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<div><b style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Subject:</b><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> A Journey of Beginnings published on Amazon</span><br></div></div><div id="ydpd89f2adfyahoo_quoted_8253183355" class="ydpd89f2adfyahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><br></div>
<div><div id="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511"><div><div class="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511ydp97638edcyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511ydp97638edcyiv5697485526"><div><div class="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511ydp97638edcyiv5697485526ydpe6c9982byahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511ydp97638edcyiv5697485526ydpe6c9982byiv1186963323"><div><div class="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511ydp97638edcyiv5697485526ydpe6c9982byiv1186963323ydp78912ba0yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511ydp97638edcyiv5697485526ydpe6c9982byiv1186963323ydp78912ba0yiv9360667559"><div class="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511ydp97638edcyiv5697485526ydpe6c9982byiv1186963323ydp78912ba0yiv9360667559ydp79c39225yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511ydp97638edcyiv5697485526ydpe6c9982byiv1186963323ydp78912ba0yiv9360667559ydp79c39225yiv2242449897"><div class="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511ydp97638edcyiv5697485526ydpe6c9982byiv1186963323ydp78912ba0yiv9360667559ydp79c39225yiv2242449897ydpa458c16eyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511ydp97638edcyiv5697485526ydpe6c9982byiv1186963323ydp78912ba0yiv9360667559ydp79c39225yiv2242449897ydpa458c16eyiv6910367063"><div class="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511ydp97638edcyiv5697485526ydpe6c9982byiv1186963323ydp78912ba0yiv9360667559ydp79c39225yiv2242449897ydpa458c16eyiv6910367063ydp1cf9f98ayahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511ydp97638edcyiv5697485526ydpe6c9982byiv1186963323ydp78912ba0yiv9360667559ydp79c39225yiv2242449897ydpa458c16eyiv6910367063ydp1cf9f98ayiv8713103369"><div class="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511ydp97638edcyiv5697485526ydpe6c9982byiv1186963323ydp78912ba0yiv9360667559ydp79c39225yiv2242449897ydpa458c16eyiv6910367063ydp1cf9f98ayiv8713103369ydp9b57ab72yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511ydp97638edcyiv5697485526ydpe6c9982byiv1186963323ydp78912ba0yiv9360667559ydp79c39225yiv2242449897ydpa458c16eyiv6910367063ydp1cf9f98ayiv8713103369ydp9b57ab72yiv8232398890"><div class="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511ydp97638edcyiv5697485526ydpe6c9982byiv1186963323ydp78912ba0yiv9360667559ydp79c39225yiv2242449897ydpa458c16eyiv6910367063ydp1cf9f98ayiv8713103369ydp9b57ab72yiv8232398890ydp5077e577yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511ydp97638edcyiv5697485526ydpe6c9982byiv1186963323ydp78912ba0yiv9360667559ydp79c39225yiv2242449897ydpa458c16eyiv6910367063ydp1cf9f98ayiv8713103369ydp9b57ab72yiv8232398890ydp5077e577yiv5147995826"><div class="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511ydp97638edcyiv5697485526ydpe6c9982byiv1186963323ydp78912ba0yiv9360667559ydp79c39225yiv2242449897ydpa458c16eyiv6910367063ydp1cf9f98ayiv8713103369ydp9b57ab72yiv8232398890ydp5077e577yiv5147995826ydp4fbfc6f6yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr"><span></span><img title="Inline image" alt="Inline image" src="cid:633d8e39-c1b1-41f2-5e1c-9648ba2345cc@yahoo.com" class="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511ydp97638edcyiv5697485526ydpe6c9982byiv1186963323ydp78912ba0yiv9360667559ydp79c39225yiv2242449897ydpa458c16eyiv6910367063ydp1cf9f98ayiv8713103369ydp9b57ab72yiv8232398890ydpa9403b9fyahoo-inline-image" style="max-width:800px;width:100%;" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true" data-id="<633d8e39-c1b1-41f2-5e1c-9648ba2345cc@yahoo.com>"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I am very pleased to announce that Jim Campbell's new memoir,</div><div style="text-align:center;"><b>A Journey of Beginnings: The Making of a Life</b></div><div dir="ltr">has just been published on Amazon.com.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">And that Jim has generously offered his friends and colleagues in the ICA, the Ecumenical Institute, the Order:Ecumenical, and the IAF a time-limited introductory price of just <b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1689345292" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">$7.50 for his 300-page book</a></b>.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Frankly, at this price Jim is making a profit of just a nickel per copy.