i am ron swisher. it's always a privilege and joy to have you with us. i especially want to welcome my fairfield community united methodist church who are sure watching. i am thrilled to have the guests here this morning. it's great to have you. >> lovely to see you. thank you. >> good morning. >> when we hear the name suvism reoriented, what does that mean? >> we will say a little bit about sufism first and then a little bit about reoriented. it is a universal stream spirituality that is at the heart of of every religious tradition. it's been called the path of love, love for god and expression of the love through service to god's creation. it's not a creed. it's not a set of beliefs. it's a living experience of the deepening and unfolding of love, love for god. because of that, it's something which in every generation, in every culture is a living experience. so it has to be refreshed generation after generation in every culture. >> i see. >> reoriented, it is a contemporary expression of the universal ancient spirituality for contemporary americans. i