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

[Judi White]

To me it's like "No mud no lutus". I know! Ongoing obtusehood. Remember
well Slicker telling me I own this quality.

On Sat, Apr 21, 2018, 12:36 PM Nancy Trask via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
wrote:

> Doesn't fear in this case point to the experience of awe
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> Nancy Trask
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> From: James Wiegel via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> To: Order Ecumenical Community <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> Cc: James Wiegel <jfwiegel at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Sat, 21 Apr 2018 10:39:21 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: [Oe List ...] So, I was riding my bicycle to the food bank
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> 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 . . .
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> Jim Wiegel
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> 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
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> On Apr 21, 2018, at 00:37, Isobel and Jim Bishop via OE <
> oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
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> Dear Dawn,
>
> Thank you for your bravery in writing  this,  I am enjoying the
> conversation.!
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>
> Keep on keeping on, as the saying goes….
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> with love from
>
> Isobel. xx
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> Isobel and  Jim Bishop
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> On 21/04/2018, at 4:59 PM, Dawn Collins via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> wrote:
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> 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
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> We love the Creator/Source because the Source/Creator first loved us.
> 1 John 4:19
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