[Oe List ...] Death of Robert Shropshire

[Isobel and Jim Bishop]

Dear colleagues,
It has been a very sacred moment reading all the words of love, and  
memorable encounters, that many of us had with Robert. I found myself  
in awe as I read and digested each note.

For me, Robert was also a prophet.

I remember an occasion when we were both teaching in the Academy and  
Robert was delivering the lecture in the Nation and World Course.    
His eyes were far away, as he spoke of the 'tan man' and he said '  
that will be the next huge upsurge of people power and chaos, ' or  
words such as these.   It  really imprinted on me how the world/  
nation-states/  would be reconfigured, as balances were  
changed....... and I thought of Robert years later, when the Middle  
East imploded........'
In his book ' Reading The Bible Again For The First Time' Marcus Borg  
speaks of ' Prophetic Energising'. For me, Robert was a real example  
of what Borg means, in his Chapter 6.

Robert, we salute you... from Australia.


Isobel Bishop.
On 01/06/2012, at 10:33 AM, ICA wrote:

> I will always remember Robert as a great Teacher, a Truth Teller, a  
> Lover of what has Heart and Meaning.
> Praise the gift of his life and spirit!
> Bob
>
> Dr. Robert True
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>
> On May 31, 2012, at 5:06 PM, "Ellen & David Rebstock"  
> <grapevin2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Shrop was my section leader for RS1 in Academy in 1976.  I'll  
>> never forget his style of addressing our illusions with a HO, Ho,  
>> Ho isn't that great.  He always said he wished he had the  
>> busiiness education that I had. I've always wished I could have  
>> told him that his facilitation and people skills were so much more  
>> important than what i was doing. I,ll never forget him as a friend  
>> and I agree as to his great sense of humor and leadership skill.
>> David Rebstock
>>
>> On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 9:25 PM, Dharmalingam Vinasithamby  
>> <dvinasithamby at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Very sad to hear of his passing. We taught together at the Black  
>> Academy several times and through him, I got to know about the  
>> feelings and hopes of the black community in the 70s. We worked  
>> together at Bombay house together as well. I had been trying to  
>> track him down all these years with no success. A man with a great  
>> sense of humour and passion.
>>
>> Dharmalingam
>>
>> From: George Holcombe <geowanda1 at me.com>
>> To: Order Ecumenical Community <OE at wedgeblade.net>; ICA LIST SERVE  
>> <dialogue at wedgeblade.net>
>> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 8:15 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Death of Robert Shropshire
>>
>> Conna Wilkerson told me that Robert died Tuesday night at his  
>> mother's home in Chicago.  A service will be held for him on  
>> Saturday.
>>
>> Wanda and I will never forget Robert.  When he arrived at  
>> Mowanjum, he was the star of the show, everyone thought he was the  
>> greatest.  Years later Robert and I had a great time playing music  
>> at the summer programs.  I'm sure others of us have memories of  
>> Robert, too.
>>
>> George Holcombe
>> 14900 Yellowleaf Tr.
>> Austin, TX 78728
>> Mobile 512/252-2756
>> geowanda1 at me.com
>>
>> Hope appeareth, but it is not your Hope—you do not have anything  
>> to do with it. It just appeareth. It comes as a stranger, as an  
>> alien—it just appeareth! You do not even know why you hope. How in  
>> the world could you hope when there is absolutely nothing to  
>> justify any hope?    ~Joseph W. Mathews
>>
>>
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