[Oe List ...] Personal Reaity

[Joy Bonafield via OE]

Thank you, Margaret for your thoughtful message -- a testament to what a
small group of people who care can be and do.  Our fear, frustration, and
anxiety sit at the root of this whirlwind of change.  And yes, my hope,
with Dharma, is that one day we will grow more mature, and become able to
take our place as a nation among the nations.

And thank you, Ellie for sharing the Native American 10 Commandments --
 guideposts leading us toward building peace among the people, and between
the people and the earth.

All is well, and the sun will come up on Wednesday.

Joyce

On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 12:51 AM, Margaret Aiseayew via OE <
oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> In these times (in which we are still the people), we all find ourselves
> in vastly differing personal realities.  I am serving two very small
> congregations here in the middle of Iowa and this past weekend was our
> Thanksgiving Ingathering.  Between the two churches (where attendance
> ranges from five to ten in one and ten to fifteen in the other) we managed
> to raise nearly $12,000 for contributions to global missions presented at
> the In-Gathering.  Please don’t start on the inadequacies these
> contributions (or missions) represent and celebrate with me this large
> accomplishment of very few.
>
>
>
> Believe it or not, all that we have been discussing here on the list is
> tearing at the fabric of these small communities.  I felt compelled to
> address it this morning in a witness that I titled “The Time Has Come.”  I
> am severely constrained in the language I use.  I have tried to convince
> them in many ways what I mean when I used the word ‘God.’  I tried to
> address their fear, frustration and anxiety.  I closed my talk this morning
> by reminding them that no matter what happens on Tuesday, on Wednesday
> morning when we rise God will still be God and we will still be charged
> with loving God’s world and all that is in it with every cell of our being.
>
> Margaret
>
>
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