[Dialogue] death of Charles Moore

Terry Bergdall via Dialogue dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net
Thu Jul 3 06:49:51 PDT 2014


Charles was a complex and insightful man. His short "new world spin"
telling the story of being seated next to an fragile elderly black
gentlemen on an airplane, and then being asked to assist his on a trip to
the toilet, remains one of the most powerful statements that I've heard
heard about the spirit journey of responding to issues of social justice.
It was all there, consistent with my experience once he called attention to
it: abstract passion, occasional resentment, the ultimate joy of engagement
(which at times, if one stops to think too much about it, reveals an
absurdity within it all). Charles was not a man to forget then, nor now.


On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 2:18 AM, George Holcombe via Dialogue <
dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

> Our colleague Charles immolated himself June 23, see article at
>
> http://www.umc.org/news-and-media/retired-pastor-saw-destiny-in-self-immolation
>
> Memorial service will be held  July 12 at Faith Presbyterian Church in
> Austin.
>
> George Holcombe
> 14900 Yellowleaf Tr.
> Austin, TX 78728
> Mobile 512/252-2756
>
> “...we have the choice: we can gratefully cultivate the relationships that
> make us part of a vast network, or we can take them for granted and allow
> them to wither and die.”  Brother David Steindl-Rast, Deeper than Words
>
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