I hope that you all enjoyed your July 4th weekend. Our family rushed directly from the Manhattan Center celebration on Saturday to my sister's house in CT where we had a traditional July 4th picnic/BBQ with lots of activities and our very own fireworks.
Our last writers' meeting took place at the Saunders' home on June 21st, the first day of summer. Present were June, Valerie Shimoyama, Kerry Pobanz, Jerry Chesnut, and Bob and Karen Beebe. Kerry started us off with his essay entitled "The Whole Reality of the Spirit World" in which he examined both Rev. Moon's and Emanuel Swedenborg's descriptions of the spirit world as resembling the human body and how all of us, according to our nature, become part of that body. We are reminded that we are more than individual entities, but are utlimately part of a greater whole that we are meant to fit into.
From there, we were treated to Jerry's latest installment of his novel. Here, the main character, Jerrod, gets his old drama class together for a 40th year reunion. In what may be a dream or fictional reality (Jerry hasn't decided yet), Jerrod goes beyond himself to pull his old classmates together, breaking through old barriers to... well, it's still in process. We look forward to where this is leading, but we are sure it's restoration of some kind.
Our next meeting will be this Sunday, July 12, 3:00-5:00 pm, at Kerry Pobanz's house. June Saunders will be presenting the latest chapter of her Civil War-era novel (attached). We look forward to a stimulating discussion as the story enters the war itself.
Also, I am about to finalize the next issue of our literary journal, so whoever was planning to submit something (June!) needs to get it in quickly.
Look forward to seeing you all this Sunday!
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