tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1575603731696062553.post3381701353958345055..comments2024-03-27T16:08:30.313-05:00Comments on The Great Change: Community in DeathAlbert Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17627996921976501534noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1575603731696062553.post-54462659910530479642016-02-07T12:23:39.667-06:002016-02-07T12:23:39.667-06:00This reminds me of the last time I spent with a de...This reminds me of the last time I spent with a dear friend of mine visiting a mission in Southern California. Both of us, being musicians, were drawn to the old chapel by what sounded like Mexican folk songs we were familiar with. Ducking inside the back of the church we found ourselves self invited to a wedding in the Mexican tradition with folk songs celebrating togetherness and love. The celebration was so magnificently simple we were struck with the undeniable that this couple would find love and support in this community of well wishers throughout their lives if lived in the community these people represented (which were the working poor). That gift and the one in your article reinforces, for me, that living a life of simplicity and community makes our complicated lives here in the advanced west seem so vapant. thank you.Danny Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08239701610522812113noreply@blogger.com