July 17, 2011
‘scattered showers’
Gospel:
By Joe Campbell
a studier of mythology
“But then comes this discovery of the great cycles of the heavens, and what you find is a great concern to relate the whole organization of the society to this cycling–a tremendous accent on seasonal festivals. These festivals are not meant to control nature. They are meant to put you in accord with nature, and when you are in accord with nature, nature will yield its bounty. This is something that is coming up in our own consciousness now, in the ecology movement’s recognizing that by violating the environment in which we are living we are really cutting off the energy and the source of our own living. It’s through this sense of accord, living properly in relation to what has to be done in this world, that one fosters the vitality of the environment.”
Sermon:
Pay close attention and consider with care the spin and swivel of our world, our pale blue dot. Be in harmony of the cicadas of summer, the falling leaves of Autumn, the long road of Winter and Spring’s green gold’s. Notice the transitions from camellia to azalea to gardenia to magnolia. To recognize the cycle is apropos, to revel in it is divine.
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