Dear Earthlings,
Please join us next Sunday Dec. 1st, 5 pm for a program of stories, photos and videos of my recent trip to China and Korea with Dr. John B. Cobb Jr. and the Institute for the Postmodern Development of China. We will enjoy and feast on a vegetarian Thanksgiving, "bring your left over pot luck" at 6 pm pot luck and also come at 5 pm for a Taize chanting worship service.
The Food was FANTASTIC in China and Korea and how fitting we feast together this Thanksgiving as we learn from China and Korea on how to create an ecological civilization with food and farming. I'm providing the Kimche and chopsticks.
The last line of the Gospel of Mary Magdalene is the command,"Walk Forth and announce the Kingdom." Kingdom I translate as Ecologic Civilization! In an empowering translation by Jean-Yves Leloup of the Beatitudes, in the Gospel of Matthew Chapter 5 he changes the common translation of "Blessed are those" to "Walk Forth." This infuses one of the most important teachings of Jesus with the urgency and energy Jesus intended. This is the teaching of Jesus we need today during our ecologic crisis. May we WALK FORTH, fearlessly with God together to create an Ecologic Civilization! Please see our 12 Step Program for Ecologic Civilization on web site home page, www.churchforourcommonhome.com to read our vision as together we imagine where we are walking forth.
Here I am giving a talk at a university in Beijing about Rudolph Steiner and Whitehead (see their photos behind me!
"Walk forth, you gentle and humble ones, for your gentleness is your strength, The earth resists those who are violent, and offers herself to those who respect her....To act more gently is not to act more feebly or slowly, it is to act with more consciousness and love. Now we begin to understand why the earth is given as the rightful heritage of the gentle, and denied to the violent." (The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, translated by Jean-Yves Leloup)
Join us this Advent season as we commune with God and continue to Walk Forth as Church for Our Common Home to create a biodynamic farm with plants, animals, other human creatures, (especially children and old people) sensitive and living as one organic whole in love. As we "Walk Forth" we experience the spirits of Mary Magdalene and Jesus in communion and love. We invite you to join us for our upcoming China/Korea Walk Forth Program and for worship all both in person or live stream on our church web site every Sunday at 5 pm (PST) Or if you want to be more interactive join us on Zoom.
Directions for joining the meeting on Zoom or call Bonnie and she will walk you through the process:
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Dream Group 1st and 3rd Sunday 3-5 pm on Zoom if you are not able to be with us in person with this link.
Mr. Chicken Man is my nickname for the Korean gentlemen above who is the most famous and prolific philosopher in Korea, having written over 90 books. When we first arrived at his house, he showed us the grave of his beloved chicken who had died and shared how much he loved her. Dr. Cobb said, "Oh yes, like a beloved pet." "Oh no!" he said, "I loved her deeply and we were very close, much more than a relationship with a pet. I wrote a book about our love and relationship." He was perhaps my favorite intellectual we met on the journey. My kind of guy! I'm crying in this photo because I became overcome with emotion when Dr. Cobb began talking about God's unconditional love for all of us. The power of their shared wisdom was overwhelmingly beautiful and meaningful and touched me deeply.
Invitations in December!
Xmas service and potluck Sunday Dec. 22 5 pm.
Xmas worship and come help us make dinner for Haven House Interfaith Homeless Shelter, in Escondido on Wednesday Xmas day in the evening at 5 pm
Annual Alcohol-free New Years Eve Celebration, Tuesday, Dec. 31 Celebration, 5 pm.
We will show the movie that will make you want to join us in our vision of biodynamic farming,
The Littlest Big Farm, with popcorn!
We will also have a dream and vision sharing circle, music, dancing, a bonfire ritual to purify and warm us on our journey as we WALK FORTH into the New Year. Please bring finger food to share.
You are also invited every Saturday in December,
9-11 am for an online class:
Dr. John B. Cobb Jr. “Human Self-Destruction or Healthy Future? Might Whitehead Help?” Please join us here in Rancho Penasquitos in my home office through the Claremont Institute for Process Studies, through Dec. 21th https://claremontprocess.org/
Love and Blessings always,
Bonnie