Author Archives: dgermann
What are we developing?
While it is true we as elders are developing, the question is what are we developing? How is it for the grandchildren if we are not developing something beyond ourselves? So again: What are we developing? Whom? :- Doug.
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Gathering elders
Let’s get started with meeting with people, gathering a group of elders for the grandchildren. Now. :- Doug.
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Middle of the cosmos–South Bend
Let’s call people together to the middle of the country—and the cosmos!—South Bend, Indiana, for the grandchildren. :- Doug.
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Grandchildren moving
Grandchildren are moving We’re all grandchildren :- Doug.
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Beyond right things
What for elders lies out beyond doing the right thing for the grandchildren? What if doing the right thing were the bare minimum? :- Doug.
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Qualitative distinction
The qualitative distinction we as elders notice may go so far as transformation or even metamorphosis. :- Doug.
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Uncertain grandchildren
The grandchildren are wild We then are uncertain Meet wild to wild :- Doug.
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Flowing, bubbling
This notion of tension has me this morning: conversation stretches us. It is a necessary stretching, a pulling us out of our little sphere, a heating us to get work done. So the conversation is a crucible, heat high enough … Continue reading
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Heated
Higher tension, stretching, heating: these are the work of conversing. It has heated is said of the bud on the bough. :- Doug.
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Faces of grandchildren
These are the faces of the grandchildren These the holy These the beloved :- Doug.
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Listen to your grief
Listen to your grief, share your despair, converse over our common vulnerability. It is a way to come together out beyond the short and quick “It’s all abouts.” :- Doug.
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A higher tension
There is a tension in eldering between living our life and living for the grandchildren. My own needs vs the good of the human project. When we stay in this tension, they rise to a higher more fruitful tension. :- … Continue reading
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