IN JUST THREE WEEKS
the introduction of
RETREAT FORWARD
our
LENTEN RETREET
weekly
February 7- March 27
Living Essential Christianity
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Dear All of Us,
"Remember the good old days?"
"Remember me to your family."
"Remember to get milk."
From all our codes
and passwords to
"Where did I put
my glasses?,"
we sure have
a lot to
REMEMBER
Without it we
wouldn't be able
to put one foot
in front of another,
much less get anywhere
in life with its endless
steps and strivings
of all sorts
minuscule
to
monumental.
So
We call to mind.
We re-collect
what is not
immediately present
to help us
navigate forward
and that
more than bodily.
Our spiritual lives are
all of the above
and much more
as we address
what calls for
a unique work to
REMEMBER
in a critical way.
We and our society
forget, lose contact,
disconnect, even sever
our union in
God's Good
Oneness
We come undone,
not one,
but bits and pieces,
shattered shards
of
Reality
- Me instead of Us.
- "The hell with
The Common Good,"
and hell it causes for
so sadly many.
- Truth and justice
devastated,
twisted unreal,
untenable,
impossible.
- Playing the angles
razor sharp,
cutting asunder
fairness and trust.
- Ravaging air, water, soil.
- Using and then trashing
the needful,
the poor,
the marginalized.
- Going Solo Sensual,
soul and spirit
dulled deadly.
There's a lot to
REMEMBER
It means
a lot more than
mental recollection.
In the deepest sense
it is to
RE - MEMBER
rejoin
the disconnected
it is to
RESTORE UNITY
to Creation
it is to
HELP GOD REPAIR
the damaged
and
desecrated
to
Wholeness
WE RE-MEMBER
-by socializing with those
excluded from our circles
-by staying in touch
with a friend who's
barely hanging on
-by using mass transit
as much as possible
-by playing pickle ball
with a political opposite
-by paying an
undocumented worker
a full wage for
house cleaning,
landscaping,
repair work
-by connecting neighbors -
hosting a card party,
throwing a barbeque,
leading a book club,
facilitating an
oral history sharing
-by supporting an
EarthCare candidate
-by inviting nones
to form a
life quest/spirituality
sharing group
-by corresponding with
an incarcerated person
-by wrapping in families
with no relatives close by
-by inviting a small group
to form a home church,
especially if local churches
are spiritually and
socially anemic
-by spoting single parents
-by "adopting" a lonely
senior adult
-by hosting an inner-city child
for a week or two
during the summer
-by using a gift or talent
to enrich a poor child -
teaching carpentry,
music, car repair, art,
tech skills
-by advocating for
affordable housing
-by seeking peaceable substitutes
to our incessant wars -
try a war count since
the second World War,
than weep, pray and be active!)
-by daily praying for the
lost or forgotten worldwide.
We do our best to
spiritually,
practically
live out
Trinity
A
Unity
IN
Diversity
We do our best to
spiritually,
practically
live out
the invitation
of Jesus,
Do this
to
RE-MEMBER
ME
We're "All In"
on hosting
a
UNIVERSAL
HOLY
COME
UNION
right where
we live
We
COMMIT TO
RE-MEMBER
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THE DEEPEST
OF
THANKS
to all who shared care and
offered prayerful support
this past week. It was a
"DOSSIE"
COVID teamed up with
two other negative conditions -
an unholy trinity of trouble.
Am gradually "bettering."
MOST GRATEFUL
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What a work and wonder
to
RE-MEMBER
See you next week!
Love to all!
John Frank
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