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Or, if you prefer, you can download the book on Kindle <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07X6PSTNV" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>here</b> for <b>just $3.99</b></a>. Or <b>for free</b> after your $5 Kindle credit! Or when you buy the paperback, get your Kindle edition for just $.99 and share it with others.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Buy multiple copies <b>now</b> to share with family members as Christmas gifts! Or pay full price ($14.98) after the introductory discount disappears.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">This is Jim's intimate story of his personal <i>Journey to the East</i>. It's a story that many of us shared in our common <i>Life Together</i>. Woven throughout with the poetry of Kazantzakis, Tillich, Hesse, Bonhoeffer, Niebuhr, Joe Mathews, Joseph Campbell, D.H. Lawrence, Robert Frost, and St. Teresa of Avila.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">And it's the story of Jim's <b>profound gratitude</b> and appreciation for his life in the Order:Ecumenical and all that led him up to that fateful moment when he first showed up in Chicago. He frankly shares his profound distress and grief over the dissolution of the Order, as well as the new life he forged in its aftermath.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Whether we trekked with Jim through snowstorms in 5th City, or slogged with him through the mud of Kawangware, or slashed our way through the jungle around Bananeiras with him, or enjoyed his hospitality at ICA:Brussels' wayside inn, Jim's story is in so many ways <b>our story</b> as a people with a common vocation. And this story is <b>compelling--</b>particularly for those who were actually there! </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Not to mention <b>hilarious</b> at times! Jim tells of </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px;"><div class="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511ydp97638edcyiv5697485526ydpe6c9982byiv1186963323ydp78912ba0yiv9360667559ydp79c39225yiv2242449897ydpa458c16eyiv6910367063ydp1cf9f98ayiv8713103369ydp9b57ab72yiv8232398890ydp5077e577yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div class="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511ydp97638edcyiv5697485526ydpe6c9982byiv1186963323ydp78912ba0yiv9360667559ydp79c39225yiv2242449897ydpa458c16eyiv6910367063ydp1cf9f98ayiv8713103369ydp9b57ab72yiv8232398890ydp5077e577yiv5147995826ydp4fbfc6f6yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr"><span><div class="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511ydp97638edcyiv5697485526ydpe6c9982byiv1186963323ydp78912ba0yiv9360667559ydp79c39225yiv2242449897ydpa458c16eyiv6910367063ydp1cf9f98ayiv8713103369ydp9b57ab72yiv8232398890ydp37644974page" title="Page 93" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;"><div class="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511ydp97638edcyiv5697485526ydpe6c9982byiv1186963323ydp78912ba0yiv9360667559ydp79c39225yiv2242449897ydpa458c16eyiv6910367063ydp1cf9f98ayiv8713103369ydp9b57ab72yiv8232398890ydp37644974layoutArea"><div class="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511ydp97638edcyiv5697485526ydpe6c9982byiv1186963323ydp78912ba0yiv9360667559ydp79c39225yiv2242449897ydpa458c16eyiv6910367063ydp1cf9f98ayiv8713103369ydp9b57ab72yiv8232398890ydp37644974column"><div><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;">"trying to help my colleague over a very high snow drift in the middle of 5th Avenue.... I managed to flip her over the top, and she rolled down the other side. Since she was a very formable lady, I was more than a little intimidated by her, but aside from some slightly damaged dignity and snow in the wrong places, no harm was done."</span></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div class="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511ydp97638edcyiv5697485526ydpe6c9982byiv1186963323ydp78912ba0yiv9360667559ydp79c39225yiv2242449897ydpa458c16eyiv6910367063ydp1cf9f98ayiv8713103369ydp9b57ab72yiv8232398890ydp5077e577yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div class="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511ydp97638edcyiv5697485526ydpe6c9982byiv1186963323ydp78912ba0yiv9360667559ydp79c39225yiv2242449897ydpa458c16eyiv6910367063ydp1cf9f98ayiv8713103369ydp9b57ab72yiv8232398890ydp5077e577yiv5147995826ydp4fbfc6f6yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr">You'll just have to guess who she was, since Jim's not telling!</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">One of my favorite stories is about the nuns on the bus to <b>The Other World</b> in Avila. (Yes, <i>that</i> Avila, the home of St. Teresa.)