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The Rose inviting Wisdom into our lives & churches Emmanuel Church P Athens, Georgia Summer-Fall 2008 P Issue 14 Love andProjection T HE LAST TWO WEEKS have been filled with lessons learned from dream work, yet none of this insight has had to do with night dreams. Instead, I have been challenged in waking life by a conflict within my beloved community and have been met head on with profound synchronicity. My family is one that learns together at home. I have three What’s Inside sons: a ten-year-old, a five-year-old, and a Marna Franson 1 Love and Projection three-year-old. Over Mike Epps 7 POETRY: A Heart Goes Where It Wants the past academic Wisdom: The Feminine Side of God year, our family has Agnes Parker 8 been gathering with a The Rev. Francis Spataro 9 POETRY: Ales Diei Nuntius group of families on Bekki Sizemore-Wagner 10 Healing the Negative Mother Complex Fridays at a neighbor- Jamie Rasche, M.D. 12 The Christ Horse hood park to play to- gether. One Friday, The Unconscious 14 This Little Dream of Mine three weeks ago, a The Rose 15 A Picture of Natural Spirituality conflict arose within 16 Forty-Two FREE Natural Spirituality Lectures our group when an un- natural spirituality 16 Basics & Program List—Churches with Groups usual but not totally unexpected thing hap- J. Gary Sparks 18 BOOK EXCERPT: Jung and Synchronicity pened: a number of C. G. Jung 21 BOOK EXCERPT: Synchronicity and Dreams wooden and plastic Debbie Hooper 21 POETRY: Synchronicity toy weapons, all in the Marty Gegner 22 Tarot and Conscious Dreaming form of rifles, hand- guns, or Uzis, were 1Dr. Paul Salstrom 244Was Jesus Bi-Cultural? brought to the park. Miriam Chaikin 26 Midrash/Tanka I admit it: I had a Joyce Rockwood Hudson 27 EDITOR’S WINDOW: When the Holy Spirit Comes . visceral internal reac- tion. Having dealt and… g conferences & retreats publicly with the issue (continued on page 4) The Rose inviting Wisdom into our lives & churches AWord from Emmanuel Summer–Fall 2008, Issue 14 BRENNAN MANNING writes in Reflections for Ragamuffins: Editor Joyce Rockwood Hudson Even when preoccupied, distracted, or salivating, we each have a dream. We Associate Editor Peggy Thrasher Law each have a vision of life that corresponds to our convictions, embodies our uniqueness, and expresses what is life-giving within us. Whether altruistic or Assisting Editors and Proofreaders for this Issue Roxanne Hurt, ignoble, the dream gives definition to our lives and influences the decisions we Suzanne Reamy make, the steps we take, and the words we speak. 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TheThe Rose Rose 2 Summer–FallSummer–Fall 2007 2008 Carl Jung first coined the term “synchronicity” in 1930 at A Note from the Editor… about the same time quantum mechanics came onto the scene. The two developments are not unrelated. For more about this, SYNCHRONISITICALLY, the theme for this issue of the ROSE is I recommend Gary Sparks’s book At the Heart of Matter: synchronicity. Almost completely by chance most of the Synchronicity and Jung’s Spiritual Testament, which is excerpted in articles turned out to be about the operation of synchronicity, this issue beginning on page 18. or meaningful coincidence, in everyday life. The awareness of Synchronicity is a key concept for the revitalization of spiri- synchronicity is a phenomenon of our time. I can remember tual life today. It puts the “Spirit” back in Holy Spirit. 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