These two questions create a clearer context in which my question ("who are we companioning and mentoring?") is revealed as one approach to creating provisional answers. On Jul 17, 2012, at 4:42 PM, jlepps@pc.jaring.my wrote:

Our existential question is “How can we operate?” that is, “How can we be in this world together?” and even the “we” is not clear. John Epps

In a message dated 7/16/2012 6:50:19 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, jfwiegel@yahoo.com wrote:

Maybe the question is, how are we as a human species, going to generate a level of courage, wisdom, care and creativity that is more than adequate to meet the challenges of this new century?

My answer to John's and Jim's questions is: We might all find a person(s), at least a decade younger than ourselves to journey with: living the questions, mutually mentoring each other, co-creating strategies of engagement. I think my approach is something like: find a "we," settle in for the long haul, and co-create a new way of being together in mission. This has been Karen Bueno's strategy (or so it seems to me) at Good Shepherd United Methodist Church in Thornton, Colorado, for a very long time. David David Dunn 740 S Alton Way 9B Denver, CO 80247 -- dmdunn1@gmail.com 720-314-5991