<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>I did a talk based on the God seminar to a mixed crowd in JB recently. It was a stripped down 7 minute version. Didn't mention God at all - just TWLI. I was curious to see how people would react - </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">it was recieved well. Someone later told me that he thought "there was a lot of material there" that could be developed further. </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span
style="background-color: transparent;">Dharmalingam</span></div><div><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> George Holcombe <grholcombe@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Order Ecumenical Community <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Order Ecumenical Community <oe@wedgeblade.net>; Colleague Dialogue <dialogue@wedgeblade.net> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, August 24, 2013 7:25 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re:
[Oe List ...] What Happens If You Give the God Lecture Today?<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv9254447927"><div><div>Excellent, as I recall my high school graduation, the speech was all about our being the hope of the future.<br><br><div><br></div><div>George Holcombe</div><div>14900 Yellowleaf Tr.</div><div>Austin, TX 78728</div><div>Mobile 512/252-2756</div><div><br></div><div>“...we have the choice: we can gratefully cultivate the relationships that make us part of a vast network, or we can take them for granted and allow them to wither and die.” Brother David Steindl-Rast, Deeper than Words</div><div><div><span class="yiv9254447927Apple-style-span" style=""><br></span></div><div><span class="yiv9254447927Apple-style-span" style="">Sent from my iPad</span></div></div></div><div><br>On Aug 24, 2013, at 3:04 AM, Gordon Harper <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:gharper1@mindspring.com" target="_blank"
href="mailto:gharper1@mindspring.com">gharper1@mindspring.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
<font size="+1"><font face="Comic Sans MS">Well --<br>
<br>
<font size="+1">In this case, the poor soul here in Seattle who
tried it (no, <font size="+1">twas</font> not I) got roundly
booed and<font size="+1"> <font size="+1">some people in</font>
his <font size="+1">sizable</font> <font size="+1">audience
tried hard to shut him down<font size="+1"> b<font size="+1">efore he was through it.<br>
<br>
<font size="+1">I'd heard about David Guterson's
experience delivering the commencement address</font>
</font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font size="+1"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="+1"><font size="+1"><font size="+1"><font size="+1"><font size="+1">
this year </font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font size="+1"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="+1"><font size="+1"><font size="+1"><font size="+1"><font size="+1">at
<font size="+1">his former</font> Seattle high school<font size="+1">. </font> <font size="+1">O</font>nly
recently, however, did a friend send me a copy of it
to read myself. <font size="+1">(Y</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font size="+1"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="+1"><font size="+1"><font size="+1"><font size="+1"><font size="+1"><font size="+1"><font size="+1">ou may recognize <font size="+1">Guterson's</font> name as the author
of the novel, </font><i>Snow Falling on Cedars</i></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font size="+1"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="+1"><font size="+1"><font size="+1"><font size="+1"><font size="+1">.)
I<font size="+1"> found his talk</font> so deliciously
outrageous as a graduation speech that I have to share
it. <br>
<br>
<font size="+1">Those who were most outraged and <font size="+1">expressed it </font>so vocally were in
the parents<font size="+1"> </font>and family
members<font size="+1"> section;</font> it seems the
<font size="+1">graduates</font> were at least
polite and attentive during it. It<font size="+1">s
ending is weak (<font size="+1">IMHO)</font></font></font>,
<font size="+1">and of course there was no following
Christ lecture the next morning. Still, if one ever
wanted a current rend<font size="+1">ering</font> of
our Friday night event, this <font size="+1">might
come close </font>--<br>
<br>
<font size="+1">Gordon</font><br>
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