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Footprints in the Windsm # 1041: More than holy communion, holy communitying….

Footprints in the Windsm # 1041

We stand in need of, more than holy communion, holy communitying. G*d is the community of the all there is; let no one pull asunder what G*d has made together. Yet we are in a culture that continually fractures us apart—with each other and within families and even within our own souls. We compete even to get first to the next stop light, we fight for our rights, we take sides in elections and between elections, we scream at politicians and “those” people who support other politicians, we divorce each other, children ignore their parents, we take pills to right our thinking, we anguish over our own thought processes thinking ourselves sick. We are pulling ourselves apart at the seams and rending the fabric in between. There is hope, and promise, but only those in communitying and conversing: there are no guarantees. We have to work to make the promise real, to put muscle and sinew on the bones of the hope.


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Will your grandchildren survive to 2055?

Will your grandchildren survive to 2055?

:- Doug.

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Conversation moves us to effective action.

Conversation moves us to effective action.

:- Doug.

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I’m a PhD of ecology: I know things you don’t….

I’m a PhD of ecology: I know things you don’t. I’m a carpenter: I see things you don’t. Conversation gets us beyond fearing that what we know is not enough.

:- Doug.

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What are the strengths of conversation?

What are the strengths of conversation? Until you go deeply into each other, you don’t get these.
1. diverse experiences—which allows us to address issues more completely
2. many angles of view—nothing escapes us
3. manifold connections with other people—our actions are effective
4. more physical resources—many hands get the job done
5. multiplied computing power—no one person can address all the complexity
6. expanded memory banks—better histories inform better futures
7. creativity playing off creativity—many minds make light

:- Doug.

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