<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div>I think it's not easy (esp by email) to convey the mystery of the memory of certain individuals and the way they moved into and through our lives. I know when this thread began, I felt a tug of concern for naming names but then felt a rush of gratitude to say and write names and read others' stories. So, here's to remembering the way some people gave of their lives for a short or long time, and for the renewal that happened in the process, or didn't. Diann</div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Herman Greene <<a href="mailto:hfgreene@mindspring.com">hfgreene@mindspring.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span> Order Ecumenical Community <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> 'Order Ecumenical Community' <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Re: [Oe List ...] Being Black in the Order Ecumenical<br></div><div><br></div><div xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]>
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div bgcolor="white" lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="blue"><div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Not for me. These names evoke multiple levels of awareness and consciousness for me. They are sacred.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Herman<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" tabindex="-1"></span></font></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> <a href="mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>
[<a href="mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net">mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>] <b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of
</span></b>Mary Hampton<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Monday, June 04, 2012 9:27 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> <st1:personname w:st="on">Order Ecumenical Community</st1:personname><br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Oe List ...] Being Black in the Order Ecumenical</span></font><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">So Far, we have hit the objective level (naming Black Order<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875);
-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469);-webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469)"> Colleagues)
with some 1 person reflections or reminincing about an individual our two. Naming "women" or "children" of the Order feels like a different animal, ballgame, kettle of fish. Lists won't convey much to me.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875);
-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469);-webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469)"><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt"><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875);
-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469);-webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469)"><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Although I do remember enjoying saying Yes to the question: Did you grow up in the Order? My fuller answer was "Yes, but I was 20 when
I joined."</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875);
-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469);-webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469)"><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt"><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875);
-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469);-webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469)"><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Grace, Peace, LIGHT,</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875);
-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469);-webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469)"><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt"><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875);
-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469);-webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469)"><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">mary</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br>
On Jun 4, 2012, at 6:08 PM, <a href="mailto:LAURELCG@aol.com">LAURELCG@aol.com</a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt" type="cite"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial" id="role_document"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Thank you, Marilyn. I was horrified this morning to find myself thinking, "What about a discussion on being a woman
in the Order? A child? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Love and blessings,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Jann<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">In a message dated 6/4/2012 3:57:54 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
<a href="mailto:h-wainwright@charter.net">h-wainwright@charter.net</a> writes:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt;
margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Marilyn Crocker thank you for putting into words my Uneasiness. Blessing for you and Joe. Harry
<br><br></span></font><i><font size="2" color="#333333" face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#333333;font-style:italic">Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID</span></font></i><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
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-----Original message-----<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;
font-weight:bold">From:
</span></font></b><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"><a href="mailto:marilyncrocker@juno.com">marilyncrocker@juno.com</a><b><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>To: </span></b><a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a><b><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>
Sent: </span></b>Mon, Jun 4, 2012 18:05:41 EDT<b><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>
Subject: </span></b>Re: [Oe List ...] Being Black in the Order Ecumenical<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
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