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Face Mask Blessing

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A friend is coordinating efforts to make face masks for medical professionals and other front line workers in our area. She asked for a blessing to accompany each face mask. ⁠
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This is what came to me. May it be a blessing for all our heroes. ⁠
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May you be strengthened to serve with honor, wisdom, and compassion.
May you be protected from hardheartedness, despair, and disease.
May you bring healing to many and find the healing you need yourself.

Please receive this blessing and small token with our enduring thanks for your heroic service to our community. We recognize and honor your sacrifice for the greater good. Your friends at Trinity Sarasota. (www.iTrinity.org)

Do you sew? If so, would you consider making face masks? Here’s a tutorial from Button Counter.

If you live in Sarasota, I have a way to get them to the heroes at Sarasota Memorial. Contact me and we’ll coordinate a drop-off. Stay well, dear ones. – Lisa <><

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Face Mask Blessing © 2020 Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia
You are welcome to use this work in a worship setting with proper attribution.
(by Lisa Degrenia, http://www.revlisad.com). Please contact Lisa for information and permission to publish this work in any form.

The 2016 TED Talk Experiment- Week 10

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In the spirit of Easter, victory from love and sacrifice, the talks for this week focus on invention and innovation inspired by great need.

Edible Cutlery (Overview) and Edible Cutlery (TED)
Narayana Peesapaty
TEDxVITVellore, January 2014
Watch the overview before you watch the TED talk. I’m so inspired by the ingenuity and sacrifices made in order to address the problem of used plastics in our environment (and bodies) and the desperate need to protect the water supply. Edible cutlery not only combats the environmental problem, it addresses nutritional and employment problems as well. Brilliant. May your tribe increase.

A Warm Embrace That Saves Lives
Jane Chen
TED India Mysore India, November 2009
Lowering infant mortality rates with the invention of an inexpensive alternative to incubators. No electricity needed. Click here to donate one to a developing area.

Cheap, Effective Shelter for Disaster Relief
Michael McDaniel
TEDx Austin Texas, February 2012
In 2005, Michael McDaniel watched helplessly as Hurricane Katrina forced thousands of people out of their homes and into crowded, poorly equipped “shelters”. He became obsessed with finding a better solution. His story of sacrifice, hard work and perseverance inspires. Click Here for info on how his products have developed since 2012.

A Bath Without Water
Ludwick Marishane
TED@Johannesburg South Africa, May 2012
Lack of access to safe water to bathe can lead to infections and blindness. Marishane researched, wrote his formula, wrote a 40 page business proposal and patent paperwork, and brought the product to market via his cell phone using limited internet access.  As he says, “What’s stopping you?” Click Here for more information on DryBath.

My simple invention, designed to keep my grandfather safe
Kenneth Shinozuka
TEDYouth 2014 New York City, November 2014
This brilliant and caring young man invents sensors to help elderly persons live safer lives. He was inspired by his grandfather, who often wanders due to Alzheimer’s.

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I’m trying an experiment in 2016. Maybe you’d like to try it with me.

Here’s where I am
I’m tired of the spin. I’m tired of ideas, news, and entertainment really being one long sales pitch for profit or power.

I’m longing for creativity, curiosity, and inspiration. I’m in search of passionate people willing to speak to the truth and complexity of living with a heart of hope. I want to hear from authentic humans who are in the trenches working for the greater good.

I think I’ve found them in the TED community.

“TED is a global community, welcoming people from every discipline and culture who seek a deeper understanding of the world. We believe passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and, ultimately, the world. On TED.com, we’re building a clearinghouse of free knowledge from the world’s most inspired thinkers — and a community of curious souls to engage with ideas and each other, both online and at TED and TEDx events around the world, all year long.”

TED’s been around for 30 years. I’ve heard about them and even watched a couple of talks, but I’ve never spent any concentrated time mining the good stuff. So….

Here’s the plan
Watch 5 enthusiastic, inspiring TED Talk presenters a week for a year.
Apply and share the goodness.

The 2016 TED Talk Experiment – Week 2

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Week 2 choices were inspired by the 2015 TED recap The Year in Ideas.

Why Public Beheadings Get Millions of Views
Frances Larson
TED Global London, June 2015
The sense of anonymity and detachment cultivated by the internet buffer our empathy for those being murdered. In our watching, we become part of the theatre of evil and those performing the acts achieve their goal. How can I use this awareness to cultivate empathy, personal connection, and peacemaking?

The Price of Shame
Monica Lewinsky
TED 2015 Vancouver, March 2015
A thoughtful and moving discussion of the evolution of public shaming, especially the cost of cyber bullying. Ends with a word of hope and call to action to be an empathetic, encouraging, and peacemaking presence online.

This app knows how you feel – from the look on your face
Rana el Kaliouby
TED Women 2015, May 2015
A creative solution to the reality that technology often separates us. I was especially inspired by how many different people will benefit from this technology and the brave choice of the creators to share their work for the common good.

The Enchanting Music of Sign Language
Christine Sun Kim
TED Fellows Retreat 2015, August 2015
As a hearing person I had never considered the “commodity of sound”. How can I be more aware of those who have no voice and be an ally in them claiming and sharing their voices?

What Really Matters at the End of Life
BJ Miller
TED 2015, March 2015
A generous, vulnerable, and beautiful discussion about the little changes which make a huge difference in the experience of medical care and palliative care. “As long as we have our senses, even just one, we have at least the possibility of accessing what makes us feel human, connected.”

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I’m trying an experiment in 2016. Maybe you’d like to try it with me.

Here’s where I am
I’m tired of the spin. I’m tired of ideas, news, and entertainment really being one long sales pitch for profit or power.

I’m longing for creativity, curiosity, and inspiration. I’m in search of passionate people willing to speak to the truth and complexity of living with a heart of hope. I want to hear from authentic humans who are in the trenches working for the greater good.

I think I’ve found them in the TED community.

“TED is a global community, welcoming people from every discipline and culture who seek a deeper understanding of the world. We believe passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and, ultimately, the world. On TED.com, we’re building a clearinghouse of free knowledge from the world’s most inspired thinkers — and a community of curious souls to engage with ideas and each other, both online and at TED and TEDx events around the world, all year long.”

TED’s been around for 30 years. I’ve heard about them and even watched a couple of talks, but I’ve never spent any concentrated time mining the good stuff. So….

Here’s the plan
Watch 5 enthusiastic, inspiring TED Talk presenters a week for a year.
Apply and share the goodness.