{"id":882,"date":"2014-11-07T00:00:54","date_gmt":"2014-11-07T00:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=882"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:50:04","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:50:04","slug":"nov-7-judges-stephen-rhodes-c-200-pm-decision-time-on-the-bankruptcy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2014\/11\/07\/nov-7-judges-stephen-rhodes-c-200-pm-decision-time-on-the-bankruptcy\/","title":{"rendered":"Nov 7 &#8211; Judges Stephen Rhodes c. 2:00 pm &#8211; Decision time on the Bankruptcy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, November 7 \u2014 \u00a0&#8220;The good traveler cares for weary companions, grieves when we lose heart, \u00a0takes us where she finds us,\u00a0\u00a0listens to us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Today I\u2019ll be more brief than usual. \u00a0Bankruptcy Judge Stephen Rhodes should announce his decision about the come-out-of-bankruptcy plan early this afternoon. \u00a0I expect it will continue the rolling wave of good news that promises the city a fresh start. \u00a0 The two articles I\u2019m linking here both call their readers\u2019 attention to the amazing array of human beings who chose to risk working together and appear to have pulled off a major urban miracle in a time when very complex negotiations requiring give from all players are in short supply. \u00a0All the key players took risks by getting into the game, \u00a0without their conviction that Detroit matters, that its 700,000 citizens matter, \u00a0that the crises have been real, \u00a0this plan could not have happened.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crainsdetroit.com\/article\/20141107\/NEWS01\/141109895\/judge-to-decide-detroit-bankruptcy-today\">http:\/\/www.crainsdetroit.com\/article\/20141107\/NEWS01\/141109895\/judge-to-decide-detroit-bankruptcy-today<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/business\/columnists\/daniel-howes\/2014\/10\/17\/tough-detroit-creditor-turns-downtown-investor-speed-end-bankruptcy\/17394713\/\">http:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/business\/columnists\/daniel-howes\/2014\/10\/17\/tough-detroit-creditor-turns-downtown-investor-speed-end-bankruptcy\/17394713\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I looked for a poem to say all this and settled on one of my heroes, Dom Helder Camera. \u00a0Dom Helder was bishop of an extreme rich\/poor corner in Northeastern Brazil (Recife) and a demanding prophet against the violence of too much wealth at the cost of too much poverty. \u00a0Prophetic, and lyrical. \u00a0I propose it as blessing prayer for Detroit today.<\/p>\n<p>Sun is shining, \u00a0a few hundred of my historian of technology friends are gathered just outside Detroit to listen to one another, \u00a0Judge Rhodes will be talking to all of us. \u00a0Amen.<\/p>\n<p>Have a great weekend,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>john sj<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today\u2019s Post<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is possible to travel alone, but we know the journey is human life<br \/>\nand life needs company.<br \/>\nCompanion is the one who eats the same bread.<\/p>\n<p>The good traveler cares for weary companions, grieves when we lose heart,<br \/>\ntakes us where she finds us, listens to us.<br \/>\nIntelligently, gently, above all lovingly, we encourage each other to go on<br \/>\nand recover our joy<br \/>\nOn the journey.<\/p>\n<p>Dom Helder Camera<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2013\/12\/Dom-Helder-Camera.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-173\" alt=\"Dom Helder Camera\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2013\/12\/Dom-Helder-Camera.jpg\" width=\"143\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, November 7 \u2014 \u00a0&#8220;The good traveler cares for weary companions, grieves when we lose heart, \u00a0takes us where she finds us,\u00a0\u00a0listens to us.\u201d Today I\u2019ll be more brief than usual. \u00a0Bankruptcy Judge Stephen Rhodes should announce his decision about &hellip; 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