[Oe List ...] Ongoing Reflections

[Sunny Walker]

Thank you for expressing my own sense.
Sunny

On Sun, Jul 6, 2025, 9:18 PM Cheryl Hood via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
wrote:

> Marsha,
>
> I am going to be very presumptive here and offer a reponse on behalf of
> the many good folks in this community.  The deafening silence you hear is
> not people avoiding the topic you raised; but people who have been stunned,
> shamed, and humiliated into silence, not knowing what the proper response
> is.
>
> The proper response includes NO defenses, or justification. We are all
> internalizing the intense pain you must have felt. How alone, how
> powerless, you must have experienced yourself. On behalf of all of us, I
> offer an abject apology that we weren't present to that pain at the time.
>
> I was so moved by your affirmation of the other gifts of the Order, and
> your colleagues, in the face of that pain. Thank you for offering that; it
> provides a glimpse into the healing that has taken place.
>
> I hope that you had the opportunity and experience of confronting this -
> and resolving it - with your parents. As a parent, I can tell you that the
> pain of knowing your child suffered something so devastating is only
> matched by the pain of knowing we failed you in that moment. All the
> wonderful Order teachings and platitudes about Grace fall away in the face
> of our children's pain at our own hands.
>
> We appreciate your courage as we wrestle with our own justification. Thank
> you for sharing; and forgive our inadequate responses.
>
> Cheryl Hood
>
> On Sat, Jul 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM Marsha Hahn via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Marilyn,
>>
>> I so appreciate your thoughtful reply. I'm aware of the silence on the OE
>> listserv since I wrote several days ago. A heaviness has come over me, too.
>>
>> Thank you for your deep, honest sharing. I appreciate hearing the
>> intensely compelling things going on in the world and the church that drew
>> you and Joe to the Order. That was a time of awakening and
>> consciousness-raising -- civil rights, war protest, etc. I can see how the
>> OE and EI were a vehicle for living out that new consciousness.
>>
>> It sounds like a brave move for you, Judy, and Mimi to make your case to
>> JWM to take your children with you to India. I'm glad the three of you
>> prevailed. I have no doubt that it mattered to you and your kids.
>>
>> Thank you again for being so open and honest in your sharing.
>>
>> Marsha
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, July 3, 2025 at 08:53:49 PM PDT, Mari Crocker <
>> maricrocker at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
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