Attended the online service with Rev. Ryusho Jeffus and three other members of the Myoshoji sangha today. I haven’t been attending as often as I once did. And now, apparently, I will soon have even fewer chances to attend.

Today, Rev. Ryusho Jeffus announced that he will be retiring on Oct. 13, 2019. He plans a formal announcement later, so I’ll leave the details of his plans for that time.

I became a Nichiren Shu follower at the start of 2015 and, as you can tell from the story about why I started this blog – see the About page – Ryusho has been an important influence.

Ryusho plans to continue services after his retirement but other activities he plans to pursue will make those services less frequent. That will be a real loss.

This is the first photo I posted of an online service – Sept. 6, 2015. At the time, Myoshoji was in Charlotte, North Carolina.