TGS: Season of Promise
MINISTRY BASIS OF RECONCILE:
For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;
Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, & in the Lord? - Philemon 1:15-16
Intellectually, it’s said that Maroonage is not just about escapism, but also the establishment of alternative ways of knowing & being in the world.
The Athletics of an Interceding Spirit: Affiliate-members of our workshop are what I consider the "athletics of an interceding spirit". Their role in cases such as this, would be to re-establish healthy relations, often as “healers of the breach”. Whats even better, is that affiliates have the opportunity of earning commission in the process as well!
The Basis of Ministry: Now even though I speak of the Golden Season on a basis of individuality, understand that this is a season of collective purpose & promise. What do I mean by this? Reconciliation, as a Basis of Ministry, & extension of friendship, can also be a spiritual practice of making one view or beleif compatible with the view or beleif of another. It's an objective that we strive to achieve with grace not only in our Fasting-Workshop, but also the way we work with others in general. As it pertains to our Fasting-workshop, a "Basis of Ministry" will be found for every Member in the recordings of their own vision journaling, regardless of what their good health & wellness may consist of.
Again, why is this important? In the same way that we find maroonage in pursuing the establishment of alternative ways of knowing & being in the world, it’s also said that maroonage is not just about resistance, but a balance of restoration also in traditional value & ways of being.
The question becomes in what ways are we able to find that balance between resistance & restoration. In what ways can we be not only protest, but production also of the things that make us more self-sufficient & less vulnerable to outside/foreign terrorism? What systems do we have in place for things like food, water, education, health, & safety? THIS is what stepping into our Golden Season looks like. Regardless of your own methods of good health & wellness, simply questioning, "what are my objectives?" is what will inherently assist you in establishing a vision of what the golden season will look like for you personally.
For Affiliate-members of this workshop looking to make money while making a difference, I encourage you to explore our Plant-based on a Budget Fasting-workshop! Which assists each member with developing a foundation of what good health & wellness looks like for the individual. & with this clarity of vision, you will have also been given clarity of how to maneuver within the golden season as well.
The Redeeming of a Promise Made: We read in Acts 2, how that the apostles remind the people of a DIVINE promise made unto them of that time, as well as their children, & to all that are afar off. Even as many as the LORD shall call.
BEHOLD, what manner of love the father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: Therefore the World knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
Beloved, now are we sons of God, & it doth not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; For we shall see him as he is.
& every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. - 1 John 3:1-3
In this I see the Golden season as more of a collective responsibility toward that promise, not as the sole duty of any one individual, but a collective pursuit of the faith.