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The Reverend Listens

I spoke with Reverend Laura today. She listened curiously more than merely patiently, actively more than barely politely, as I noticed her questions in this sacred space of co-empathic listening, dialogue, discussion, discernment Of where we are heading and behinding, progressing and healing, to speak with other Reverends and Doctors and Nurses and Nurses Aides and Home CareGivers, and Mediators and Healthy Communication System Facilitators, and Parents and Cooperative Healers and Peer Ministers, and Teachers and Lay Leaders and Religious Educators and impassioned Environmentalists and LeftBrain Dominant, stern, BusinessAsUsual Investors, and Trump Nationalistic Right to be Wrong Loyalists, and other LeftBrain rabidly viral AnthroEcentrics, public cooperative win/win virtuous health systemic Denialists, All or Nothing bipolarizing totalitarian saint or sinner Fundamentalists, Longing to 20/20 re-vision re-connect re-ligion re-generate cooperative win/win ego/eco-systemic multicultural valued interfaith Climates of public private mental physical mind/bodied restorative Peace and EarthJustice healthiest wealth prospects for curious and courageous community redevelopment.

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