GOD TOUCH

Dear All of Us,

So, here goes -

How do you feel 

about being touched?

       "Never can get enough"
      

       "Don't you dare"      
       

      "Only on my terms"
       

      "They light up my Christmas Tree 
        any time of the year"
       

       "Sort'a, sometimes"
      

      "A touching movie, sure.

       Otherwise make a reservation"

      

      "Want to be touched 
        but feel uncomfortable 

        when touched"

       "Yes...not sure...maybe...

         depends on the day 

         and a heck of a lot more"

        "It's so wonderful'
        

        and umpteen more sensitivities

        about being touched.

Those sensitivities pulsate through us.

They greatly effect 

the feel,

the tone,

the tenor of living.

They reach to the depths 

of who we are, 

to our very souls.

During this Pan Problem Plus

so many of us 

are so out of touch 

in so many ways.

Being in touch,

and that in myriad manner, 

is critical to vigor and health.

This is definitively so 

in our spiritual living  

The Goodness, 

the Love, 

the Rock Reality

we call God

reaches out

to touch

to companion,

to sustain and strengthen.

It's ours to be sensitive to the touch.

God touches us through 

every creature and energy surge in nature,

your pet pouch to summer warmth.

God touches us through each other,

through life and love shared,

be it a ride to the store, friendship, 

a welcome to the neighborhood,

as lover and lifemate.

God touches us through 

all that is good and beautiful.-

supper to symphony.

God touches us through scripture and sacrament,

in the fellowship of spiritual community.

God touches us as we reach out 

in supportive touch to 

the frightened and disconnected.

God touches us in times of 

wonder, need, terror, delight -

always our sustaining Abba.

God touches us in moments 

of surrender to mystical

enfoldment and love making. 

Got asks us to play it forward,
to find all sorts of ways,

appropriate to others,
to reach out and share

        God Touch

That could be sending a card. 
It could mean getting in on 

a ZOOM sharing
(as I did recently 

with boarding schoolmates
of sixty five years ago - 

same basic personalities,
plus pounds, plus wrinkles, minus hair!!), 

We offer assurance of God's closeness and care

in ways without number -

big ways,

little ways, 

always.

A few examples:

    - by surprising a person living alone 

      and in quarantine 
      with an Uber Eats  delivery 

      of a delicious take out dinner

    - by using a trusted intermediary 

      to pay the rent for a struggling family

    - by inviting a few people to join in 

      a weekly virtual prayer group 

    - by organizing an online game night

      or book group with friends 

   - by hosting a weekly 

     Happy Hour via ZOOM -

     share The Spirit with spirits

   - by reaching out to children 

     with story and hobby hours online

  - by supporting our local foodbank

  - by getting active with a political party 

    or political action group to promote 

    people focus and principle 

    in the political process

  - by daily holding others in loving prayer

A host of connects are offered to us

and can be offered by us.

It takes openness and generosity of soul.

During this Pan Problem Plus,
this time of separation 

in so many ways

for so many,
some sectors of society 

are restlessly trying 
to move out of isolation.
Others are firmly captive to it,
and yet others are just now moving into it.
Many of us may be right back in it 
all too soon and severely. 
We are especially important to each other.

in this time of isolation and disconnect.
We need to be in touch,
connecting with a God Touch,

received and given.
Separated but not alone.

We are marvelously and mysteriously
touch sensitive, Soul Sensitive 
and that in a galaxy of needs and powers.
In gentle to vigorous ways, 
          given our gift and grace, 
                           and that of others, 
                                    we offer and share 
                  
                  GOD TOUCH

      So glad we can stay in just that,

                  John Frank

                    ******
     This past week many new folks

              joined in with us.

                WELCOME !!

                    ******

   
               frankly speaking

         spirituality for the street

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                       ******

  LET'S STAY IN TOUCH FOR GOD'S SAKE