WOW have you seen this??? 'October Surprise'

[bobbieinok]

http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=news.display_article&mode=C&NewsID=4855

God's October surprise
by Rabbi Arthur Waskow
SojoMail 6-22-2005
At just the moment of history when religious conflict, violence, terrorism, and war have re-emerged, bearing lethal dangers for our different communities and our shared planet, God has given our spiritual and religious traditions a gift of time.

During October 2005, a confluence of sacred moments in many different traditions invites us to pray with or alongside each other and to work together for peace, justice, human rights, and the healing of our wounded earth.

To begin with, two strands of time that are celebrated in two communities now often at odds with one another are this fall woven together in a way not seen for decades. The sacred Muslim lunar month of Ramadan and the sacred Jewish lunar month of Tishrei, which includes the High Holy Days and Sukkot, both begin Oct. 3-4.

But there is more. Oct. 4 is the Saint's Day of St. Francis of Assisi; Oct. 2 is Gandhi's birthday and also Worldwide (Protestant) Communion Sunday. And in mid-October, parallel to Sukkot, there are major Buddhist and Hindu festivals.

more (and ideas for coming together)....

[thjay]

1. Read Sister Joan's most recent "From Where I Stand"

she writes about the october surprise

http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/fwis/

[bobbieinok]

2. thank you.....I found out about this just now in a link from a Tulsa UCC

congregation

wonder if Falwell et al have anything to say about this??