</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Jim's book is about the Magic of New Beginnings. To quote Herman Hesse,</div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><p class="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511ydp97638edcyiv5697485526ydpe6c9982byiv1186963323ydp78912ba0yiv9360667559ydp79c39225yiv2242449897ydpa458c16eyiv6910367063ydp1cf9f98ayiv8713103369ydp9b57ab72yiv8232398890ydp3747eb22MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:medium;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">A magic dwells in each beginning and</span></i></b></p><div style="text-align:center;"><b><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">protecting us it tells us how to live.</span></i></b></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Or, to quote Chief Dan George in <i>Little Big Man</i>, </div><div dir="ltr"><b style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;text-align:center;"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><br></span></i></b></div><div> <b style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;text-align:center;"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Sometimes the magic works, and sometimes it doesn't.</span></i></b> </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">(Or, as Sigmund Freud would suggest, "Sometimes a lighthouse is just a lighthouse.")</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Jim's memoir is more about <i><b>being transformed</b></i> by the people he worked with across four continents than it is about transforming those communities. There is evidence of that in his chapter on "My Communion of Saints" where he reflects on what he learned about <b>profound humanness</b> from his Meditative Council.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">You may <b>READ</b> Jim's Introduction in the .pdf attachment below! And then order the book <b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1689345292" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here on Amazon.com</a></b>.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">To find out more, you'll just have to get the book! </div><div dir="ltr">And then <b>write your own memoir</b> of your life's journey of new beginnings.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">In gratitude for our life together,</div><div dir="ltr">Wayne Marshall Jones, editor</div><div style="text-align:center;"><b><i>*****</i></b></div><div><span><div><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Beginning with his childhood in the hills of rural western Pennsylvania, master process facilitator and author James M. Campbell shares his life experiences to discover how his personal history has shaped his relationships with others and his care for the world.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Nothing about Jim’s life has been ordinary, from his birth in 1940 to his retirement in 2013 in Colombia. Over and over again he found himself setting out into a new chapter with new demands and new challenges. Jim shares what he has learned about the world and himself through this journey of beginning again and again. </span></div><div><br></div><div>In his introduction to <b><i>A Journey of Beginnings</i></b>, Jim writes: </div></span></div><div><br></div><div style="text-align:center;"><b>“I believe that everyone has a vocation.”</b> </div><div><br></div><div>And so Jim takes us on the journey of his life fulfilling his vocational vision: caring for the innocent human suffering of this world. As Jim shares the making of his life, <b>four great themes</b> emerge that reveal the depth and power of what Jim was able to create. </div><div><br></div><div>The first is simply that making a life requires <b>profound trust in life</b>. Jim writes,</div><div><br></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px;"><div class="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511ydp97638edcyiv5697485526ydpe6c9982byiv1186963323ydp78912ba0yiv9360667559ydp79c39225yiv2242449897ydpa458c16eyiv6910367063ydp1cf9f98ayiv8713103369ydp9b57ab72yiv8232398890ydp5077e577yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div><div class="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511ydp97638edcyiv5697485526ydpe6c9982byiv1186963323ydp78912ba0yiv9360667559ydp79c39225yiv2242449897ydpa458c16eyiv6910367063ydp1cf9f98ayiv8713103369ydp9b57ab72yiv8232398890ydp5077e577yiv5147995826ydp4fbfc6f6yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div><div><b>“If we don’t trust, what is the basis of our relation to our life—</b></div><div><b>suspicion and distrust? </b></div><div><b>How can you affirm your life if you relate to it with distrust?”