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Necessary and sufficient elements.

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( under development. Join in the work.)  Of, by and for the least of these. We are each and all recovering addicts to less than full children of God. Mission/vision so overwhelmingly enticing as to engage a core team unable to resist the joy of the Monumental attempt. And then others. Mission and metrics for the camp. Mission and metrics for every member. People on missions serving people on missions. Sustainability, replicability: Basecamp, surrounding community, country, world Human energy, vision, mission, land, financial resources Centrally and perpetually focused on rehabilitating the least of these, and ourselves. Entirely, completely, perpetually respectful of all stakeholders Direct, indirect, inside, outside Continually embracing, never denying, the material realities of The Wider world A continual Network of universal Mutual case management, scrupulously respectful, mutually accountable with ferocity. Our brother's keeper, not owner. Fiercely and incessantly on guard agai...
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Not a home or community. A beating heart of the world.

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 ( under development. Join in the work.) The son of man has nowhere to rest his head.  Us too. Did Jesus need rest? Yes. Did he want rest? Just what was needed for the mission, and he took it. Did Jesus stay in one place?  He went where he was needed.  His Home was where he was needed.
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Brick and mortar to support life/service/mission, never death.

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( under development. Join in the work.)  What did Jesus own?  What talents did those in Jesus parables own?  I'll wait. Take all the time you need. Which breath you are given is yours, not God's?  Do you realize how liberated, free that makes you?!?!??!! So, when your servant (you) comes in from the fields, do you tell him to go eat?  NO! You say, go and wash up, change your clothes, prepare and serve the master's meal, clean up... and then go eat! What did anyone OWN in the parables?  Nothing.  It was the property of the lord. What are the exceptions, things that you actually own? Which are NOT the Master's talents placed in your charge to PUT TO USE? Each breath? A car? A place to sleep? A place to work? Food? Drink? Land? etc? Are there ANY exceptions? Who was the most fortunate of the servants: The one given 1 talent?  5? 10?  THE ONE THAT BEST USED WHAT THEY WERE GIVEN DOING THE MASTER'S WILL.
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Living out the vision of Jesus in the synoptic Gospels. Period. Full Stop.

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 ( under development. Join in the work.) Jesus is our one and only leader as articulated in these three books, the Arbiter of every dispute within and among ourselves. Everything we do, think, attempt is held accountable to his words and example in Matthew Luke Mark and john.  Jesus' Way Booklet form Never of the four independent, always in the perspective of the others. But when in doubt, the synoptic gospels. Among history's greatest humans, why is there one, ONLY ONE, that no one yearns to follow, makes themself a single-minded disciple of, equal, go beyond, measure ourselves by? I'll wait. The singularly greatest human being in human history, the singularly most joyful abundant life, and NO ONE TAKES HIS WORDS AND EXAMPLE SERIOUSLY. We create, worship and follow golden calves instead... the teachings of man, the fabrications of man, the things of man.  "You savor the things of man, not the things of God." What serious follower of any great human in history doe...
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Inclusive of every person, ESPECIALLY the least. Exclusive of EVERY vision but Jesus'.

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( under development. Join in the work.)  Friend, why hast dost thou not have on a wedding garment? Who belongs as part of Basecamp Jesus? Lazarus and those like him: Kicked in his teeth since birth, badly in need of intensive, respectful, expert rehab, by themself, with others standing alongside them. Everyone in devoted every breath accountable recovery to being less than the child of God that Jesus was. Recovering from; Housing fetish Religous fetish Racial fetish Econimic fetish Gender fetish Career fetish National fetish Ethnic fetish Age fetish Comfort fetish Survival fetish etc....
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Major challenges immediate and ongoing.

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( under development. Join in the work.) 1. It is inconceivable that Jesus would ever base any effort in the slightest on the availability of money or the lack thereof. He never did. He never would. Not any breath. He placed his entire faith in God, and God is spirit. Vision is an appendage of spirit. Are there people of sufficiently identical vision with the resources starting with themselves to Manifest this community materially? 2. Perpetually leaving seats at the table for everyone, especially the local community leaders. And in concert with this, painfully avoiding filling the seats, the functions, of those in the community that should be coming into collaboration. Leaving a vacuum for them to fill even though it would be painful. 3. Scrupulously holding to the notion of sustainability. Sustainability in a world that no longer has even a little bit of the material resources that necessary to sustain 8 billion people. How useless a model this Cortez entity would be if it was not sus...
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Material manifestations declared, thus far.

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Physical entity: (under consideration) Cortez Colorado 1, Mark's place Physical entity: TBA Physical entity: TBA Physical entity: TBA Physical entity: TBA Physical entity: TBA Physical entity: TBA Physical entity: TBA Physical entity: TBA Physical entity:   https://www.facebook.com/share/1BcPojuZJQ/ Physical entity: TBA Physical entity: ~~~~
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