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Each week I enjoy an e-newsletter from Joan Chittister's Benetvision. Today, the thought she shares really struck a note with me. For Disciples of Christ, Unity is our polar star. Yet, I have never heard anyone speak to unity as clearly as this passage. In a fragmented world, in a fragmented church, we need to seek this kind of unity. One that hears all the voices and one that is not afraid

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I read many things each day. Today I read two very different articles, but taken together and read one right after the other really got me to thinking about our world. The first I read was an article about the 5 traits or secrets of innovators. They are "skills they labeled associating, questioning, observing, experimenting and discovering". Hal Guergen, the man behind the study says this:"What

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Written at Buffalo Mountain Camp, October 2009 during an outdoor quiet time in a misty rain.The wind carries to my cheeks elusive, gentle kisses saying "I love you".The sky gives forth her cleansing shower, a slow baptism of redemption.Refreshed, my once parched soul suddenly sees it's not just my redemption,but all that is around me.Lorette Waggoner

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In October, I'll be heading to Buffalo Mountain Camp and Retreat Center in Jonesborough, TN. I'll be taking my fourth course of five I need to take to earn a graduate certificate in Camping and Retreat Ministries from Drew Theological. It's titled Biblical Foundations of Camping and Retreat Ministries. One of the five books I'm reading in preparation is a small volume titled "Three Simple Rules,

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Yesterday I posted about the group of independent world leaders who have come together to be "the Elders" of our world. To speak out for truth and peace, and against issues that cause human suffering. Today I read and listen to a video clip by Seth Godin about tribes posted on the Intersection, a networking site supported by Disciple World. Tribes and Elders. Hum. It always amazes me how ideas

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This week, President Jimmy Carter broke his long-standing membership with the Southern Baptist Church. In his statement he mentions that he is a member of "The Elders". I went to their website and was delighted to find out about this wonderful group of people who have taken on being elders to the world. Their stated mission is: The Elders are an independent group of eminent global leaders,

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Today I went to Portland to be with my family as my brother-in-law and sister-in-law attended the final court hearing in the adoption of their son, Jonathan. Each time we are together, I realize how lucky we are as a family. We all get along. We all have stable marriages. All of the kids grew up (or are growing up) normal, healthy, intelligent kids (don't let it go to your heads!). The

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Well, still been thinking about all my stuff and that tiny house. It is well past time to really take a look at what has been hiding in my attic for years....well, really decades (at least 2). If I haven't seen it for that long, will it really matter if I give it away? I don't think the sharing part is a problem. For me, it is more the process that overwhelms me. Bringing back that flood of

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Well, it has been since forever that I posted a blog, so I decided I'd better get going. This spring has been unusual. Seems like I am always busy, but not seeming to accomplish all I want to. Then I begin to think, do I really need to accomplish all that? How much has our society and world view affected our desires to "do" and "be" so many things? The simple life, pared down, always looks

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I've been getting an email devotional from Sr. Joan Chittister for the last several months. Just before Valentines day one of the lines in her message was this:"Fatigue without a physical base is too often a sign of a loss of love. Take something into your life. Love will give you new energy in a cold world."In the last few weeks, it seems we have heard enough doom and gloom for a few centuries.

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"Be still. Be still. Be still. God in the midst of you is substance. God in the midst of you is love. God in the midst of you is wisdom. Let not your thoughts be given to lack, but let wisdom fill them with the substance and faith of God. Let not your heart be a center of resentment and fear and doubt. Be still and know that at this moment it is the altar of God, of love; love so sure and

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Today my car clock/radio quit working. It was 11:01 for a very long time. I was amazed at how often I check the time on that clock. Still 11:01. But the up side to that is that it took no time at all (literally) to go across town. It was like I was riding with Dr. Who in the Tardis. Time just stood still! A couple of times when I looked at the clock (11:01) I thought, what does it matter what the

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So, today I had an email from a friend, much like my last post but rather than reconcile, the word is guidance. It was so good, I wanted to pass it along:Dancing With God:When I meditated on the word Guidance, I kept seeing 'dance' at the end of the word. I remember reading that doing God's will is a lot like dancing. When two people try to lead, nothing feels right. The movement doesn't flow

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Today I read the daily entry in the 2007 Partners in Prayer for Advent....even though it's 2008. In it this quote caught my eye:"To reconcile means to bring together that which belongs together but is apart."That which belongs together. Christ came to reconcile the world to God... we belong together but are apart. Advent can be a time of reconcilliation. Why are we apart from God? What are our

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This morning on the way to work I had a little VW rabbit (older model) go zooming by me in the next lane. It was very creatively painted with all kinds of outdoor scenes. The two young girls inside signaled they wanted to change into my lane ahead of me, and I left them room. The tailgate had a "biodiesel" bumper sticker... my first though was "that fits!" And then I noticed what was painted

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Well, this is an exciting adventure. Life always is. As my philosophy professor, Dr. William Moore always said "Life with a capital "L"". Holy, Divine, Liturgical. Life fully lived is a life of praise to God and a life of prayer with God. That is what we as humans are called to do. All the other stuff we pretty much make up for ourselves. I guess to look busy. Life giving praise will be a

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