Sophion, Uncle Humph and The First Act of Ineffable Light: 11

Sophion(TM), Uncle Humph(TM) and The First Act of Ineffable Light(TM)What happens when someone asks us not merely to look-but to BEHOLD?Some twenty years have passed in the Kadayawan Valley, and Jesse the Chief Steward(TM) of the Mysteries of Community has grown up to become delightfully ordinary.Meanwhile, his cousin John the River Otter(TM) has become something else entirely: PROPHETIC.John lives beside the river, eats rather surprising things, and helps creatures remember what matters-putting broken things, people, and relationships back together so they can begin again.Then one day Jesse comes to the water.John recognizes him immediately and cries: "Behold!"What follows becomes an extraordinary moment of water, wonder, disagreement, laughter, tears-and Ineffable Light. Some creatures understand. Some argue. Some simply scratch their heads. Yet all are invited to look more closely at Jesse, at one another, and at the kind of community they might become.The First Act of Ineffable Light(TM) is a luminous tale about baptism, remembering, beginning again, self-giving love, and the courage to enter the water first. It also makes room for creatures who do not understand everything in quite the same way-because truth can accommodate both harmony and great dissonance while a community learns together.Like every book in The Mabuhay Stories(TM), this tale invites readers to read aloud, illuminate their own lifelong edition, share the story together-and, if they wish, sing along with the 45-second Melody of Grace and Mercy and Peace, Mercy Has No End.Because perhaps Ineffable Light begins when we learn to-BEHOLD.To remember.To begin again.And then to do what is right according to the Way we have been shown.For creatures become what they behold.Frequently.Mabuhay!