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From: corwithani
Date: Thu Sep 6 18:52:21 EDT 2007 Subject: parties

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andrea: not next, but still a party! (9/6/07)
kimc: No Subject (9/7/07)
kimc: Symbols (9/7/07)
Suki: I love it. (9/8/07)
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Suki: I love it. (9/8/07)
kimc: Symbols (9/7/07)
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andrea: not next, but still a party! (9/6/07)
so, I am reading "To Be Told" by dan allender, and I read this part and thought of you lovely village people and all the parties we have. I don't know if our ideas of parties specifically came from mr. allender, but nonetheless, pretty cool. here is what he says:

"We must let the juices of a good ending sweeten the morsel of a story. Endings are not merely times for reflection; they are also seasons for celebration. We are to dance in the arms of a good ending. One of our greatest failures in our busy, driven culture is that we don't celebrate the temporary untying of a complex narrative. We are too busy to take a break, so we settle in front of a television screen to see other people enter a denouement after their twenty-six minutes of 'complexity.'

What is your style of celebrating an ending? Do you only throw large parties after someone graduates, gets married, or dies? If so, then all the other endings in your story are lost in the wake of another day's busyness. Perhaps one of the reasons you and I don't party well is that we don't know what to do with the tragedies that linger our life. Nor do we know what to do with the moments that shattered us, even as we look back after the damage has been richly, though not completely, resolved. When do we celebrate a denouement related to the struggle of being overweight, unwanted, angry, lonely, fearful, or ashamed? We don't. Can you imagine receiving an invitation to a party: 'Join me in a celebration of no longer believing I am stupid'? Or how would you go about inviting friends to join you to celebrate the richness of having encountered a huge moment of crisis and choosing not to withdraw or blame yourself but instead to tackle it and enjoy a great outcome?

We don't allow endings to be noted, let alone celebrated. Therefore we never allow denouement to invigorate the upward movement of a new story. And we will only love our story to the degree that we see the glory that seeps through our most significant shattering. To see that glory, we must enter into and read our tragedies with confidence that they will end better than we could ever imagine."

soo... when is the next party?

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From: andrea
Date: Thu Sep 6 19:22:52 EDT 2007 Subject: not next, but still a party!

Hey all...I thought I would go ahead and invite you to our family's next party with the space that Cori provided. We will be celebrating Ellen's adoption on November 3, 2007 at the Tucson Adoption Celebration at Reid Park. There are usually over 100 adoptions finalized individually yearly at this celebration. It is usually held 11am-2pm at Reid Park (west side of park). There will be food, jumping castles, face painting, etc. And our family and friends (and your friends) are invited to join us around our blankets and chairs for our specific celebration of God's blessing on our family. We will probably have everyone sign up to bring some food to add to the food that the agencies provide of hot dogs/hamburgers.

More details to follow!

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From: kimc
Date: Fri Sep 7 15:42:53 EDT 2007 Subject: Symbols

RIGHT ON CORI AND DR DAN!

I SOOOOO agree with this! I LOVE symbols for this reason--a collage, a hanging pretty thing, crowns and rocks are things I've used to remember significant truth moments. Parties are awesome markers also!!!

Satan tries to muddle my handle on truth gained through struggle A LOT!

Wouldn't it be awesome if we had a party that celebrates God's values instead of the world's? I love his, "I'm not stupid" party idea!

Yea, I am not living in shame! Yea, God loves me! Yea, I'm beautiful and worthy of love!!!!!

Reminds me of the village value Eric spoke about on us reflecting God's beauty in the world...

Kim

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From: Suki
Date: Sat Sep 8 14:45:51 EDT 2007 Subject: I love it.

I love it, Cori!
I feel like I move past events so nonchalantly that I often don't realize they've happened. The idea of celebrating good things reminds me of God's frequent call in the Bible to "remember." I would like to take the space that is present around the edges in my life to look back and see what the themes have been lately. And think, "Does this call for a celebration?"

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