Volume 2 Issue 34

“To experience a personal cosmology, become a child again—not an adolescent, but a child—and thereby become a player, a playful being in the universe. Believe, as all great teachers have told us to believe, that the universe is friendly; the universe is blessing us constantly. Become unself-conscious (Eckhart defined mysticism as unself-consciousness). If we can learn to delight again and to play again, then we will learn wisdom again. That’s how we accompany God through our journey and through this universe.” --Matthew Fox
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On this high holy day for the religion of football, I thank you for allowing me to take a few moments of your time. May this be a place of sanctuary from the mundane distractions that interfere with a complete and whole connection with our Creator. To this end I share my own thoughts, as well as making available the opinions of others on the Bulletin Board. New this week is Eli Pariser’s thought provoking article, “One Thing That Won’t Be Tackled on Sunday: Issues”, that examines CBS’ decision not to air a commercial sponsored by MoveOn. I will be joining others in boycotting the Super Bowl half-time in order to see the spot on CNN. Why not join me?
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I am so fortunate to have the technical assistance of Matt Piper. I occasionally come up with these bright ideas, but wouldn’t have the faintest idea of where to start to implement them. Matt’s handiwork can be found as a new feature on the Sermons page: “Send this to a friend” By clicking on this link and entering the e-mail address for the persons you would like to receive it, you may now send that particular message to those who you believe might find it meaningful. The hope is that this will be an additional tool for spreading the news of GiC to those who don’t yet know about it. Thanks, Matt!
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Please remember that hard copies of the current newsletter and sermon are mailed each week to those without access to the Internet. If you know of someone who would like to receive this mailing, simply send their name and address to me and it will be included in the list. Everyone is invited to participate in this experiment in practical theology. The more input that is received from the wide spectrum of diversity that composes the Creation, the clearer will be our perception of the Creator!
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Until next week…….Shalom!