[Dialogue] Four Giant Men

[Susan Erickson]

There have been four tremors in the Force, but the Force is ever with us.

On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 2:23 PM Karen Snyder via Dialogue <
dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

> In the December Archive sojourn, we read excerpts from Hesse’s *Journey
> to the East* which I paraphrase here:  It was our destiny to join in a
> great experience; we were all permitted to be a participant in a unique
> journey.  What wonder it had …. Four giant men who participated with us on
> the unique journey - the crimson line - have left us within a month:  Joe
> Crocker (April 27), Bud Ames (May 4), Nelson Stover (May 4) and Bill Grow
> (May 14). See memorials created to celebrate their lives here:
> https://icaglobalarchives.org/memorials/ (Bill’s is yet to come).
>
> For those of you who may not be as familiar with the Ames family, Bud and
> his wife, Jan, were Guardians who gave ground support to 5th City and the
> EI/ICA for some thirty years they lived in Oak Park/Chicago.  While Jan
> taught in the 5th City Preschool and directed Training Inc. in DuPage
> County, Bud was the permeator of the family. However, while the Human
> Development Project consults were happening, Dr. Ames, in his quiet
> gracious manner would attend the consults as a veterinarian and  work with
> the Agriculture Teams and introduce them to animal husbandry methods. He
> turned his daily running into supporting passions he had to address poverty
> and hunger by raising thousands of dollars for Heifer International.
>
> For these four giants, we are singing, "When Iron Men go marching in”.
>
> Peace,
>
> Karen Snyder Troxel
>
>
>
>
> On May 15, 2023, at 1:27 PM, Herman Greene via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> wrote:
>
> With heavy heart I have just learned of the deaths of these three great
> souls.
>
> The fruits of their labor will flourish and grow.
>
> Herman
>
> On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 12:16 PM Ruth Gilbert via OE <
> oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
>
>> Ellen,
>>
>> Ken and I had a conversation about all three of these men at our
>> breakfast table this morning. Ellen, I appreciated that you gathered their
>> names together, named their blessing to us and allowed us to sing with you,
>>  and for them.
>>
>> These events remind us once again,  that we have but one life to live,
>> and one life to give. These men are demonstrations of the choices they made
>> and the gifts they offered during their lifetimes.  We who remain living,
>> are called by them to make choices and offer the gifts that we have.
>> Ruth
>>
>> On May 15, 2023, at 10:20 AM, David Rebstock via OE <
>> oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
>>
>> We celebrate  the completed lives of  three giants who passed on  to
>> glory in the last week: Joe Crocker, Nelson Stover and Bill Grow.  What a
>> blessing they have all been to our lives with their wisdom, patience and
>> spirit. I'm singing "For All The Saints" in my heart. Ellen Rebstock
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