Let me say it straight out.
You're Wonderful !
You stuck it out.
It was a
Soul Slog
to get through
last week's posting,
DAY
It sure was a block buster,
formidable
in length and challenge.
At the end I promised
to treat us all
to something briefer
this week.
Here goes.
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Dear All of Us,
I'm an enthusiast and
I hope I never get over it.
I treasure friends.
Among may other joys,
I get excited,
really pumped up,
introducing them
to each other.
So far though
I haven't
figured out
a way
for me
to have us all
over here to my place
for a dinner party
so I can introduce
a new friend of mine
via the internet feed.
- Yep, on purpose :)
So, we'll have to do it
this way.
Please let me
invite us all to a
Blog
Meet and Greet
with
Steven Charleston.
Steven is a member of the
Choctaw Nation.
He grew up in Oklahoma.
Among many goodnesses
he served as president of
The Episcopal Divinity School,
Cambridge MA. and was the
Episcopal Bishop of Alaska.
I meet with him in his writings.
Steven has a simple,
poetically profound way to
SEE AND SAY SPIRIT
Please say hello to Steven
as he shares Spirit with us:
SPIRIT OF ALL
If we are all created in the image of the Spirit
Then how wonderfully diverse the Spirit must be.
The Spirit in every shape and size
The Spirit in every tone and color
The Spirit in every face and body.
The Spirit of all cultures and languages
Of all peoples and nations
Of all ages and genders.
When we cease to see the Spirit
Through the keyhole of our comfort
And witness the grandeur of the Spirit
Without limits or definitions
Then the image becomes infinite
And the subject becomes intimate.
We do not need to think outside the box
Because there is no need for the box at all.
CARD-CARRYING HUMAN BEING
I am a card-carrying human being.
I am not a political party, a denomination,
A class, a race, or a demographic.
I am just a human being.
I am not a nationality, a sexuality,
An age, or even a gender
since we all start out pretty much the same
and we all are going to the same destination.
I like to do what human beings like to do:
Live at peace, enjoy my life, be with the family.
I like learning from other human beings,
Sharing my own thoughts
And finding ways to make this world safer, happier,
And as natural as we found it.
I am a card-carrying human being.
That means I am proud to be what Spirt made me.
SPIRIT WHEEL
Meditations
from an
Indigenous Elder
Steven Charleson
Broadleaf Books
2023
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Thanks , Steven
So glad we get to be
Spirited Human Beings
together here
evert week.
See you in seven.
Love to all.
God bless,
John Frank
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frankly speaking
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FELLOW PARISHONERS
COLLEAGUES.
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THANKS
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