We are starting into a series of Mondays looking into RECOVERING ABUNDANCE: 12 practices for small-town (ordinary) leaders. You can browse and buy the book here https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/58778793-recovering-abundanceand it is also available on Amazon, Walmart and at Fortress Press in paperback and Kindle editions. A week ago, 15 of us gathered on Zoom to look at the Introduction (click here) and the overall contents of the book. We decided to continue, with different people offering to guide us on different practices. We're gathering at 6:00 pm (Central time) on Mondays starting on October 3. We'll meet via Zoom for an hour and a half or so. Interested? Join us. We'll do a bit of a reprise to get the big picture. Then we will dive into Ch. 1: The Practice of Retreat. Ruth Gilbert is our guide. The author, Andy Stanton-Henry, will be with us again. Here is his website: Recovering Abundance | | | | | | | | | | | Recovering Abundance "What we need is here." -Wendell Berry | | | HERE IS THE SCHEDULE: Introduction 1 Jim Wiegel 6:00 PM (Central time) ( Chicago) October 3: chapter 1: The Practice of Retreat 10 Ruth Gilbert6:00 PM (Central time) ( Chicago) October 10: Chapter 2: The Practice of Discernment 32 Martin Rafanan6:00 PM (Central time) ( Chicago) October 17: Chanter 3: The Practice of Stability 56 Ronnie Seagren, Jim Wiegel6:00 PM (Central time) ( Chicago) October 24: Chapter 4: The Practice of Inventory 77 Sharon Fisher Chapter 5: The Practice of Imagination 97 Chapter 6: The Practice of Organizing 118 Chapter 7: The Practice of Hospitality 137 Chapter 8: The Practice of Grounding 159 Chapter 9: The Practice of Gratitude 179 Chapter 10: The Practice of Generosity 198 Chapter 11: The Practice of Solidarity 217 Chapter 12: The Practice of Memory 239 Here is the Zoom link for Monday, October 3 6 pm Chicago timeJoin Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85869452796?pwd=VGU4SVpGVXBwbUlJNVdYVkxPTmxPUT09 A few excerpts from this first chapter: Come with my by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest. Mark 6:31 Have you ever been so caught up in "coming and going" that you didn't have "leisure even to eat"? Sometimes, though, our weariness has nothing to do with manual labor. It has to do with the emotional labor . . .Ordinary leaders have all manner of "lavbors of love" that occupy their minds, break their harts and demand their energy. C. S. Lewis observed in the first half of the twentieth century that "we live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship. Still very true. Jim Wiegel Theunknown is what is. And to be frightened of it is what sends everybodyscurrying around chasing dreams, illusions, wars, peace, love, hate, allthat. Unknown is what is. Accept that it's unknown, and it's plainsailing. John Lennon 401 North Beverly Way, Tolleson, Arizona 85353 623-363-3277 jfwiegel@yahoo.com www.partnersinparticipation.com