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Subject: Re: Daily Devotion for September 11, 2008
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:19:03 -0700
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From: "Bob McKee" <pastor.mckee@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Daily Devotion for September 11, 2008
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What a cool contrast! That will preach!
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Bea Chun <pastorchun@cgslc.org> wrote:
> Thank you for this very timely, e-mail, Dawn!
>
>
>
> As to reinventing 9/11 as a day of understanding and reconciliation =85
> Germans write their dates by putting down Day/Month/Year. So for Germans
> 9/11 means the Ninth of November. It so happens that this is a very speci=
al
> day in Germany history, because on our "9/11" - November 9, 1989 - the
> Berlin Wall came down.
>
>
>
> Bea
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *From:* scvlp@googlegroups.com [mailto:scvlp@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf
> Of *Pastor Dawn Teuthorn
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 10, 2008 5:11 PM
> *To:* scvlp@googlegroups.com
> *Cc:* Pastor Dawn Teuthorn
> *Subject:* Daily Devotion for September 11, 2008
>
>
>
> *"If I say, 'Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light around me
> become night,' even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is as brig=
ht
> as the day, for darkness is as light to you."** *Ps. 139:11-12
>
>
>
> *Today, I received this email from a parishioner in preparation for the
> anniversary of 9/11. It connects with my own reflections on what makes u=
s
> who we are? How do the events of our lives individually and collectively
> shape us? Are there choices to make as we reflect upon any given event f=
rom
> our past in how it influences our words and our actions today? How has G=
od
> touched you in suffering? How does God touch us? Here's how one person
> responds 7 years later. What is God asking of you today, ...tomorrow,
> ...the days to come? *
>
>
>
> *In Christ, Dawn*
>
>
>
> *(PS. As I see the phrase 'flowers in the cracks' I think of a country
> song out now called "I Saw God Today" by George Strait. A simple song th=
at
> on the surface may seem a bit fluffy... yet it's my understanding he is n=
ot
> a man ignorant to pain. He and his wife lost their only daughter to a
> tragic car accident at age 13 before he ever wrote this song. May you en=
joy
> the precious gifts given to you this day.)*
>
>
>
>
>
> Peace be unto you all!
>
>
>
> *Your Mission for 9/11, 2008*
>
>
>
> On 9/11, I would like us all, as interested and concerned citizens of the
> world, to photograph and record the world as it is now.
>
>
>
> Wherever you are.
>
>
>
> Whatever you are doing.
>
>
>
> Smile.
>
>
>
> Laugh.
>
>
>
> Draw pictures.
>
>
>
> Take photographs.
>
>
>
> Take notes of the moment.
>
>
>
> Celebrate the renewal of life.
>
>
>
> Celebrate a new spirit of the day.
>
>
>
> Cherish the moments and images.
>
>
>
> Pray at 11:11 am and 11:11 pm.
>
>
>
> Listen to the wind and the world around you.
>
>
>
> Record your thoughts and feelings in words and images.
>
>
>
> Consider how this day is different than the one seven years before.
>
>
>
> Reinvent 9/11 as a day when the Flowers in the Cracks can be found.
>
>
>
> Reinvent 9/11 as a day when we can engender Global Understanding.
>
>
>
> >
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">What a cool contrast! That will preach!<br><br>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Bea Chun <span=
dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:pastorchun@cgslc.org">pastorchun@cgslc.o=
rg</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0=
px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">
<div lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word" vlink=3D"purple" link=
=3D"blue">
<div>
<p><font face=3D"Arial" color=3D"navy" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE:=
10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thank you for this very timely, e-m=
ail, Dawn!</span></font></p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial" color=3D"navy" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE:=
10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial" color=3D"navy" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE:=
10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">As to reinventing 9/11 as a day of =
understanding and reconciliation =85 Germans write their dates by putting d=
own Day/Month/Year. So for Germans 9/11 means the Ninth of November. It so =
happens that this is a very special day in Germany history, because on our =
"9/11" - November 9, 1989 - the Berlin Wall came down.</span></font></p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial" color=3D"navy" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE:=
10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></font></p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial" color=3D"navy" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE:=
10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Bea</span></font></p>
<p><font face=3D"Arial" color=3D"navy" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE:=
10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></font></p>
<div>
<div style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=3D"center"><font face=3D"Times New =
Roman" size=3D"3"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">
<hr align=3D"center" width=3D"100%" size=3D"2">
</span></font></div>
<p><b><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FO=
NT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</span></font></b><font face=3D"Ta=
homa" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> <a h=
ref=3D"mailto:scvlp@googlegroups.com" target=3D"_blank">scvlp@googlegroups.=
com</a> [mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:scvlp@googlegroups.com" target=3D"_blank"=
>scvlp@googlegroups.com</a>] <b><span style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf=
Of </span></b>Pastor Dawn Teuthorn<br>
<b><span style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, September =
10, 2008 5:11 PM<br><b><span style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</span></b> <a =
href=3D"mailto:scvlp@googlegroups.com" target=3D"_blank">scvlp@googlegroups=
.com</a><br>
<b><span style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</span></b> Pastor Dawn Teuthorn<br=
><b><span style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</span></b> Daily Devotion fo=
r September 11, 2008</span></font></p></div>
<div>
<div></div>
<div class=3D"Wj3C7c">
<p><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt=
"> </span></font></p>
<div>
<p><span><b><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"FONT-W=
EIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">"If I say, 'Surely the darkness shal=
l cover me, and the light around me become night,' even the darkness is=
not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day, for darkness is a=
s light to you."</span></font></b></span><span><b><font size=3D"2"><sp=
an style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"> </span></font></b>=
</span><span><font size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt">Ps. 139:11-12<=
