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Comment by John Lundgren on January 11, 2012 at 4:43pm

Creation Spirituality, et. al. , happens to be the first social network I've joined. I'm a bisexual older guy, having second half of my life with eros toward men. Jeff Hunter has welcomed me . so I want to thank you him rightly here in the public square. I live in Colorado. Having lots of interests, I'm unfortunately also stuck - exiled from community, not totally "out" in life !

I'd appreciate any contact, from A to Z. Someone's to help me with computer

navigation, since that hypersphere is less than 2 years "on" for me , too.

My spirituality has been centered about Rudolf Steiner's anthroposophia,

now, this Sept , 2012 , for 40 years. Matthhew's work is a late addition.

My artistic creativity the past few years revolves around AlKemia - that is

in a visual , psychological non- labratorium manner.  I lived 7 years in Canada as a young man, and 10 years in Europe as middle-aged.  Travelling to Russia during their great transition out of totalitarianism (1989-1992) was the most

epic period of my life. I remain a Russophile.   Cheers, ALL , 'Hannes (my handle , otherwise just John will do, too)

Comment by Aleta Shepler on December 20, 2010 at 8:53am

Yes, an interesting question!  I don't have an answer but I have a suggestion: mutual invitation by Eric Law:

Eric H. F. Law has a wonderful technique for active listening in his work The Wolf Shall Dwell With the Lamb. The technique is presented as a tool for multicultural conversation and dialogue, but it seems valuable for any number of settings and circumstances. Below is an adaptation of Law's mutual invitation technique.


Begin by letting everyone know the amount of time provided for the group's conversation.

Carefully name the topic to be discussed or the information to be shared or the question (s) to be answered.

Read the following directions: In order to ensure that everyone who wants to share has the opportunity to speak, we will proceed in the following way. The leader/convener will share first. After that person has spoken, he or she invites another person to share. The person whom you invite does not need to be the person next to you. After the next person has spoken, that person is given the privilege to invite another person to share. If the person invited does not wish to say anything, that person simply says "pass" and proceeds to invite another to share. This process is followed until everyone has been invited to speak.

The process is a discipline for the group that allows everyone to share the power of selection and everyone to share the power of response. Be patient with one another. Allow time between invitations to hear what has been said. A person may wish to pass on speaking, but no one should be allowed to pass on inviting.

No one should invite for another. If the person who is supposed to invite forgets to do so, remind them that they have the privilege of selection.

(Eric H. F. Law's The Wolf Shall Dwell with the Lamb (St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 1993), p. 113-114)

Comment by Rich Rossiter on December 18, 2010 at 10:36am

Matt, I've been sending the gender & sexuality video to many peeple these past few weeks.  What a witness they are!  Young people are witnessing, indeed!

Comment by Matt Henry on December 18, 2010 at 8:56am

Comment by Matt Henry on December 17, 2010 at 10:35pm

Gary Trudeau is doing a few Doonesbury comics on the topic, too:

www.doonesbury.com

Comment by Wayne Schwandt on November 16, 2010 at 2:36am

I think Congress is going to be so constipated that nothing will pass in the lame duck session. I hope that I am wrong and that the Dems will take this opportunity to make some of the decisions they should have made during the past two years.

Comment by Aleta Shepler on October 18, 2010 at 12:55am

Bill, I like the blogs on truth telling very much. I have a young friend who came out on FB on National Coming Out Day. She used her virtual community to communicate to her co-located community, as well as, dear old mom and dad. Part of her co-located community spent a good deal of time looking up definitions in the dictionary and wondering, "Is that what she meant?" Finally, someone just asked her "What are you trying to say? And could you just tell us? And do you really think your parents are oblivious?" I'm sending her the link to your blog. No wait...I probably should send her parents and the co-located community the link to your blog. I really just want her to enjoy the PRIDE! :)

Comment by Aleta Shepler on October 6, 2010 at 3:28am

Wayne, my spouse's church is on the Rutger University campus. We have done several things:
1. We have applied to be sex education trainers for Answer (See http://answer.rutgers.edu)
2. We are making Sex, etc. available in the church foyer.
3. We are asking our teens to write for the magazine.
4. We have worked with teens to confront bullying as a positive peer culture. When one of our foster children was bullied at school, our other foster children held a group meeting and decided to invite the bully to our group home. They asked the bully to dialog with them about what was happening at school and discussed options to correct the damage being done at school. (I don't know that there is an option that "corrects" damage but it did help stop that bully's behavior.)

New Jersey does have one of the best sex education programs in public schools thanks to Susan Wilson of Rutgers U. Ms. Wilson is a state and national leader in the fight for effective sexuality education and the prevention of adolescent pregnancy. She has received local, state and national awards for her work, authored many articles on sexuality education and appeared on numerous radio and television shows. Currently, Ms. Wilson serves on the Board of Trustees of the Princeton Area Community Foundation, working as project coordinator of its Community Experience Partnership: Engaging Older Adults for Civic Good. She was recently named one of two Progressive New Jerseyans of the Decade by New Jersey Policy Perspective, and was named a Policy Fellow at the Institute for Women’s Leadership at Rutgers University’s Douglass College.

Comment by Wayne Schwandt on October 5, 2010 at 8:38pm

Back issues of Tikkun magazine are available at https://www.reachandteach.com/store/index.php?l=product_list&c=30. I would encourage everyone to subscribe and join the Network of Spiritual Progressives. Michael Lerner is doing very important work.

Comment by Wayne Schwandt on October 5, 2010 at 8:35pm

While the news world focusses on bullying and its affect on queer youth, I want to commend to everyone's reading this article: http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/sexandgender/3479/why_ant..., "Why Bullying is a theological issue." I would encourage some discussion within this group on what can be done in our communities (both spiritual and civic) about this problem. At our Gathering on Sunday, we shared pictures of 10 of the boys who had recently taken their lives, read their names, ages, and location, and lit a candle in memory of them. That brought the issue to emotional consciousness and hopefully will lead to action. What are others doing?

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