[Oe List ...] another brief collegium

[Dawn Collins]

 Blessings on the contributions you have made, John to our literary and spiritual awareness. I remember when the Youth House in;'73 called upon you to be a guest pedagogue for an RSI weekend with the students.
May you continue your journey to evolve into a time of transition from our corporate body and into a purer realm of Being.
Kimdfully yours,
dawn collins

We love the Final Reality because the Final Reality loved us first.- 1 John 4:19    On Wednesday, June 3, 2020, 08:25:07 PM MDT, Ken Fisher via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:  
 
 Dear John,
I was in Chicago from Ottawa for a Priors meeting in October of ’77 . Thanks to Karen Troxel, I visited Joe at his bedside for a few minutes and briefly conversed with him an hour or so before he died.

Two days later, I approached you with my own naive hopefulness and asked you if you would consider being our next Dean. 
For me, you have the genius, the humility, the discipline (wasn’t there a Military School somewhere back there?), the care for others and the inspiration.
For me, in my little fox hole, at that time with a decade of EI / O:E engagement, I knew I could put my trust in you and Ann to serve ‘at the centre tranquil - amidst the raging seas’.
In that regard, for me, nothing in 43 years has changed.
You stared at me directly with some surprise, then looked down and said, “No.”
I continued to look and I could not find.
In warmth and light,
Ken



On Jun 3, 2020, at 6:55 PM, John Epps via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
GordonHarper was always a role model for me, partly because of his humor, articulateness,and creativity. I especially appreciated his final posting which he termed abrief collegium. So here goes mine.            Yesterday I was enrolled in a homehospice system. It represents the culmination of 13 years of treating prostatecancer which now has expanded beyond that. The very good doctors have done allthey can and recommended that hospice care is next. Ann is taking very goodcare of me. No one knows or says whether there are days, weeks or months left,so I wanted to let you know and to say two things.            1. First, I want to apologize forany and all offenses occasioned by my arrogance, naivete, and ignorance.            2.More important, I want to expressreal gratitude for the privilege of being part of this body of colleagues. It’slike what an extended family would like to be but never quite makes it.  You are my extended family and I’m honored tobe part of it. 
 
Iprobably won’t be posting any more on this list serve but will continue readingit avidly.
 
Graceand peace to all y’all.JohnEpps_______________________________________________
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