[Oe List ...] [Dialogue] Earthrise Witnesses

Ann Avery ann.h.avery at gmail.com
Wed Mar 11 03:44:38 PDT 2020


Me too .  Include me in.

On Mon, 9 Mar 2020, 22:34 vance via OE, <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

> Terry, please include me:  Cynthia Vance
> facilitationfla at aol.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jlepps39 via Dialogue <dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> To: Order Ecumenical Community <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>; Earthrise <
> earthrise at yahoogroups.com>; Colleague Dialogue <
> dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> Cc: jlepps39 <jlepps39 at gmail.com>
> Sent: Mon, Mar 9, 2020 12:34 pm
> Subject: Re: [Dialogue] [Oe List ...] Earthrise Witnesses
>
> Hi Terry
>
> Please include me <jlepps39 at gmail.com>
>
> Thanks.  John
>
>
>
> Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Terry Bergdall via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> Date: 3/8/20 16:34 (GMT-07:00)
> To: Earthrise <earthrise at yahoogroups.com>, Order Ecumenical Community <
> oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>, Colleague Dialogue <
> dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> Cc: Terry Bergdall <bergdall2 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Oe List ...] Earthrise Witnesses
>
> For several years, 1998-2009, I moderated a listserv called "Earthrise"
> where people shared brief "spiritual reflections" via email that were
> reminiscent of those in Daily Office. When I became CEO of ICA-USA, I
> ceased doing this. Periodically, people have continued to share witnesses
> when they have been so moved. Several people have suggested that I revive
> Earthrise but I'e been reluctant to repeat the same as before. However, I
> am absolutely convinced that there is something of value in sharing
> witnesses within a community that see spiritual practices to be important.
> So, here is my current thinking about Earthrise:
>
> (1) Once a week, I will share an old Earthrise witness drawn from the
> hundreds that I still have from the 1998-2009 period. My thought is that
> spiritual insights are timeless and that few people will recall what
> someone shared one or two decades ago.
>
> (2) Perhaps a weekly witness from the past might encourage and stimulate
> people today to write and share NEW witnesses. However, I do not plan to
> assign any suggested timetable for doing so. People will simply choose for
> themselves when/if they want to share something.
>
> (3) While I intend to use the Earthrise listserv in doing this, I suspect
> many email address have changed. Therefore, I am copying this announcement
> to the "oe at lists.wedgeblade.net" and "dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net"
> lists. I also will also post a first weekly witness tomorrow morning to
> these groups. Tomorrow's witness, which was written by Brian Stanfield in
> 1998 (and was the very first Earthrise witness shared), will provide an
> opportunity for people to see if they are still active on the Earthrise
> listserv or not. If not, and people  active on the "wedgeblade" lists wish
> to receive these witnesses, then they should email me an message with a
> request for their current email address to be added to the Earthrise list.
>
> I hope my thinking here is clear. If not, please send your questions to
> me. Then tomorrow, look Brian's witness!
>
> Take care,
> Terry Bergdall
> _______________________________________________
> Dialogue mailing list
> Dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net
> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net
> _______________________________________________
> OE mailing list
> OE at lists.wedgeblade.net
> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.wedgeblade.net/pipermail/oe-wedgeblade.net/attachments/20200311/d15de511/attachment.html>


More information about the OE mailing list