Dear M,
Thanks for your email.
What a gift!
I went to bed thinking of you and woke up thinking of you.
I am happy to hear you are well and that you are wrapping up a good weekend with lots of fun activities and breaking bread with friends.
To paraphrase an ancient Greek... "Even more important than securing our daily bread is finding good people to share it with."
Perhaps the high water mark of Christianity is its establishment of communal eating and drinking as the central sacrament. (Notably, the "Mass" began as The Love Feast. "Taste and see." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agape_feast)
What used to be translated as "The Kingdom of God is within you" is now more frequently rendered as "The Kingdom of God is among you," or "The Kingdom of God is in your midst."
This essentially ecological understanding of where-and-how Love manifests/operates puts community at the center, not the isolated individual (as important as individuals are). http://biblehub.com/luke/17-21.htm
I am increasingly drawn to "The Message," a 2002 "idiomatic" Bible translation that tries to "strike" our ears the way ancient Greek and Hebrew struck the ears of early Christians.
Although love is the linchpin of The Divine Milieu -- http://www.amazon.com/The-
Alignment/harmonization with "The Incarnation/Enfleshment" of "The Abstract-and-Transcendental" --- in service to the essential manifestation of unifying Love --- is the cornerstone of our human calling.
The Word made Flesh.
I realize there is a lot to "un-pack" in this arguably too-dense condensation.
That said, I am sure your inner ecologist is up to the task.
Love you
Daddy man
On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 9:04 AM, MA wrote:
Hi Dad! I'm doing well, how are you? We didn't do anything big this weekend, as our car does not have a headlight still. So we stayed in Palmy, but had a good time. Went to the farmer's market and to the windmill farm and out to lunch today at a nice cafe. And I got to feed baby lambs at the Massey farm. So it was a fun weekend even without any big travels! Your Yucatan Adventure stuff looks great. Beautiful Picture. Yuvoo!
On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 1:34 AM, Alan Archibald <alanarchibaldo@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear M,
I hope you're well and ready for a relaxing weekend.Today I was busy with "Yucatan Adventure" promotion.Here's a copy of the email I sent, individually, to a 120 Waldorf Schools in Canada and the United States.Greetings,My name is Alan Archibald.After teaching Spanish at the Emerson Waldorf School in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, I created Yucatan Adventure to introduce Waldorf students to the marvels of the Yucatan peninsula.I “fell in love” with the Yucatan after graduating from the University of Toronto where I majored in Latin American Studies and Comparative Religion. I hold a Master of Science degree in Medical Entomology and Human Parasitology from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and have taught at Managua, Nicaragua’s Medical School (UNAN - Recinto Rubén Darío).The Yucatan is unusually rich in geological, biological and cultural wonders. It is also an exceptionally peaceful place, considerably safer (in my view) than similarly populated areas -- rural or urban -- in the United States.Recently, the great Mayan ceremonial center at Chichén Itzá, was chosen as one of The Seven Wonders of the World. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chichen_Itza Additional information concerning Yucatan Adventure (including sample itinerary and traveler comments) is available at http://yucatan.homestead.com/ Please share this email with teachers and parents searching for a meaningful and memorable journey.If you would like copies of Yucatan Adventure’s brochure, please let me know how many.Thanks for your help.PazAlan Archibald225 West Margaret LaneHillsborough, NC 27278Tel:***I love youDaddy man
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