Chapter Web site in work

[David Johnson]

Folks,

I've begun work on a chapter Web site;

http://members.cox.net/nsp_phx/

The design is based on the Colorado chapter's site and obviously is
still a work in progress but I would appreciate any feedback or
suggestions for content you might have.

Be well,

David
--
"Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet
day, I can hear her breathing." - Arundhati Roy

[jupit...@cox.net]

Hey David - Thanks a lot for stepping up so soon.

- One idea is to have a list of members with a brief bio and email contact.
- Calendar of valley events color coded (Blue for NSP, Green for Spiritual, Red for Political, Yellow for Social, etc)

Aaron

[rose...@wbhsi.net]

Dave,
This looks good. Thanks for getting it started. Ellen

[olso...@aol.com]

Very nice.  We have been unable to participate, but maybe some day . . . I keep being overwhelmed.   I know that is no excuse, but I get too involved in too many things! ! !  Olson 

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[AzFCTheology]

Hi David,

    Great to finally meet you Thursday night.  Good start on the website--I know that just keeping ours updated is more techy work than I thought I would be doing.  I guess it keeps me minimally up-to-date with new things.

    As soon as it is available for general publication, please let me know so I can add the link to the AzFCT emails/website.  I have the national website as the link now.

Peace,

Penny

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[lca...@cox.net]

Dear David,

My feedback is this. I don't feel we should attack the "religious right". I believe the goal is compassion for all . Targeting a segment of the collective us will not bring peace or understanding. I was drawn to Michael Lerner's message of reaching out and living from spirit. I think we need to model what we believe and attacking those who thoughts are different from our own will not build a bridge to mend our differences. We must learn to respect one another for we are one in reality--we are of spirit. To me this is what brought me to NSP. I am truly tired of our current political practices of attacking, a tug of war for power and control. This fight drains us and real changes rarely get addressed.

As you can see, I tend to be a Buddhist at heart even though I was raised with no religious influences whatsoever.

I hope my statement makes sense. Take care and thank you for taking on this website project.

Warmest Regards,
Lorraine

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[rose...@wbhsi.net]

I agree with this. Ellen

[t...@energeticpathways.com]

Hi all,

I agree with you Lorraine, but we still need to explain the concepts behind the organization.  That "attack" is one of the three tenets of NSP.  If you look at the NSP website it lays them out .  Change the bottom line.  Restore spirituality from the way the right has distorted it and the left has rejected it.  David was being nice to the left when he worded it liberal.

Perhaps it just needs other wording

Tom

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From: lca...@cox.net
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 11:28 AM
To: nsp_az_...@googlegroups.com

Subject: [NSP_PHX] Re: Chapter Web site in work

Dear David,

My feedback is this. I don't feel we should attack the "religious right". I believe the goal is compassion for all . Targeting a segment of the collective us will not bring peace or understanding. I was drawn to Michael Lerner's message of reaching out and living from spirit. I think we need to model what we believe and attacking those who thoughts are different from our own will not build a bridge to mend our differences. We must learn to respect one another for we are one in reality--we are of spirit. To me this is what brought me to NSP. I am truly tired of our current political practices of attacking, a tug of war for power and control. This fight drains us and real changes rarely get addressed.

As you can see, I tend to be a Buddhist at heart even though I was raised with no religious influences whatsoever.

I hope my statement makes sense. Take care and thank you for taking on this website project.

Warmest Regards,
Lorraine

[David Johnson]

Dear Lorraine and Ellen,

Thanks for your feedback. Tom is correct. The language I've used is
pulled directly from the national NSP site. It's right there under
"Our Vision" on the main page:

http://www.spiritualprogressives.org/

I would be happy to use some alternative language--several of the
other chapter Web sites have done so--if we can come up with it.
Perhaps this is something we can discuss at the next meeting.