So often we can lose ourselves in the narrow perspectives of our daily lives...but there's another way that we need to remind ourselves of often!
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Ok friends, we have some catching up to do, it’s been an eventful week on Big Bear Farm…we’ll get you up to speed but for now, please meet JUMPS, one of the new arrivals🐐
I don't celebrate commercial holidays. Those are "holy days" of material worship. The buying n selling of crap that folks get obligated to buy thru guilt. Guilt obligated giving is not giving. It's obligation. X-mas teaches material worship to children. I'm not into it. I AM into giving the gift of presence however 🙂 SO, here is a zoom call invite so the tribe can share some presence wit one another if youns like. The invite says 7pm Eastern time US/Canada however feel free to start the meeting anytime tween say 3pm n 7. If time runs out, simply start the same meeting over. Y'all have a fun n wonderous day sharing presence wit your loved ones. Thomas Rua is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: round table
Time: Dec 25, 2025 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Warm and powerful greetings from Munich during these quiet days!
(In German, the word ‘stad’ is used to describe the days of Christmas and winter.)
A mild winter day / by Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
At the edge of that forest,
Where the pond lies quietly
And along the spruce walls
A gentle murmur sways;
Where in the sunlight,
As faint and cold as it is,
The waves still
Kiss the shore with a shimmer:
There I know, beautiful to paint,
Another narrow gorge,
Where all the little rays
Are caught in the bay;
A dry, windless corner,
And so rich in greenery,
That in the whole spot
No dry branch offends me.
I want to lay my coat thickly
Over the moss,
Lean against the spruce,
And then spread branches and herbs
On my lap,
As best I can find them:
Who would take it badly
If I play at summer days?
If the cricket does not sing,
The reeds will whisper;
If the nightingales are silent,
I will sing a song myself.
And if nature has brought
Only a little to the feast:
The best pleasure is always
That which one creates for oneself....
Friends,
it's always quite interesting to see how one and the same piece of information/video/article can cause an incredibly variety of reactions. From "blessed and inspired" to "this is fear mongering of the worst kind".
They saw the same piece on information delivered/written by the same person. So is it the information itself or is it something else that determines how we react?
Kristin and I talk about it in today's Sunday Sermon right here 👇🏽
Much Love & Many Blessings,
Jean & Kristin
Friends,
in the face of all that we are witnessing in the world today, who hasn't asked themself at times, "What can little old me change"? It's a common question and we've all asked it before.
It's actually a very important one to ask, but most don't realize how powerful the real answer is.
Let us explain in today's Sunday Sermon 👇🏽