/span></font></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt=
"> </span></font></p></div>
<p><i><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 1=
2pt; FONT-STYLE: italic">Today, I received this email from a parishioner in=
preparation for the anniversary of 9/11. It connects with my own ref=
lections on what makes us who we are? How do the events of our lives =
individually and collectively shape us? Are there choices to make as =
we reflect upon any given event from our past in how it influences our word=
s and our actions today? How has God touched you in suffering? =
How does God touch us? Here's how one person responds 7 years lat=
er. What is God asking of you today, ...tomorrow, ...the days to come=
? </span></font></i></p>
<div>
<p><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt=
"> </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><i><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 1=
2pt; FONT-STYLE: italic">In Christ, Dawn</span></font></i></p>
<div>
<p><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt=
"> </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><i><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 1=
2pt; FONT-STYLE: italic">(PS. As I see the phrase 'flowers in the=
cracks' I think of a country song out now called "I Saw God Today=
" by George Strait. A simple song that on the surface may seem a=
bit fluffy... yet it's my understanding he is not a man ignorant to pa=
in. He and his wife lost their only daughter to a tragic car accident=
at age 13 before he ever wrote this song. May you enjoy the precious=
gifts given to you this day.)</span></font></i></p>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<p><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt=
"> </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt=
"> </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<div>
<p><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Helvetica">Peace be unto you all!</span></font></p></div>
<div style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 14px">
<p><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Helvetica"> </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><b><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold;=
FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica">Your Mission for 9/11, 2008</span>=
</font></b></p></div>
<div style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 14px">
<p><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Helvetica"> </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Helvetica">On 9/11, I would like us all, as interested and concerne=
d citizens of the world, to photograph and record the world as it is now.</=
span></font></p>
</div>
<div style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 14px">
<p><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Helvetica"> </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Helvetica">Wherever you are.</span></font></p></div>
<div style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 14px">
<p><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Helvetica"> </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Helvetica">Whatever you are doing.</span></font></p></div>
<div style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 14px">
<p><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Helvetica"> </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Helvetica">Smile.</span></font></p></div>
<div style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 14px">
<p><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Helvetica"> </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Helvetica">Laugh.</span></font></p></div>
<div style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 14px">
<p><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Helvetica"> </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Helvetica">Draw pictures.</span></font></p></div>
<div style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 14px">
<p><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Helvetica"> </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Helvetica">Take photographs.</span></font></p></div>
<div style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 14px">
<p><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Helvetica"> </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Helvetica">Take notes of the moment.</span></font></p></div>
<div style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 14px">
<p><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Helvetica"> </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Helvetica">Celebrate the renewal of life.</span></font></p></div>
<div style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 14px">
<p><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Helvetica"> </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Helvetica">Celebrate a new spirit of the day.</span></font></p></di=
v>
<div style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 14px">
<p><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Helvetica"> </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Helvetica">Cherish the moments and images.</span></font></p></div>
<div style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 14px">
<p><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Helvetica"> </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Helvetica">Pray at 11:11 am and 11:11 pm.</span></font></p></div>
<div style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 14px">
<p><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Helvetica"> </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Helvetica">Listen to the wind and the world around you.</span></fon=
t></p></div>
<div style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 14px">
<p><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Helvetica"> </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Helvetica">Record your thoughts and feelings in words and images.</=
span></font></p></div>
<div style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 14px">
<p><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Helvetica"> </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Helvetica">Consider how this day is different than the one seven ye=
ars before.</span></font></p></div>
<div style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 14px">
<p><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Helvetica"> </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Helvetica">Reinvent 9/11 as a day when the Flowers in the Cracks ca=
n be found.</span></font></p></div>
<div style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 14px">
<p><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Helvetica"> </span></font></p></div>
<div>
<p><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-=
FAMILY: Helvetica">Reinvent 9/11 as a day when we can engender Global Under=
standing.</span></font></p></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<p><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3"><span style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt=
"><br></span></font></p></div></div></div>
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