[Oe List ...] Colleagues in CA, WA OR--fires?

Wed Sep 16 16:12:56 PDT 2020

With Isobel's post, I was reminded of a song from Baptist Vacation Bible School that had the line in it "See the fire burning Lord, Somebody touched me"  And I got wondering if someone is writing some new songs that capture these days.  Then I thought of 2 old ones from the composite song book:  Pentecost Hymn and Prayer . . . 
PENTECOST HYMN

Tune: There's New WorldComing

Likethe sound of heaven with the rushing of the wind 

Camethe fire a‑burning and new life was given to men. 

Theyoung see visions and the old dream dreams 

Bornof fire, filled with power, for all men.

Tothe light from darkness, and to freedom from fear 

Buildingfrom the ashes into one community 

Peter,Paul, and Luther, Augustine and Benedict 

Bornof fire, filled with power, for all men.

Withdespair abounding and a lack of hope around 

Stillthe Spirit comes to the ones who birth the day 

Givingbreath and being to the ones who give their death 

Bornof fire, filled with power, for all men.

Forthe coming ages and the journey of mankind 

Weclaim the promise that the fire give life to them 

Decidingfreely to live on behalf of all 

Bornof fire, filled with power, for all men.

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PRAYER

Tune: Aravah (Hebrew)

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When I see my life

ever is torn

And loved ones

violated

And my failures are daily reborn

Then sorrow with 

heaven is weighted
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Yet I can gladly em-brace every hour

And praise God’s 

inequity

I can sing of my blessings that shower

My joy

inexpressible be.
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Now here I stand

battered to and fro

The chaos within

yet surrounding

I cry out my want and 

the lack that I know

And power from with-

out feel uplifting.
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The weight of the world

on my shoulders I bear

I echo the 

voices that cry

The path of Mankind

with my agony bent

And my God I’ll fight on

 ‘til I die.
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Jim Wiegel  

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    On Wednesday, September 16, 2020, 03:57:28 PM MST, isobeljimbish--- via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:  

 Dear colleagues on the Way,The Australian colleagues   are  thinking about you as you suffer and grieve over loss of life and property;  with the onslaught of the bush fires on your west coast. We understand the horror and pain you are experiencing, coming from our own horrendous past  summer. Thinking of you all,With our  fondest love,Isobel Bishop 

Isobel BishopMob.  0412 129 425
On 17 Sep 2020, at 12:20 am, RICHARD HOWIE via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

Keeping you all in prayer.  Our cream colored skies here are caused by the smoke high up in the atmosphere.Take good care,Ellen and Dick

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On Sep 15, 2020, at 11:33 AM, Seth Longacre via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

The smoke is seriously no joke. We closed up all the windows days ago and aren’t letting the kitties out, but even with an air filter, the smoke is giving me headaches. I think most of Oregon is like here in Ashland — everyone who can be is in lockdown and then there are the worst off who’ve been evacuated and are living in their cars in parking lots with no escape at all from the smoke.
But we’re lucky. The majority of those who’ve lost their homes here in So Oregon are those on the low end of the socioeconomic scale — whole mobile home parks have been razed, the fire is not yet contained, most non-essential businesses are closed, there’s little to know public transport running. On the upside, donations pour in to several locations, the schools and several churches are providing food and shelter, everyone from cellphone companies to massage therapists are showing up and volunteering services to those in need.
And some rain is predicted for Thursday night and Friday. We may run out and dance in the streets.

Sent from one of my iThingees, please excuse brevity and typos

On Sep 15, 2020, at 08:22, Ellie Stock via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

Just wondering what the front line news about the fires is from folks living in CA, WA, and OR.  We're thinking about you, wondering how you are doing, and hoping you are staying safe.  The news media accounts of neighborhoods destroyed and intense smoke air pollution is heart-rending.
Ellie Stockelliestock at aol.com 

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