[Dialogue] News from Realistic Living

[Jean Long]

Ken -
Thanks for these updates on the work and lifes of Gene and Joyce.
jean long in chicago

On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 8:01 AM, Ken Fisher <wanaki at frontenac.net> wrote:

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> Dear Colleagues,
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> Here's the news from Realistic Living.
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> Gene turned 81 on January 3rd, and is 'back', after overcoming 'a pause'
> occasioned by recent surgery.  Joyce will be 79 on February 19. They
> founded Realistic Living in 1984, regularly publishing a journal and many
> books since that time.  I much admire there life-time commitments to social
> activism and recreating Christian practice and theology for the 21st
> Century.
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> Here in our little village of Sharbot Lake Ontario, Pat and I use Joyce's
> Ignatian-like solitary on a near daily basis, and weekly we use the format
> of RL's Christian Resurgence Circle - dance, study and prayer.  We are
> planning our third trip to Bonham for June.
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> Recently, he wrote (with the significant input of four others) *The
> Road From Empire to Eco-Democracy.* It is being well reviewed and used as
> a study book in a variety of contexts.
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> He has just competed a protean work, *The Enigma of Consciousness - **A
> Philosophy of Profound Humanness and Religion.*
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> Together, these books represent a comprehensive and futuric tour of a new
> social vehicle and a new religious mode.
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> For me, they provide contemporary screens for discerning where it is that
> the human community is having, or can have, breakthroughs in creating a new
> world.  As well, they provide an enthralling invitation to deepen ones
> personal spirit practices and social engagements.
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> *The Road*
>  can be ordered from Amazon or from:
> Gene Marshall  3578 N. State Highway 78  Bonham TX 75418
> $21 - postage free
> Gene Marshall <jgmarshall at cableone.net>
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> *Enigma *
>  can be downloaded free from http://www.RealisticLiving.org/PDF/Enigma/
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> His latest book is entitled *The Love of History and the Future of
> Christianity - **A Manifesto for a Post-Christendom Christianity.**  *Every
> human community is 'awe-struck'.  What is unique and worth forwarding into
> the future about Christianity?  We look forward to its completion.
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> Realistic Living's resources can be found at
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> http://www.realisticliving.org/
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> Staff member Alan Richard, maintains RL's highly imaginative and
> spiritually informative Facebook page at
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> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Realistic-Living/199360680077780
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> May the spirit of love, trust and freedom enliven us all.
> Ken Fisher
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