[Oe List ...] Being Black in the Order Ecumenical

[Nancy Lanphear]

Dear Randy,

I, too would appreciate hearing some of the stories about what it was like
to be black in the Order.  I remember Phoebe Reynolds, Christine Harris,
and some of the children  .... Tad and Todd Mueller, Eric Shropshire, Adam
and Kaira Lingo, Emanuel Ward, Kevin Woodward   ... I am sorry , who are
the others who have slipped through my memory ...?  Thank you Joyce and
Randy

Nancy

On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 3:55 AM, R Williams <rcwmbw at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Joyce,
>
> Your brief comment, in remembering Robert Shropshire, about what it was
> like to be black and to have been in the O:E has me wanting to hear more
> about what that experience was like, and trying to
> recall our black Order colleagues prior to our being dispersed around the
> globe, embracing cultures of color everywhere.
>
> In addition to you, Carlos and Shropshire, I remember Larry Ward, Nadine
> Ward, Harold Williams and Richard whose last name was, I think, Epson.
> Other faces are pictured in my mind's eye whose names I cannot recall.  Who
> were they?
>
> My interest is peaked by the fact that the white majority, in the U.S at
> least, is shrinking and will likely soon no longer exist, combined with the
> fact that there is a glimmer of indication that cultural diversity of all
> kinds is coming to be not only tolerated but embraced by more and more
> people.
>
> *On* *behalf* *of* *the* *future*, with an eye toward how all people
> may live together in peace on this flat, increasingly diverse and crowded
> planet, I would love to hear more of your reflections, as well as those of
> others, on what it was like then to be black and in the O:E and what, with
> 50 years of experience behind us, we all have learned.
>
> A conversation like this could be a fitting tribute to Robert, Nadine,
> Harold and others now departed who have impacted our community
> and consciousness over the years.
>
> Randy
>
> "Listen to what is emerging from yourself to the course of being in the
> world; not to be supported by it, but to bring it to reality as it desires."
> -Martin Buber (adapted)
>
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