Each change is an opportunity to evaluate the way we do things and to explore new options and directions..... Let's each consider some intentional time set aside to listen to the Divine in our midst and to hear what others are willing to share about their individual and community spiritual journey."

- The Rev. Dr. Wayne Schwandt in his column, From the Minister's
   Keyboard, printed in this eNewsletter on February 8, 2015  

I would very much like to carry through on that heart-advice from Wayne.  I believe many Companions in Evolve are now feeling that we are on shaky ground, things seem to be falling apart, and it is a somewhat scary and vulnerable place in our very long transition.

We are "companions on a journey"--loved into being by Wayne, drawn into an inclusive, warm and caring community, formed and liberated by a creation spirituality to experience the Divine in, among, and around us, and to carry this out into the world where there is a desperate need for justice, love and light.  Each one of us who longs for this journey and who belongs to this journey, has an important part to play and an important voice to be heard.

Let us consider having a retreat all together, where we can give this deep thought, reflection, spaciousness, listening, and open and honest conversations among us.  I believe that now is the time for this.  I don't know where we'd go, how we'd find the time, or how we'd pay for it--but if we decide and commit to do this, we'll find a way.