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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Dear All--</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Not only are the Times
a'chang'in, they've been changed for 30 years or more. Some institutions--like
the UMC--are stuck in the past and don't know they've changed; awakening is hard
to do. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> I still love her, although
she is a whore, she's my mother: honored my birth, planted a surrendered faith
in my innards, called me to vocation, honored my wife and family; educated me;
allowed the freedom to minister where I felt the most useful and meaning-filled;
it will honor my final passing. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> How I yearn for her renewal, and
I dedicated my Ordered Existence to provide models that are replicabable and
allow the freedom of the Holy Spirit to retool communities to work for
justice and mercy. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> That Day is Coming. I'll not
live to see it, but That Day is Coming. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> When it does, this old
Mother-of-Mine will be newly-clothed with the purpose to call the Universe to
live in right-relationships with each other and with all things.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Structure is needed
to function dynamically to rebuild a humane community; the latent structure
exists. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Those who use
this structure are those born after 1985; the rest of us need to get out of
the way--I'm hurrying as fast as I'm allowed. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Inner Peace, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Bill</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=tel@telphoto.com href="mailto:tel@telphoto.com">Tracy Longacre</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=KarenBueno@aol.com
href="mailto:KarenBueno@aol.com">KarenBueno@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=oe@wedgeblade.net
href="mailto:oe@wedgeblade.net">Order Ecumenical OE List</A> ; <A
title=oe@lists.wedgeblade.net
href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 15, 2014 11:19
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Oe List ...] Methodist
news</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Surely you must mean they think they would not longer be able
to do the work of the church if they were accepting of LGBTQ people because,
let us be clear and honest, it has always included LGBTQ people, they've just
been forced to lie about who they are.
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<DIV>On Mar 15, 2014, at 07:14 , <A
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Thank you, Marshall. I continue to be active in the
United Methodist Church. The article points out that Methodist polity
decisions are made by global delegates. If it were only United States
pastor and lay people, the debate would be over.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>What might that indicate to our global ICA work?
Some of the African delegates, I understand, say they would not longer be
able to do the work of the church if they included LGBTQ
people.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Karen (Wright) Bueno</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 3/15/2014 2:10:11 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time, <A
href="mailto:synergi@yahoo.com">synergi@yahoo.com</A> writes:</DIV>
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<DIV
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article may be of interest to those of you who retain a residual interest
in United Methodism, as I do on occasion.</DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">For
those interested in the power dynamics recently in play, I even went so
far as to pen an extended commentary on the article (written by a Lutheran
lawyer who may have a historical perspective, but who is definitely not a
Methodist 'insider'). It's at the bottom of the web page.</DIV>
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retired Bishop Talbert has just been formally charged in the Western
Jurisdiction today.</DIV>
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times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Marshall</DIV>
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