<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:14pt"><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 14pt; ">"<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.363636016845703px; background-color: white; ">I always wondered why he didn't move right in. . ."</span></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Of course there was a 'why.'</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">It was obvious that Art was recognizably one of 'the Order' in spirit, even though he never 'moved in.'</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">My best guess as to 'why': sometimes those who are called to be the Order are also called to deal with their family covenant as a primary condition. Art leaves behind a wife (Becky) and a profoundly mentally disabled dependent son
(Mark). Not a good 'fit' with our corporate 'craziness.'</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I also think of Jim & Eunice Mathews as part of the Order who never 'moved in.'</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Marshall, who is heading to Lake Junaluska today!</font></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 14pt; "><br><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> George Holcombe <geowanda@earthlink.net><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Order Ecumenical Community <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tue, July 24, 2012 7:10:28 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Oe List ...] Art Brandenburg<br></font><br>
I was on some writing teams with Art at Summer Programs. He was always ahead of everyone in concept and wording, like he had been there before; I always wondered why he didn't move right in, but I can see he made a great contribution doing what he did. We have touched a lot of people with OE and ICA and some have touched us back.<br><br>George Holcombe<br>14900 Yellowleaf Tr.<br>Austin, TX 78728<br>Mobile 512/252-2756<br><a ymailto="mailto:geowanda@earthlink.net" href="mailto:geowanda@earthlink.net">geowanda@earthlink.net</a><br><br>Hope appeareth, but it is not your Hope—you do not have anything to do with it. It just appeareth. It comes as a stranger, as an alien—it just appeareth! You do not even know why you hope. How in the world could you hope when there is absolutely nothing to justify any hope? ~Joseph W. Mathews<br><br><br><br><br>On Jul 23, 2012, at 6:55 PM, Jack Gilles wrote:<br><br>> Marshall,<br>> <br>>
Thanks for sharing this and especially the link. Art was one of the early master teachers I encountered. He was a sign of what the Church was about. His legacy with the Order and the Movement is a great one. May he journey on in peace and tranquility. Our prayers are with his family.<br>> <br>> Grace & Peace,<br>> <br>> Jack<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> OE mailing list<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net" href="mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net">OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</a><br><span>> <a target="_blank" href="http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net">http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net</a></span><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>OE mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net" href="mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net">OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</a><br><a
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