgiveness is like drinking poison and hoping the other person dies.
Mother Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity believe that their first work is prayer. ... [T]heir job is first to belong to Jesus and then, by belonging to Jesus, they will have the stamina, the grace, and the strength to do the work that we see them do. Mother Teresa called it getting a good push from above.
