References:
1. Allender, “To Be Told”
2. Luke 2:1-7
3. Pat Conroy, Beach Music
4. Bruce Larson, “No Longer Strangers”
5. Brown, “Rising Strong”
6. Frederick Buechner, quoted in Elaine Lawless, “Women Preaching Revolution”

When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping." --Fred Rogers

Looking back at September 11

343 Feet

Quotes:
- David Leviton
- Katherine Hernandez

References:
“Art + Faith” -Makoto Fujimora

Full Video at:
https://www.known.fm/speaking/2021/8/22/art-faith-interview-with-mark-boustred-and-barb-melby

References:
Music: Dave Beagle (Thank you for your music)

- 2 Chronicles 34:3
- 2 Chronicles 34:31
- 2 Chronicles 34:28
- Emily Dickinson, The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson
- Andy Rooney, My War
- Rudyard Kipling, Animal Stories
- Rick Bragg, All Over but the Shoutin’

“Jesus says, ‘Foth, here’s the plan.
I’ll leave my place.
I’ll come to your place.
I’ll take your place.
Then we’ll go to my place!’”

References:
Ursula K. Le Guin
Jeremy Hsu, “The Secrets of Storytelling: Why We Love a Good Yarn”
Alex Haley, “My Furthest-Back Person - “The African”
Haley, My Furthest-Back Person
Paul Smith, Lead with a Story: A guide to Crafting Business Narratives that Captivate, Convince and Inspire
Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Smith, Lead with a Story
Philippians 3:4-7
Brené Brown, Rising Strong: The Reckoning, The Rumble. The Revolution
Verla Jones, “Some History and Memories of the Early Days near Allan, Saskatchewan, Canada
”Homesteading,” The Canadian Encyclopedia

Reading:
All Over but the Shotin’, - Rick Bragg

Music:
Dave Beagle - A Simple Prayer, Album: Rive of Peace

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References:
- John 15:!2-15
- Luke 15:11-32
- “Meaning of Prodigal Son Parable,” eProdigals
- Frederick Buechner, Secrets in the Dark