Sitting here sipping my coffee, 

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Sitting here sipping my coffee,  sort of missing the Church I remember,  wondering when and how that’s going to happen again…….or maybe it’s not something I remember,  but something I’ve always hoped for,  and have little glimpses of it in rare moments.   It’s like the line in Field of Dreams (which was referring to Baseball in context,  but fits like a glove here):


“People will come, Ray,  …..and remember something what once was good,  and could be again…”  


I just listened to a Real Audio clip of Christopher Locke talking ,  as we was talking on “Marketplace” about Weblogging,  and I went back to http://www.rageboy.com where I found that link and read this:







This reminded me of something I wrote in Gonzo Marketing…



“Something animated and vital looks out from our children’s eyes. Whatever it is, we recognize it and know it is precious. Yet except in rare cases today, that spirit is broken early and irreparably. The light goes out all too soon. We know, because at some inarticulate and dimly conscious level, we are those children. We feel the wind of spirit move us at odd moments, but put it down to nostalgia or temporary possession by some impractical flight of fancy. We shake it off and get back to work. Robbed of a voice to speak of these things, something animated and vital looks out from our own eyes, but only in rare, unguarded moments – and even then, wary, circumspect, suspicious. We let no one see what we fear no one will understand.”


Good bit of writing.  It captures something of what I’m feeling right now; that feeling that I know there’s a “could be again” aspect to continuing to try and constantly trying to muster up new hope to put on a happy face and be an evangelist for the opportunities and potential for capturing community wherever we can capture it.  And shame on us if we miss ANY opportunity to capture and highlight and celebrate the joy any of us has to contribute,  most often represented in what moves us;  what excites us; what entertains us; what makes us laugh;  what makes us mad;  what concerns us.

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