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newsletters

Two types of Newsletters are published by Red Cedar Zen:

Red Cedar News, our semi-annual 12-16 page paper newsletter includes short essays by sangha members and our guiding teacher, Norman Fischer, a calendar of events, photos, reports on events, and much more. Newsletters are mailed on paper to all Members of the sangha and are available for download to anyone.
January 2009, Note: Red Cedar News has been on a long break but a new editor has volunteered and we expect to start producing it again soon. Thank you for your patience.
Responding Gate, Spiritual Director Nomon Tim Burnett's more-or-less monthly email newsletter is emailed to everyone on our list.

Responding Gate email newsletters can be read here online.

Responding Gate: Birds and Zen (July 2010) (July 01, 2010)
Responding Gate: Mindfulness of Feeling-Tone ((plus news of sangha and online resources)) (April 02, 2010)
Responding Gate: Getting to Know Our Ancestors (January 05, 2010)
Poems on the Eve of the Hiking Retreat (by Reizan Bob Penny) (December 16, 2009)
Responding Gate: Not Knowing is Most Intimate (December 15, 2009)
Wondering with Wasps (A tale from the hiking retreat by Toi Geil) (October 16, 2009)
Responding Gate: Practicing Contentment (October 15, 2009)
Responding Gate: Sesshin Practice (July 08, 2009)
Responding Gate: Pacing the Cage (March 01, 2009)
Responding Gate: On Kindness (December 18, 2008)
Responding Gate: The Ending of the Earth Room (A few notes and explanations) (November 03, 2008)
Responding Gate: Livelihood and Ambition (September 21, 2008)
Responding Gate: On Ambition (July 28, 2008)
Responding Gate: Summer Inside and Out (June 17, 2008)
Responding Gate: Teacher's Meeting (May 12, 2008)
Responding Gate: When You're Stuck (April 15, 2008)
Responding Gate: Compassion, Wisdom and Poetry (March 17, 2008)
Responding Gate: 2008 Winter Practice Period (February 01, 2008)
Responding Gate: Gratitude (November 30, 2007)
Responding Gate: A New Center (September 11, 2007)
Responding Gate: Continuity and Interuption (August 16, 2007)
Responding Gate: Soft Summer Rain (July 17, 2007)
Responding Gate: Sangha Life (June 08, 2007)
Responding Gate: Life and Death (April 18, 2007)
Responding Gate: Illness and Relationship (March 19, 2007)
Responding Gate: Home Practice (January 15, 2007)
Responding Gate: The Holidays (December 15, 2006)
Responding Gate: First Issue (November 10, 2006)

Red Cedar News Newsletters are available here in Portable Document Format (PDF).

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Winter 2007-08 Newsletter (827K download)
Summer 2007 Newsletter (676K download)
Summer 2006 Newsletter (408K download)
Winter 2006 Newsletter (652K download)
Summer 2005 Newsletter (740K download)
Winter 2005 Newsletter (690K download)
Spring 2004 Newsletter (800K download)
Winter 2003-04 Newsletter (458K download)
Fall 2003 Newsletter (560K download)
Summer 2003 Newsletter (416K download)
Winter 2002 Newsletter (320K download)
Fall 2002 Newsletter (323K download)