My Dear Rev. JoAnn
This is a part of a larger piece that I recently read. When I read these two paragraphs I immediately envisioned you in this description.
As I enter my 10th year at the Gathering of Light I want to thank you for you have given me much.
You have helped me to find my way home to belonging to a larger universe encompassed by God the Creator
love and peace
Burt
Description of Reverend JoAnn
She has the ability to navigate and lead a complex system. She does this well because she has a holistic view, one that can see from within and without at once. Native shamans have long
taught “as above, so below,” since any part of a system may serve as a
fractal toward revealing and understanding the whole. She is able to recognize and adapt flexibly to patterns, rather than holding a singly focused goal or perspective.
She has feminine values and behaviors—nurturance, collaboration and relational intelligence—but also embodies strongly developed masculine traits, including being action-oriented, analytical and genera-tive
•She is a gatherer who brings people together and is careful to include
those who are disenfranchised or marginalized.
•She is paradoxical, encompassing fire and water, capable of being both
fierce, decisive and persevering, while remaining flexible, vulnerable
and empathic.
•She is holistic, adept at seeing the big picture as well as the
connections within; always striving to see how will we find our way home to belonging.