</b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div class="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511ydp97638edcyiv5697485526ydpe6c9982byiv1186963323ydp78912ba0yiv9360667559ydp79c39225yiv2242449897ydpa458c16eyiv6910367063ydp1cf9f98ayiv8713103369ydp9b57ab72yiv8232398890ydp5077e577yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div class="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511ydp97638edcyiv5697485526ydpe6c9982byiv1186963323ydp78912ba0yiv9360667559ydp79c39225yiv2242449897ydpa458c16eyiv6910367063ydp1cf9f98ayiv8713103369ydp9b57ab72yiv8232398890ydp5077e577yiv5147995826ydp4fbfc6f6yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div> </div><div>The second is that making a life requires moving beyond the familiar and <b>deeply trusting in new beginnings</b>. It is only as we dare to leave our familiar ground behind us that life opens before us and new vistas emerge; and in these new vistas we find new power and possibility.</div><div><br></div><div>The third is that making a life happens when <b>we engage with others who share our vision</b>. The power of our passion is released when it is harnessed with that of others in a community that dares to act out their lives in service to the disinherited of this earth. </div><div><br></div><div>And finally, making a life means trusting that <b>all life is open to transformation</b> and that, in surrendering ourselves and risking all, we can truly bring about a new day.</div><div><br></div><div>Making a life of service means creating hope where it did not exist before.</div><div><br></div><div>Jim discovered his vocation on a train in Southern Chile in 1962. All human beings have a vocation; Jim considers himself fortunate to have found his as a young adult and to have found the community that gave him the knowledge and skills to truly BE his vocation. </div><div><br></div><div>In the conclusion, Jim reminds us of William Ernest Henley’s words:</div><div> </div></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px;"><div class="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511ydp97638edcyiv5697485526ydpe6c9982byiv1186963323ydp78912ba0yiv9360667559ydp79c39225yiv2242449897ydpa458c16eyiv6910367063ydp1cf9f98ayiv8713103369ydp9b57ab72yiv8232398890ydp5077e577yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div class="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511ydp97638edcyiv5697485526ydpe6c9982byiv1186963323ydp78912ba0yiv9360667559ydp79c39225yiv2242449897ydpa458c16eyiv6910367063ydp1cf9f98ayiv8713103369ydp9b57ab72yiv8232398890ydp5077e577yiv5147995826ydp4fbfc6f6yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><p class="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511ydp97638edcyiv5697485526ydpe6c9982byiv1186963323ydp78912ba0yiv9360667559ydp79c39225yiv2242449897ydpa458c16eyiv6910367063ydp1cf9f98ayiv8713103369ydp31aa77d6MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:medium;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;vertical-align:baseline;"><b><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">It matters not how strait the gate, </span></i></b></p><p class="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511ydp97638edcyiv5697485526ydpe6c9982byiv1186963323ydp78912ba0yiv9360667559ydp79c39225yiv2242449897ydpa458c16eyiv6910367063ydp1cf9f98ayiv8713103369ydp31aa77d6MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:medium;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;vertical-align:baseline;"><b><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"> How charged with punishments the scroll, </span></i></b></p><p class="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511ydp97638edcyiv5697485526ydpe6c9982byiv1186963323ydp78912ba0yiv9360667559ydp79c39225yiv2242449897ydpa458c16eyiv6910367063ydp1cf9f98ayiv8713103369ydp31aa77d6MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:medium;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;vertical-align:baseline;"><b><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">I am the master of my fate, </span></i></b></p><div><b><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></i></b> <b><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">I am the captain of my soul.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><br></span></i></b></div></div></div></blockquote><div class="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511ydp97638edcyiv5697485526ydpe6c9982byiv1186963323ydp78912ba0yiv9360667559ydp79c39225yiv2242449897ydpa458c16eyiv6910367063ydp1cf9f98ayiv8713103369ydp9b57ab72yiv8232398890ydp5077e577yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div class="ydpd89f2adfyiv5637683511ydp97638edcyiv5697485526ydpe6c9982byiv1186963323ydp78912ba0yiv9360667559ydp79c39225yiv2242449897ydpa458c16eyiv6910367063ydp1cf9f98ayiv8713103369ydp9b57ab72yiv8232398890ydp5077e577yiv5147995826ydp4fbfc6f6yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div>This book tells us of one man’s living of those words. </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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