The last couple of days have brought sad news of deaths. The father of our friend Karl just died, after many years of suffering poor health. Although I never met him, he was by all standards still a young man, but one who has now gone to his rest. Please keep him, Karl and the entire family in your prayers.
Michelangelo emailed us this morning that our friend Robin Whitespear has died in Chicago. Robin was an 80-year-old fiber artist, actor and all-around hard worker for people struggling in recovery. Sober himself for over 30 years, following a life as wretched as any that you can imagine on Chicago's equivalent of Skid Row, Robin dedicated himself to helping those who most desperately needed the support of the communities of which he was a vital part. Robin stressed that he was powerless over alcohol, but he was an example of the power of selflessness. He was a practitioner of tough love, but over the past three decades I suspect he loved dozens, maybe hundreds of men and women into recovery and hope.
May these souls and the souls of all the departed through the mercy of God rest in peace.
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