Communication/Invitation

Good Friday Morning:  Along with sermon prep for Sunday, I've been making sure my C2C page is updated with relevant and inviting material.  I am hoping that after the 3 inital responses to my donation request, things will continue to move along.  Yes, I could have started this months ago.  But I wasn't sure I could make the commitment and discovered that it is probably better I don't try to ride the whole way.  At the same time, I want to have the experience of doing as much of the ride as possible since this time I have an idea of what's involved and I think it would make a difference in how I experience it this time around.  However, the same holds true now as for last time, no matter how much I do or do not ride, the contributions are the important thing - the money which will go towards helping eradicate poverty.  It may seem like a big task but the other piece of the ride is raising awareness and perhaps engendering a turn around in the deep cynicism that has overtaken us as a people.  I firmly believe (not that this make it so) that there are absolutely enough resources in the world for everyone to have enough water to drink, food to eat and a place to live.  However, we also have to stop polluting our resources as well. We have to be willing to rethink how we live and encourage others to do the same.  Hey - I know it's not easy...I'm still working on how to do with less, less driving mainly. And through education and discussion, we want to encourage others to rethink these things with out coming off like a bunch of scolds. The level of conflict and anxiety get rateched right up when trying to address the problem which is a terrible waste of energy - and far to draining to allow any real solution to be thought of never mind worked out. 

But here is one creative way to address the issue - which isn't really one issue but a series of complex, interwoven matters that together end up with us trying to overcome POVERTY.  Very overwhelming when thought of at that level - in the big picture mode - but no reason to try and fix the whole thing at once....a little at a time, in different places, with different people going about it; this can be ended.