{"id":10083,"date":"2020-10-30T05:00:05","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T12:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewayoftheriver.com\/?p=10083"},"modified":"2020-10-29T11:43:29","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T18:43:29","slug":"the-way-of-the-river-is-reborn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewayoftheriver.com\/the-way-of-the-river-is-reborn\/","title":{"rendered":"Is this You? The Way of the River Wants to Know!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dearests- <\/span><\/p>\n

Okay, yes, here we are. It\u2019s the day before the United States official Election Day, the last day US citizens can cast our ballots. I, happily, live in a state that has had mail-in or drop-off voting for some time now (Oregon), and so I received notice of when my ballot had been received from it\u2019s box AND when it had been counted. Ahhhhhhhhhhh\u2026. A sigh of relief. I have done the harm reduction I can do by voting, and that not only that, but I have the relative<\/em> sense of security of my vote being counted. <\/span><\/p>\n

I mention all of this even though<\/em> I know that many of you are not in the States. Because the United States elections up and down the ticket matter to the world. The Presidential election, for sure, but the Senate and House races, down-ticket races in states that are \u201cpurple\u201d (Go, Peter Buck!\u2014my dear brother who is running for the state house in Pennsylvania, an essential swing state.), all the way to city councils, mayoral races, school boards and other local votes and referenda. Remember, local officials decide all kinds of things about land use, clean water, construction, education, hell, they make it so that there are enough sidewalks (with curb cuts, thank you very much!) and bus lines to go around. <\/span><\/p>\n

All that said, that\u2019s not really what I want to talk to you about. Yes, do your harm reduction and VOTE, but that\u2019s done, right? You know what you\u2019re going to do, or you\u2019re watching the election with interest from elsewhere. \u2018Nuff said. <\/span><\/p>\n

I want to talk with you about something related to my Very Exciting News! <\/span><\/p>\n

The Way of the River<\/span><\/a> has entirely new, entirely revamped, ENTIRELY new look and content. Not only is the color brown only in the images of actual forest rivers (which I do love), and nowhere in the rest of the images or the theme, but the whole feel and look and content is different. I am using lessons I have learned from The Heart of Business, and I couldn\u2019t be happier with the result. <\/span><\/p>\n

That said, I invite you to visit, and especially to visit the <\/span>\u201cIs This You?\u201d<\/span><\/a> page. (If you want to see some truly priceless photos of me from the \u201890s, the middle of the About Catharine<\/a> page is fun too, but not required, by any means.) <\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>\u201cIs This You?\u201d<\/span><\/a> page speaks about those of us who have hunted for a place where we can really find \u201cthe More\u201d of spiritual depth. It\u2019s about those of us who have a religious home but want a more profound experience of spirit. It\u2019s about those of us who are neurodivergent or genderfluid, trans, or non-binary. It\u2019s about those of us who are ambivalent about or alienated from traditional religion. <\/span><\/p>\n

And so I\u2019m going to share come copy from that page because I want to celebrate those of us who find ourselves reflected among this group. Not everyone I work with is isolated from beloved religious community \u2013 certainly, you don\u2019t have to be, to be a part of The Way of the River \u2013 but many of us know what that particular pain feels like. And so in celebration, joy, and invitation, I give you, \u201cIs This You?\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n