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Mon Jul 14 09:25:11 PDT 2025

I hear from my sons what Debra hears.
Thus I am very interested in what happens in the Oklahoma Human Community
effort Bill Parker is a part of. The first meeting toward an Oklahoma
Statewide Congress went very well last Saturday.

Sunny Walker and I have a weekly zoom with Bill in support of that effort.
All 3 of us would welcome others.

The end run around tribalism and the resultant zero sum game of who wins
and who loses, is engaging everyone in conversation where all feel heard
and are called to care for all. IMHO of course.

Peace

Don Bushman

828-292-9696

On Mon, Jul 14, 2025 at 8:03 AM Debra Harris via Dialogue <
dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

> Spirit conversations on social anger are highly relevant today:
> polarization, demonization of immigrants and people of color, anger about
> the economy and state of the world, climate change and impending crisis,
> anger from youth about the world they’ve been left with and not enough done
> to mitigate due to powerful interests.
>
> My son says a lot of people his age carry anger and sorrow, sorrow that
> millions or even billions could be left behind or die due to ecological
> collapse, economic chaos and collapse of democratic systems, starting with
> the most vulnerable. As authoritarianism increasingly becomes a dominant
> mode; it blocks civic engagement and thus blocks local and
> regional participation to create new responses and solutions.
>
> Our study of Choosing Earth could be a future venue, among other
> avenues, to engage youth along with cross generational
> conversations for discussion and engagement to create a future for all: as
> we must never loose hope, never give in to despair or apathy.
>
> Toward creating a future for all of life,
> Debra Harris Watson
> Houston
>
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> On Monday, July 14, 2025, 1:33 AM, Ronnie Seagren via OE <
> oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
>
> And don't forget about the spirit conversations about social anger. They
> were either in 1968 or 1970, and had a profound effect on me, as a young
> person.
> I don't recall the questions but they might be relevant today.
>
> Ronnie
>
> On Sun, Jul 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM James Wiegel via Dialogue <
> dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
>
> Thanks. So, comprehensive news coverage has been challenging for a while
>
> Jim Wiegel
>
> “…the long work
> of turning their lives
> into a celebration
> is not easy. Come and let us talk“.
>
> The Sunflowers. Mary Oliver
>
> On Jul 13, 2025, at 11:14 AM, Jo Nelson <jo.r.nelson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 
> There was some question that connected the two parts — a question to
> ground the quote in current everyday experience.
>
> I remember two anecdotes about these conversations. One was from Peoria in
> 1973-4 where Wayne’s and my clock radio would wake us to a program called
> “Waste Not Want Not”, an environmental program. So we had lots of
> environmental news over breakfast that year!
>
> The other story is from Bayad, where Abuna Mateus, the local Coptic Priest
> usually joined us for breakfast. Josip Tito from Yugoslavia was ill, and
> Abuna, who heard the Arabic news on the radio but had limited English would
> always have the news event “Tito has a stomachache.”
>
> Take care,
> Jo
>
> --
> Jo Nelson, CPF, CTF  <jo.r.nelson at gmail.com>
> 647 233 6910
>
> "Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world.
> Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."  Margaret Mead
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 13, 2025 at 11:53 AM James Wiegel via Dialogue <
> dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
>
> In the early days (67-72??), we did scripture conversations as a
> community over breakfast paired with news conversations. Later on (76
> ff??), there were quote conversations from those little dark red covered
> journals that the research people provided also paired with news
> conversations.  I think, during the Kamweleni human development training
> schools (79-83??) we had 7 quotes which we cycled through each week.
>
> Can you all help me to recall the questions which were used??
>
>  Son Shanker's church is going through the book of Proverbs in July (31
> chapters / 31 days) and we are going through the week's chapters on
> Thursdays after dinner.
>
> This is what I recall
> SCRIPTURE / QUOTE
> Read the verse/quote outloud.  Maybe read it a second time?
> What are the key words?  What words might we substitute for those words?
> So, How might you say this quote / verse in your own words?
> -------then I get lost
>
> NEWS
> What are 1 or 2 news events of the last day or so?
> Which one should we talk about?
> --------- then I get lost
>
> I do remember, in Kamweleni, we had a battery operated radio and Sam Were
> and some of the other faculty would sit out in the sun in the morning and
> listen to the Voice of Kenya . . .
>
> Jim Wiegel
>
> “We are all time travelers journeying into the future. But let us make
> that future a place we want to visit. “       Stephen Hawking
>
> On Jul 7, 2025, at 6:26 AM, Judy Lindblad via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> wrote:
>
> 
> Amen and I am sorting family and Town Meeting archives as 250 dawns.
> Hoping to add some to the ICA archives from Schenectady +…..Blessings and
> happy memories,  Judy L
>
> On Thu, Jul 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM Ellie Stock via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> wrote:
>
>
>    1. <https://davidsuzuki.org/about/declaration-of-interdependence/>
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> July 4, 2025, yes, celebrating the birth of a nation and the principles of
> democracy but also a time to reflect and expand our vision as a nation to
> celebrate and live into a Declaration of Interdependence.
>
> Ellie
> elliestock at aol.com [image: Emoji][image: Emoji][image: Emoji]
>
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>
>
>  Declaration of Interdependence - David Suzuki Foundation
> <https://davidsuzuki.org/about/declaration-of-interdependence/>
>
> davidsuzuki.org/about/declaration-of-interdependence
>
> The Declaration of Interdependence
> expresses our values as an organization. It was written for the 1992 UN
> Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, where portions of our declaration were
> woven into the work of others around the world to form the Earth Charter.
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