<div dir="ltr">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.<div>I don't recall the questions but they might be relevant today.<br><div><br></div><div>Ronnie</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jul 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM James Wiegel via Dialogue <<a href="mailto:dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net">dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Thanks. So, comprehensive news coverage has been challenging for a while<div><br id="m_4272811610270667530lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13pt">Jim Wiegel</span><br><div>
<p><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">“…the long work<br>
of turning their lives<br>
into a celebration<br>
is not easy. Come </span><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);font-size:19pt">and let us talk</span><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);font-size:19pt">“. </span></p><p><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);font-size:19pt">The Sunflowers. Mary Oliver</span></p></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 13, 2025, at 11:14 AM, Jo Nelson <<a href="mailto:jo.r.nelson@gmail.com" target="_blank">jo.r.nelson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">There was some question that connected the two parts — a question to ground the quote in current everyday experience. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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! </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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.” <br clear="all"><br>Take care,</div><div dir="auto">Jo<br><br clear="all"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>--<br>Jo Nelson, CPF, CTF <<a href="mailto:jo.r.nelson@gmail.com" target="_blank">jo.r.nelson@gmail.com</a>><br></div><div>647 233 6910<br></div><div><br>"Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world.<br>Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead</div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jul 13, 2025 at 11:53 AM James Wiegel via Dialogue <<a href="mailto:dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">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.<div><br></div><div>Can you all help me to recall the questions which were used??</div><div><br></div><div> 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.</div><div><br></div><div>This is what I recall</div><div>SCRIPTURE / QUOTE</div><div>Read the verse/quote outloud. Maybe read it a second time?</div><div>What are the key words? What words might we substitute for those words?</div><div>So, How might you say this quote / verse in your own words?</div><div>-------then I get lost</div><div><br></div><div>NEWS</div><div>What are 1 or 2 news events of the last day or so?</div><div>Which one should we talk about?<br id="m_4272811610270667530m_-1538022735872121103lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13pt">--------- then I get lost</span></div><div id="m_4272811610270667530m_-1538022735872121103AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13pt"><br></span></div><div id="m_4272811610270667530m_-1538022735872121103AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13pt">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 . . .</span></div><div id="m_4272811610270667530m_-1538022735872121103AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13pt"><br></span></div><div id="m_4272811610270667530m_-1538022735872121103AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13pt">Jim Wiegel</span><br><div>
<p><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">“We are all time travelers journeying into the future. But let us make that future a place we want to visit. “ </span><span style="font-size:13pt;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Stephen Hawking</span></p></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 7, 2025, at 6:26 AM, Judy Lindblad via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">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</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jul 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM Ellie Stock via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></div>
</div><div id="m_4272811610270667530m_-1538022735872121103m_-926948648851237917ydp18efee6dyahoo_quoted_1848871313"><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:8px;margin:0px 0px 0px 8px;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div id="m_4272811610270667530m_-1538022735872121103m_-926948648851237917ydp18efee6dyiv8797581470" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><ol style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;list-style:none;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(82,82,82)"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><div style="margin:30px 20px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://davidsuzuki.org/about/declaration-of-interdependence/" rel="nofollow" style="font-size:18px;line-height:20px;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,0,153)" target="_blank"></a></div></div></li></ol></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="padding:12px 0px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr">Hi Folks,</div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr">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.</div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr">Ellie</div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:elliestock@aol.com" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank">elliestock@aol.com</a> <img title="Emoji" alt="Emoji" height="16" width="16" style="padding: 0px 2px; vertical-align: middle; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img title="Emoji" alt="Emoji" height="16" width="16" style="padding: 0px 2px; vertical-align: middle; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img title="Emoji" alt="Emoji" height="16" width="16" style="padding: 0px 2px; vertical-align: middle; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><1751592084062blob.jpg></div></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.02em;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.02em;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px" dir="ltr"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.02em;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><a href="https://davidsuzuki.org/about/declaration-of-interdependence/" rel="nofollow" style="font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:normal;font-size:18px;line-height:20px;color:rgb(51,0,153)" target="_blank">Declaration of Interdependence - David Suzuki Foundation</a><span style="letter-spacing:-0.02em;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><br></div></div><div style="padding:12px 0px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:normal;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,117,66)"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:normal;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,117,66)"><a href="http://davidsuzuki.org/about/declaration-of-interdependence" style="font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">davidsuzuki.org/about/declaration-of-interdependence</a></span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.02em;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(82,82,82)"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(82,82,82)">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.</span></div></div>
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