The recent Henri Nouwen website devotional “Be a Real Friend,” is powerful and we encourage you to read it HERE. It includes these beautiful sentences:
“In this sense, true friendships continue beyond the boundary of death. When you have loved deeply that love can grow even stronger after the death of the person you love. This is the core message of Jesus.”
What a blessing that so many of our Playbook readers past and present qualify as True Friends. We cherish the times together, and know that when one of us passes… “Those you have loved deeply and who have died live on in you, not just as memories but as real presences.”
Perhaps today or in the days ahead, you’ll find time to write to a True Friend, whether still living or one who has passed. Tell them a little about why they’ve meant so much and perhaps an example or two of how they live on in you… You’ll be better for the experience.
Enjoy the day, filled with the Spirit !
P.S. Thanks to each of you who have been True Friends … we’ll count on the fact, as Nouwen says, that we will be treasuring our love and friendships for eternity!
Lectionary Texts for Sunday, October 27, 2024:
- Job 42:1-6, 10-17 and Psalm 34:1-8, (19-22)
- Jeremiah 31:7-9 and Psalm 126
- Hebrews 7:23-28
- Mark 10:46-52
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POTENTIAL ACTIONS – FOOD INSECURITY: These times will likely find large numbers of families looking for nutritious food, presenting opportunities to
- share financial and/or food offerings with a local food pantry
- check with your faith community about opportunities to feed community members
- volunteer to assist with a local mobile food pantry or community dinner
- find a Little Pantry in your area and help stock it with shelf-stable food items
- TAKE ACTION using an item from this Season of Peace devotional posting
NOTE: for those in the Cinci region, some food organizations are listed HERE
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