The New Star Birthing

This Week's Quotation:

“The man who walks with his eyes looking towards Heaven will be the first to behold a new-born star.”

—Zulu proverb, as told by Credo Mutwa

The New Star Birthing

 

Rev. Berry Behr, Interfaith Minister

This week, after eight days of focused prayer, I found myself unexpectedly stuck. Despite our devotion, our intention, and our hope, nothing seemed to be moving.

So I did the only thing I could do. I surrendered. I accepted that Africa Kiva, an interfaith prayer gathering so close to my heart, might not go ahead this year, and I released it.

An hour later, I received news that a generous anonymous donor had paid for the international flights of the four people essential to holding the Kiva. With that level of trust—how could I walk away?

Doors that had seemed firmly shut suddenly swung open. Donations began to flow. What had felt impossible became not only possible but supported. It felt like a miracle—clear and deeply humbling.

Even more moving was the realization that in a world marked by war, rising costs, and uncertainty, people are still willing to show up. To give. To stand for peace with open hearts.

There is something in the act of release and trust that brings us into balance—like the solstice. A moment where light and dark meet, where striving pauses, where something unseen realigns. As above, so below. When we lift our eyes to the heavens, we begin to perceive what is already being born.

We are feeling the pain of a world in transition, besieged by fires, floods, and immense fears. Yet—when we look up—we see the same sky, same stars, same sun, and same moon. Beyond all that shifts and trembles here on Earth, there is something enduring, vast, timeless, and dependable.

If you linger beneath the night sky, more stars begin to appear. What seemed like darkness is revealed as depth. The heavens respond to our attention, and in that moment, something opens within us. We remember that we are part of something immeasurably greater. That life is not only what is unfolding around us, but also what is being born through us.

New stars have been emerging since the beginning of time. New worlds. New ways.

And perhaps now, in our own lives, something new is being born as well. If we have the courage to release, to trust, and to look up—we may be among the first to see it.

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