[Oe List ...] Tributes to Catherine Pierce and Bill Norton

[Richard Alton]

Yes, spent a lot of time with Bill Norton in Kawangware, Nairobi, Kenya
above a bar renewing an urban slum. He and his family were an awesome
presences in a challenging situation. Thanks, Bill for helping build a blue
shirt movement.

We also need to keep in our prayers and thoughts Jim Stovall who was just
diagnosed with stage 4 Liver cirrhosis. He arrived in Chicago tonight from
Oklahoma City to do some specialist work.
Dick Alton

On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 7:33 AM isobeljimbish--- via OE <
oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

> Thank you Karen and Leah.
> I remember Bill with affection.
> xo
> Isobel Bishop
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 3 Jan 2019, at 11:42 pm, Karen Snyder via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> wrote:
>
>
> *Light a candle for Catherine Pierce*
>
> September 16, 1949 – December 29, 2018 – Jacksonville, FL
>
> Karen Snyder writes about Catherine Pierce
>
> I have been a ‘friend’ of Catherine’s through Facebook, seeing her
> postings of her family and social engagement in the past few years. Her
> daughter Rosa writes, “Catherine had the most incredible mind, body, and
> soul.”   Colleagues on the march write multiple postings including,
> “Activist for peace and justice everywhere …. One of Jacksonville’s
> activist superstars, who had nothing but love and kindness for all she met
> … We are better for knowing you and for the time you spent fighting for
> justice to make our world a better place for all."
>
> *****
>
> *Light a candle for Bill Norton*
>
> December 15, 1945 - December 29, 2018  -  Bellingham, WA
>
> Leah Early shares her thoughts thru a poem she wrote and an Aboriginal
> poem she shared:
>
> In acknowledging the death of Bill Norton, these thoughts visit me:
>
> Bill is not someone I was assigned with in a place of raw possibilities.
> I was never close enough to feel vibrations from his singing, nor did I
> wash dishes with him amid steaming water and clanging dish trays.
> We shared no late night security sessions, no sweaty cleanup days.
> But I knew wherever Bill was,
> he broke bread and spilled wine.
>
> Across a very crowded room, I caught a wide smile and dancing eyes.
> And from great distances through Religious House reports,
> we were introduced again and again.
> I knew the Nortons were part of our community—the us
> living precariously between no-longer and not-yet--and
> as was true for all living things, Bill’s life was precious.
>
>
> From Bee Lake, an Aboriginal poet:
>
> Forever Oneness,
> who sings to us in silence,
> who teaches us through each other.
> Guide my steps with strength and wisdom.
> May I see the lessons as I walk,
> honor the Purpose of all things.
> Help me touch with respect,
> always speak from behind my eyes.
> Let me observe, not judge.
> May I cause no harm,
> and leave music and beauty after my visit.
> When I return to forever
> may the circle be closed
> and the spiral be broader.
> Amen.
>
>
>
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Richard H. T. Alton
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