Old "Blog Material" that I found

I'll have to decipher this one as wel. I was looking up some old documents and came across it....

I was sitting in the bathtub thinking about some relationships that are being built in the Strathcona area. Terry, Dave, Emile, Roy, Kevin and as I considered their respective “church” affiliation I began pondering what role I play in seeing these various men and their groups becoming connected in a more organic way. I’ve also been meditating on what it means to walk out the kingdom of God, how to form a “public presence” where people can get a glimpse and touch of Christ’s love. All this in the midst of afragmented world with what seems to be a “unilateral superpower” or what I’ve come to recognise as an Empire. As I soaked I thought about how difficult it is for the U.S. to fight the “war on terrorism”. Why? Because of the cellular nature of the terrorist organizations. I’ve been pondering, how can those of us with the love of God spread the message of hope, peace and freedom in a non-violent yet equally “hard to get at” method as the terrorists. As people, churches and organizations we all have a “shape”. We need the grace to look at ourselves and see “what kind of shape we are in”. We need to identify the areas of our shape that may be lacking. That’s our “negative”. Then we need eyes to see others and their “positive”. The protrusions of their shape fit the chunks missing in our shape so that we come together there is a cohesion.

I googled “cellular emergence”. This is from from a very long and involved paper

The plant primary cell wall is a dynamic structure that exhibits considerable spatial and temporal variability in terms of composition and organization, reflecting a balance between wall synthesis, deposition, reorganization and selective disassembly. This is achieved through the coordinated action of a battery of wall synthesizing and modifying enzymes that collectively provide a mechanism for regulating cell size, shape and cell-cell adhesion. Thus, selective modification of wall architecture is an integral part of processes as diverse as cellular growth

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One possibility is that the mechanical force generated by growth of the pericycle may induce XTH expression at these sites, and XET action may aid either wall loosening required for cellular emergence, or wall repair as the nascent lateral root pushes through the cortex and

None of us “have it all” and some of the “wall loosening” is so we can be honest and humble about our strengths and weaknesses and get on with getting connected. Once 2 cells, people or groups have joined they become larger and stronger but alas a new weakness or gap is found as a result of the merger. Now other grouped cells can be seen as a benefit and the cycle continues.

My prayer is that over the next few days I witness an expression of this process.

Amen