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class=075513714-04072014><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>(some sort of
trouble connecting with OE/ICA, so sending from Lynda's e-mail, John
C.)</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Times" face=Calibri><SPAN
class=075513714-04072014> </SPAN>Charles and I had many good chats and
always brought up, with big laughs, our shoot-out at the Late Forrest saloon
when </FONT><FONT face=Times>I</FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri"
face=Times> told him </FONT>I<FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri"
face=Times> was leaving the Order and he told me </FONT>I<FONT
face=Times><FONT face=Calibri> would go to hell and </FONT>I<FONT
face=Calibri> told him to go to hell. </FONT></FONT><FONT
size=+0><FONT face=Times>We deeply appreciated each other, all said and done.
Last time I saw him was in Chicago a few years ago. We shook hands and held
on. I’m so glad. I liked and respected Charles, but hardly understood him, nor
him me, I am sure.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><FONT
face=Times>He was a deeply reflective, deeply sensitive, and deeply everything
kind of spirit man. I can imagine the process of his thinking from reading
the Holcombe UMC and Randy Williams articles. He sensed his time was running out
on how to change history, but by-god he committed himself to doing just
that in some way or other. </FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Times">There is a big stir in the institutions and
communities mentioned in those news articles, and many people, including us, are
brought to a deeper reflection on how we change our nations and the Earth
community. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times">He used Bonhoeffer’s decision-making process and
obviously very intentionally decided to do what he did. Do I wish he
hadn’t? Yes. Do I understand his internal grappling with the state of
things these days? I think we all do. Will we be able to forget this event?
No. Will it cause us to reflect deeper about our given role in history?
Yes.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><FONT
face=Times>Charles, we give thanks for you and will remember you. Grace and
Peace are yours. Journey on.</FONT></DIV>
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