My birthday (October 4th) is the best one on the Christian calendar. October 4th is recognized by a chunk of my part of the Mosaic Triad as the ascension day of Saint Francis of Assisi. This means -wait for it!- Animals in church!
Work and the vagaries of life mean I often have to celebrate my birthday more as a birth week. Things have been busy for a number of reasons. Most of my celebrating will be done in the days to come. Enough about that except to show one of my favorite bits from The Vicar of Dibley below.
We lost Jane Goodall earlier this week. She was a hero and a role model and even though it's hard to say, "Rest" amd leave it at that, we have an obligation to do so. She was a source of goodwill and delight in creation who served as a model for how we need to approach all, and I do mean all of our fellow earthlings. I cried. The last person I don't know I cried over was Pope Rocky, oops, Pope Francis. I like Pope Leo, but Francis was the start of me feeling hopeful again.
Then I cried when I saw the news this morning. This time it was happy tears. We have a new Archbishop of Canterbury. We need her so much right now! And yes, we still need Jane Goodall and people like her. What we need to remember is this is not about dropping our resolve to continue to make the world a better place. This is about doubling down on filling the people-shaped holes they left in our lives.
ᏅᏩᏙᎯᏯᏓ, ειρήνη, Pax, Paz, 平和 , Peace, Pais, سلام , Frieden, שלום, Pace, мир, 和平, शांति, Amani, Barış, 평화
Jas
Work and the vagaries of life mean I often have to celebrate my birthday more as a birth week. Things have been busy for a number of reasons. Most of my celebrating will be done in the days to come. Enough about that except to show one of my favorite bits from The Vicar of Dibley below.
We lost Jane Goodall earlier this week. She was a hero and a role model and even though it's hard to say, "Rest" amd leave it at that, we have an obligation to do so. She was a source of goodwill and delight in creation who served as a model for how we need to approach all, and I do mean all of our fellow earthlings. I cried. The last person I don't know I cried over was Pope Rocky, oops, Pope Francis. I like Pope Leo, but Francis was the start of me feeling hopeful again.
Then I cried when I saw the news this morning. This time it was happy tears. We have a new Archbishop of Canterbury. We need her so much right now! And yes, we still need Jane Goodall and people like her. What we need to remember is this is not about dropping our resolve to continue to make the world a better place. This is about doubling down on filling the people-shaped holes they left in our lives.
ᏅᏩᏙᎯᏯᏓ, ειρήνη, Pax, Paz, 平和 , Peace, Pais, سلام , Frieden, שלום, Pace, мир, 和平, शांति, Amani, Barış, 평화
Jas
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