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Stamping out Affluenza

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Verse – “Dump and Run”

Lisa Heller lost a ring.

Dumpsters came to be her thing!

She taught students at her school

Making trash just wasn’t cool.

…

Donate stuff that still has use;

Reduce trash, avoid abuse

To the earth.  Take your measure:

Turn the trash into treasure!

…

Lisa started Dump and Run.

College students have great fun

Giving, sharing–have a sale!

Find a bargain, make a deal!

…

Help a group that helps the world,

Buy recycled things you need.

Like you avoid  INfluenza,

You can stamp out AFFluenza!

– Steve Shoemaker, Urbana, IL, pays tribute to “Dump and Run”.

Dumping and running at the landfill

  At the end of the academic year, University of Illinois students drop off the “stuff” that might end up in the landfill to the University YMCA to be recycled by other students.

Former Executive Director of the University YMCA and Pastor of McKinley Presbyterian Church at the University of Illinois, Steve continues to host “Keepin’ the Faith” on Illinois Public Radio  every Sunday evening at 5:00 CST.

Stuff

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We have so many things

we cannot count them all.

(We’ve added virtual

to piles of actual…)

We’ve had to rent more space–

or buy another house

just to store all our things.

And then we find, of course,

our houses are too small;

we tear them down so all

our stuff, our toys, the things

we bought to sooth our soul

will not have to be thrown

away.  (Because our own

city, village, or town

is surrounded by things

in stinking, seeping hills

of trash, garbage, the frills

we thought were essentials.)

Our hell is filled with things.

– Steve Shoemaker, Urbana, IL, May 9, 2012

“Man and nature belong together in their created glory – in their tragedy and in their salvation.” – Paul Tillich quote on monument in Tillich Park, New Harmony, Indiana.

Paul JohannesTillich's gravestone in the Paul TillichPark, New Harmony, Indiana

Paul JohannesTillich’s gravestone in the Paul TillichPark, New Harmony, Indiana

Inscription on Paul Tillich’s gravestone reads:

 “He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water that bringeth forth his fruit in due season. His leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.”

– Psalm 1: 3