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Footprints in the Wind^sm # 614

Jesus was not trying to make sense: he was trying to upset it. We should therefore not seek to understand Jesus, but to stand with him in improvisation.

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Footprints in the Wind^sm # 613

Outsiders are of G*d. Until we can accept them and love them, we are not of G*d. Either way, we are the outsiders.

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Footprints in the Wind^sm # 612

My mind today is a constellation
stars scattered in 17 corners of the galaxy
O to have them gathered in one place
But here I am
And there, and there.
So live where the light and shadows play.

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Footprints in the Wind^sm # 611

Children are not just the reason for our schools, but the reason for our future, our society. Schools do not operate on the children, but serve them. Therefore, the year of the child is about honor of the child, and a million Mom March on the school administration building is necessary to remind us of the genius and seed in the children, the spark of star-stuff which we must nurture.

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Footprints in the Wind^sm # 610

Ask questions, tell stories, seek dialogue, touch G-d.

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Footprints in the Wind^sm # 609

G*d is larger than any library, any scripture, any writing.
A scripture can only be a sheep dog, nipping around the heels
of something so large it cannot see the outlines
but only catch a whiff now and again.

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Footprints in the Wind^sm # 608

There is a gem among the grasses
and another! and look! there!
not every blade flashes
first this, then that, then one in the shadows
–from their bases they glint–
not every moment does every blade wink
yet all are touched by the dew
and may.

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Footprints in the Wind^sm # 607

Lines of relation
rays of the eternal, efinite Thou
mystery abounds
we cannot know ourselves
we cannot hold another
the between has infinite rays and strands
each eternally flowing to a center about us
each interacting with each, creating, being created
touching, expanding in all directions
faster than eye or mind can catch
the all there is knocking, asking
“will you come out to play?”

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Footprints in the Wind^sm # 606

I am looking into the water of my pond
the water is lapping, lapping
I see reflected the leaves of the trees
as they are moved by the wind to
flash in the light
All the confusion, profusion of lights!
O! this is what we see of life
and think we understand
when we need but be here
to meet.

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Footprints in the Wind^sm # 605

What if our culture were the first in the modern era to sit in circles in silence and be comfortable with whatever emerges?

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Hurricanes may perhaps be bringing us to this…. Yes?

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Footprints in the Wind^sm # 604

Osama bin Laden is alive and well and living in Los Angeles. He works in a government munitions plant and shares a condo with Elvis.

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Footprints in the Wind^sm # 603

I speak in poetic, metaphoric language, and maybe you are not there where you can hear it: but hear this: life is not a straight line, our G-d is not a straight line, but bubbles up, emerges where we least expect and at the most opportune times. G-d needs us as much as we need him: we for our existence; he for our facets, our nuances, our very crookedness. It is not a matter of acting upon one another, but of being with each other, acting in each other, creating an unknown us from known elements. Reality is not separating but togethering.

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Footprints in the Wind^sm # 602

You can never dip your cup into the same person twice.

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Footprints in the Wind^sm # 601

Look for the living one within you. This one is found in the open space between you and others; it is your essence and ours; it is what gets things done and brings you to life. The living one is your own core, the dialogic in-between, and G-d. So it is deliciously ambiguous. We are finding the self that wants to be alive and doing important things. We are finding Spirit within each and all. It is life. It is a voice and a pushy wind which turns us and shows us where life exists and grows and generates life.

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Footprints in the Wind^sm # 600

G-d rides a motorcycle
wears helmet, leather jacket, dark glasses
where does G-d travel
what highways and bi-ways
with whom?
G-d washes dishes
hot and sweaty
serves coffee and greasy eggs
in a diner in Indiana
with whom does G-d converse?

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Footprints in the Wind^sm # 599

The aftermath of this hurricane
has visited upon us
the vision
that we are not
different from
nor above
the angry mobs
the looters
the refugees
we have seen in other parts of the world
–we are them, too.

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Footprints in the Wind^sm # 598

We do not have lack–we have 100% of what we have–people, challenges, resources we need for this time, place and people. This is all anybody ever had.

You may value others’ Dollar resources above your creativity resources. Why? You have just as many resources as they–enough!

We never move forward looking at what we don’t have–how can we since it does not exist? We are looking at nothing! Only look at what you have and get to work. Here.

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