Reflections on our Oct. 28th meeting and getting ready for Nov. 11

As I noted in this morning's email note to many of you,

by all accounts our gathering last evening was a good one!  It was a real pleasure to welcome GaryWesmiller of Griffin as our guest, and we have every expectation that Gary will return often. Thank you, Larry, for inviting Larry to be with us.
Meeting at 6 rather than at 7, the ten of us ordered appetizers and something to eat with our beer or wine, and soon thereafter entered a good full hour's engagement with Chapter 1 in We Make the Road by Walking (WMRW).  All of us realized that somehow we managed to read the first creation story in what for many is a remarkable new way, a way that urges us to see the goodness, beauty, and wonder of God's creative activity. Avoiding the unnecessary unpleasantness of pitting science against theology, we shared our moving experiences to God's creativity as just as "it pleased God" to see it all" (as Gary's translation reiterated verses in Genesis). Just so we worked out way through the first creation story, listen to Psalm 19, and listened as Jesus looked out over a field of flowers and urged us to look with him at what's beautiful in our landscapes and world.

Now let's get ready for our next TOT gathering on Tuesday, November 11, starting at 6:00 p.m.

Read Chapter 2, "Being Human" (7-10) and don't hesitate to make some notes in the margins of WMRW and underline what you think well said or whatever.  During the weeks ahead, muse on the six questions for engagement listed at the end of each chapter.

I'll put out a posting for each of the five questions (we'll skip the one "for children") that encourage engagement with the chapter's text.  Post a response/comment (or two or three!). Or comment on someone else's comment.  Add a meta-comment! If a bunch of us do this, things can really get interesting.

Please don't worry about exact spelling, grammar, and punctuation within your comments.  Just type and share.

On November 11, there's a beer or a glass of wine on me for the person who posts the most comments!

Let's all give it a good try and keep our friendships and conversation going and lively!

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