<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Thinking of starting some new activities for the New Year?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">1.  The meditation group that meets at noon on Wednesdays in the parlor of the Religious Education building is now incorporating movement meditation along with the guided meditations and music.  You're welcome any Wednesday.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">2.  The Learning in Retirement program at Marietta College is starting a new set of classes next week. Email me if you want to be added to the mailing list.  This isn't a Church activity as such, but most of the leadership is affiliated with the Church.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">3.  The Today's Issues group will be resuming its regular discussions, a chance to broaden our horizons intellectually.   <span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap">This Sunday, January 5, 2020, we will discuss two essays.</span></div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-34a02c42-7fff-ad70-ec64-e466dad5e10c"><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">From the NYR Daily, Matt Seaton, “The Strange Death of Social-Democratic England,” discussing the recent British election and the parallels with the the upcoming U.S. election.  The essay can be read </span><a href="https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2019/12/12/the-strange-death-of-social-democratic-england/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">password free on the NYR site,</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> or in a convenient p</span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t-kW9WmhgKbx7NSOM-KiTr-hSJTH5G4Wb_Q0j4g3ohE/edit?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">rinter-friendly format with fewer pictures here</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.  </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">From the December 19, 2019 issue, page 14, Sue Halpern, “</span><a href="https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2019/12/19/drums-of-cyberwar/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Drums of Cyberwar</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">,”  a review of </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin’s Most Dangerous Hackers </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">by Andy Greenberg which covers recent cyberwar incidents and the risks of cyberwar escalating to full scale cyberwarfare.  Read the article to understand this distinction.  The essay can be read on the NYR site without a password, just </span><a href="https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2019/12/19/drums-of-cyberwar/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">click here</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.   </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The group meets in the parlor of the Religious Education Building next door to the church at 9:30 most Sunday mornings.  The next meeting will be on January 5, 2020.  Please do the very interesting reading and join our lively discussion, all are welcome!</span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div>