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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>No. Metanoia is literally ‘new mind.’ Meta = new (metamorphosis is new form). Noia root is nous – mind. It’s normally translated ‘repentance.’ But ‘new mindedness’ is like ‘Oh! I get it now!’<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bill<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Dialogue <dialogue-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Randy Williams via Dialogue<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 2, 2025 5:52 AM<br><b>To:</b> Colleague Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net><br><b>Cc:</b> Randy Williams <randycw1938@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Dialogue] [Oe List ...] Second Coming of Jesus<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Bill,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Is there not also a Greek word for “born again” — metanoia?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Randy<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On Jan 1, 2025, at 8:38 AM, Bill Schlesinger via Dialogue <<a href="mailto:dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net">dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Greek word translated ‘again,’ is <b>ἄνωθεν, (anothen). </b>Its root is<b> ἄνω, (ano), </b>which means ‘above.’ The dialogue between Jesus and Nicodemus is one of John’s examples of people not getting it. Being ‘born from above’ is getting a radically new perspective on life. ‘Above’ is that which gives a broader, more inclusive perspective – like going up on a mountain and looking down at the valley, or the ‘earthrise’ perspective on the planet.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You can’t get there from here. You can’t start with a national, racial, economic or familial identity and ‘get’ the context of inclusiveness, forgiveness, compassion for all and responsibility for all.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To a large extent, the intent of RS-1 (and even occasionally succeeding) was to ‘get there.’<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>FWIW<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bill Schlesinger<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Dialogue <<a href="mailto:dialogue-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net">dialogue-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>David Dunn via Dialogue<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 31, 2024 6:03 PM<br><b>To:</b> Colleague Dialogue <<a href="mailto:dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net">dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> David Dunn <<a href="mailto:dmdunn1@gmail.com">dmdunn1@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Dialogue] [Oe List ...] Second Coming of Jesus<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>…and I’m thinking that “born again” is something to be thought of as akin to evolving, which suggests that the Big Bang is something akin to an infinitely massive birth.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>David</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>ps. Wow.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:27.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>🤩</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Dec 31, 2024, at 5:01 PM, Wesson Gaige via Dialogue <<a href="mailto:dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net">dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>If you are not being <b><span style='color:#FF2600'>continually reborn</span></b>, how can your continue?<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Dec 31, 2024, at 11:14, Seth Longacre via Dialogue <<a href="mailto:dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net">dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Yes, Randy, me too. <b><span style='color:#FF2600'>Sometimes four times a day</span></b>!<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>Seth Longacre</b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:Sethlongacre@gmail.com">Sethlongacre@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><i>Sent from one of my iThingies, please excuse typos and brevity</i><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On Dec 31, 2024, at 09:02, Randy Williams via Dialogue <<a href="mailto:dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net">dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I was asked if I’d ever been born again. I said, “<b><span style='color:#FF2600'>Absolutely! As a matter of fact, four times so far just this year</span></b>.”<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Randy<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>—<br><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><img border=0 width=72 height=96 style='width:.75in;height:1.0in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01DB5CDF.A06C0DE0" alt=image001.jpg><br><br>"Mystery, possibility, and the power to choose"</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><br>David Dunn<br>740 S Alton Way 9B<br>Denver, CO 80247<br>720-314-5991<br><a href="mailto:dmdunn1@gmail.com">dmdunn1@gmail.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><br><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><br><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE TO RECIPIENT: This transmission may contain confidential information belonging to the sender that is legally privileged and proprietary and may be subject to protection under the law, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). 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