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In a message dated 10/21/2009 8:39:00 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
carlos at zervigon.com writes:

My, hopefully, ever  evolving digestion of what we did for and to people’s 
lives is best reflected  in the almost cultic fear, that was helped by JWM, 
that once you were in  community you could not back out without becoming a  
zombie.


It is interesting that the subject of zombies is really "up" right now,  
with best selling books for both children and young adults with zombies as the 
 main characters. Sorry I can't name them; I heard reviews on NPR.
 
I read 3 of the Twilight books to see why teenage girls are so  attracted 
by them. They are compelling stories, but I can't imagine being  in love with 
a vampire (cold and hard as marble) or wanting to become one.
 
I clearly remember a day in 1975, a few months before our family fled  
Chicago. I was at a congregational breakfast in Kemper. The light seemed to  
shift, and as I looked around the group, everyone looked like zombies to me.  
Walked like zombies. Talked like zombies.
 
That was a momentary and subjective event, but affected me deeply. I  
consider it a moment of grace. My disease of codependence continued to  progress 
for years after that, but grace events kept showing up to  illuminate my 
way. Grace led me to the Order. Grace led me out. How precious,  indeed, that 
grace appears in our lives.
 
Blessings,
Jann McGuire
 
Thanks, Carlos, for reminding of that moment. I've always wanted to tell  
you how much you did for my career as a bilingual elementary teacher. In 
Summer  1968, in about 5 minutes, you taught Congregation C (we met in the old 
chapel)  how to pronounce our Spanish r by having us say "bitter, batter,  
butter" and pay attention to the middle  sound in each word. Muchisimas  
gracias.
 
 
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