[Oe List ...] So, I was riding my bicycle to the food bank

Sat Apr 21 12:05:16 PDT 2018

Or awakening to the impact of treating people like things.

On Sat, Apr 21, 2018, 11:59 AM Jean Long via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
wrote:

> My fear was much more down to earth. When I say your subject I thought "Oh
> shit, he fell off his bike and he can't come!!!"
>
> Jean Long
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> On Sat, Apr 21, 2018 at 11:52 AM, W. J. via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> wrote:
>
>> I recall JWM saying (and I can hear the emphasis in his voice now) that
>> our job was "to love God ... and to FEAR him".
>> "'Twas Grace that taught my heart to fear..." suggests that being "scared
>> shitless" can be a moment of grace.
>> Like Butch and Sundance jumping off the cliff when they're pursued by
>> the posse and there's no other way to go! After Sundance says "But I
>> can't swim!" and Butch says "The fall will probably kill you!"
>> "Who ARE those guys?" Well folks, we're being chased by the Mystery.
>> Marshall
>>
>>
>> On Saturday, April 21, 2018, 7:43:27 AM PDT, James Wiegel via OE <
>> oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> About 5 am yesterday, and is often the case with me, a song was going
>> through my head, in this case, Amazing Grace.  I had googled the book The
>> Shaking of the Foundations, on Thursday and discovered that Tillich's You
>> Are Accepted was included as a chapter.
>>
>> Back to the bike ride:  the lyrics of Amazing Grace were wandering
>> through my head . . . And the line came "Twas grace that taught my heart to
>> fear". and I wondered what that line was pointing to . . .
>>
>> Jim Wiegel
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>> www.partnersinparticipation.com
>>
>> Loneliness does not come from having no people around you. But from being
>> unable to communicate the things that seem important to you.  Carl Jung
>>
>> On Apr 21, 2018, at 00:37, Isobel and Jim Bishop via OE <
>> oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Dawn,
>>
>> Thank you for your bravery in writing  this,  I am enjoying the
>> conversation.!
>>
>>
>> Keep on keeping on, as the saying goes….
>>
>>
>> with love from
>>
>> Isobel. xx
>>
>> Isobel and  Jim Bishop
>> isobeljimbish at optusnet.com.au
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 21/04/2018, at 4:59 PM, Dawn Collins via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi, Mary!
>>
>> Try this on by way of an explanation:  The Creator/Source sometimes uses
>> the most unlikely of choices (to us) to impact wayward souls who have no
>> thought of believing in a Source/Creator and devote their lives to
>> temporal, materialistic things. Take the apostles for instance, what a
>> motley crew! From lowly fishermen with one a despised tax collector, (seen
>> as lackeys of the Roman occupation); they weren't exactly the creme de la
>> creme of society.
>>
>> In the Old Testament, the Source/Creator used enemies of the Hebrew
>> nation to defeat them in warfare as a means to remind them to be faithful
>> to their Covenant with the Creator/Source and not follow the ways of the
>> temporal world where idol worship was the rule of the day. Serious stuff,
>> eh?
>>
>> Reluctant prophets also bore the responsibility of reminding the
>> Israelites of being obedient to putting the Source/Creator as their
>> ultimate priority. Needless to say, they were not only unpopular but spoke
>> their message even when in fear of their lives.
>>
>> I hope for a future where we are past the point in our history as a
>> nation in the U.S.and around the world where our social prophets e.g.,
>> activists,  young or mature, journalists, and religious leaders are
>> rendered violently expendable to the more radical elements in our society.
>>
>> One of my big thoughts has been to compare the plight of Israel through
>> its history to the timeline of my life as a human being. Questions I ask
>> are: What can we learn from their history? Was and is it universal? What is
>> the role of a Word Bearer In the community and the world?
>>
>> I often listen to music as meditation. Tracy Chapman's New Beginning
>> album speaks to me of creating a heaven here on earth with a new beginning
>> creating new symbols, new signs, and, a new language.I think she's a social
>> pioneer and prophet.
>>
>> Anyway, I'm glad to be on the planet and actively participating in the
>> struggle dealing with the moral issue affecting the spirit of our times...
>>
>> G&P,
>>
>> The struggle continues,
>>
>> Dawn
>>
>>
>> We love the Creator/Source because the Source/Creator first loved us.
>> 1 John 4:19
>>
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