Life Together: Our Life Together Vol. 4 Nr. 40 October 14, 1976

The picture from the Sistine Chapel will be the prime illustration for Gary's article which starts on the next page.

I remember this article from long ago. I have always appreciated it. I am not in any way a visual artist, but even those who do music or writing can appreciate where Gary is coming from. I should have said at the start that this is, of course, written by Gary Bell. He was not only one of the leaders of Abbacraft, but he was really the man behind Our Life Together. He was and is a very talented man.

I love his metaphor of God with the blank canvas before him as he begins his painting of the universe. This is a good way of beginning to understand creation without being bound to a literalistic seven 24 hour day creation taking place some 6,000 years ago.

In his second paragraph on this page he discusses the painting of a beautiful picture and then adding the scripture to it. Gary is still at it. His postings on Face Book of This Day in Belize captures this idea so beautifully. If you are unfamiliar with this, friend Gary -- his postings are must reading for me each day.

The Lewis/Marx article brings back some memories as I think of discussions concerning this. As the article says, read it carefully.

As usual, McFoone presents a real truth. Strive to understand and love the person -- then sow the seed -- then let the Holy Spirit do his work.

In the last issue, Larry Clark wrote an open letter to Calvin Miller. Here we have his gracious response.

This is the mission statement of Abbacraft. It certainly stands on its own. It was a great ministry in its time.

Boy does this catalog of prints bring back memories! I see some of Gary's work -- some of Brenda -- there is Cathy. Great memories.

More memories. I, like most of our members, had a lot of these bookmarks.

I see that these are 1976 prices!

Joyce has appeared in these pages many times. Joyce was a clever, intelligent woman. She brought many insightful ideas and wrote them well. I like her use of the Velveteen Rabbit. This story was used a lot during the community days.

Clay Ford and I were partners in the Here's Life, Chula Vista campaign. Clay was a real evangelist (still is), I'm a good nuts and bolts assistant.

What a clever little piece this is by Linda Coale. She is another one that wrote many clever pieces for OLT. We were blessed with so many artistic people.

Bob Westbrook was a young Navy man -- or was he out by then? He became a member of the community and was with us for several years. Where is he now? I think that he was in the Burger's household.

In the good news section I see the arrival of Bruce Blankenheim. It was not that many years later that he was killed in an accident. He was a cousin(?) of Mona Pagard. I was the one that went with him to get him registered in the Adult High School. I liked young Bruce.

Dan and Sharon Stolebarger are now married, still are -- and currently in Israel. They are also very interesting to follow on FB.