Come now and join the feast, right here in the belly of the beast.

So were the words that stuck with me when we spoke in our prayer this morning at 6 a.m. from our Common Prayer book. They were familiar words to me since they reminded me of the band Psalters who sing a song called "Dumpster Diving"...I've embedded the song here for you to listen to it-

Psalms 115:14-18 are added:

May the LORD cause you to flourish,
both you and your children.
May you be blessed by the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth.

The highest heavens belong to the LORD,
but the earth he has given to mankind.
It is not the dead who praise the LORD,
those who go down to the place of silence;
it is we who extol the LORD,
both now and forevermore.

A lot has happened since I've written any post of substance...quite a bit.

I finished my thesis, 98 pages that explored the prospect of a future filled with great technological and scientific advances that may bring huge socioeconomic inequality which would de facto mean political inequality. That was turned in the begininning of December.

By January 2011, I had committed myself to attending The Highway Community church in Palo Alto, CA.

In February 2011, I joined an intentional community in East Palo Alto called The Cypress House. It is located at 1280/1290 Cypress Street, EPA CA. The community is awesome. It's been around for about a year, two houses with 5 women living in one and 4 men living in the other. We're from an eclectic background and we work in a wide field. I absolutely love it and can't believe that I've gone from talking about and researching intentional communities to joining one...but it's amazing and loving each part of it despite the fact that we have bit off way more than we can chew. But chew we will, with the grace and strength of God.

In February/March a conversation developed with some individuals of the church I attend about an internship of sorts that would involve working with nonprofits in East Palo Alto. It's in the works, and come this Sunday you shall hear if I can raise the necessary funds for it to become a reality.

Also, never to have a boring life...I may have a small cancer growth in my right lung...but who knows yet for sure!

I'm exhausted and I'm waking up at 6 a.m. again to pray.

Grace and peace to my readers.