Friends, I am back from Russia and this time a note on a significant event I participated in at our Christian center in Moscow. On Wednesday evening the 11th I met with people from the Danielov Moscow Patriarchal Center for Youth Ministry (who also study at our center ) and spoke to them about Japan, mission there and of course the results of the earth quakes and so on...but also a broad ranging discussion of mission. This is an example of our ministries reaching out to serve the future of the Church in Russia and I thinnk seeing this photograph from that evening of the Danielov people you will see beginnings of a rich future for Christ's work there. http://voyager.smugmug.com/Other/11May/i-mtHT4ws/2/L/elena-007-L.jpg Secondly I have made a page with recent reviews of my book "A Life Together:wisdom of community from the Christian east" which comes out of this our work. These are new reviews (at Amazon you will find others) first by John N Perkins, psychologist, who captures what the book intends to do beautifully and deeply, and then by Dr. Peter Bouteneff of St Vladimir's and Sue Talley chair of music at Nyack college Manhatten New York. here it is: http://seraphimsigrist.livejournal.com/1019616.html I believe as I say that it comes from this our work...another very fine review by fr Michael Plekon I also hold back because it is as yet unpublished in the Cistercian Studies Quarterly. The Amazon page is: http://www.amazon.com/Life-Together-Wisdom-Community-Christian/dp/1557258007/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1306172289&sr=1-1 Do consider ordering and perhaps more widely for your churches and groups to bring this sense of things to its proper readership. I am yours in this work then, (Hosanna donation information as always after sign out here0 +Seraphim Joseph Sigrist Donations for HOSANNA to The Patristic Society c.o 320 South Broadway, Unit P-7 Tarrytown New York 10591 (all correspondence to me: ssigrist@xxxxxxxxx, or sigrist@xxxxxxxx ) OR TO PAYPAL --CLICK ON "DONATE" BUTTON AT http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=hosanna AND FOLLOW THE SIMPLE DIRECTIONS TO MAKE CREDIT CARD OR BANK ACCOUNT DONATION. http://seraphimsigrist.livejournal.com/1019616.html