<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>I am very interested Bill<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On 28-Jun-2017, at 5:51 AM, William Salmon via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Bill and OE Colleagues--</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial"> Perhaps you will remember this.
During one of the Summer programs, a special team was created to be the
Disturber-of-the-Sleepy. Sometime during the hours of a break-out session, a
person with a Chinese Gong would enter your room, smash the gong and leave; or a
quartet would march through your space singing one of our great tunes, bow and
leave. The purpose was to break the ordinary into the extra-ordinary. In
consulting with school systems and/or individual schools and others, I've
suggested doing something similar.</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial"> I asked a school colleague about
the topic of a paper l wanted to write. He said, "Tell them about being
thirsty." I asked him to explain, and he went on, "You can lead a horse to water
but you can make him or her drink it <strong>unless the horse is
thirsty for what you are offering it." </strong></font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial"> He sent me out into my high
school to observe the classes where students had <u>moved from complacency into
engagement</u>. It was easy to find: art, metals, woods, band, choir, drama,
home ec. The students wanted to be there and when they were engaged in some
project, they did not want to be bothered and were disappointed when the class
ended.</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial"> Much of the problem in our high
schools is in the teacher's teaching.</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial"> <strong>I have information to
share on why this is the case and some suggestions on what are the
alternatives--should anybody be interested. </strong></font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial"> Inner Peace, </font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial"> Bill Salmon</font></div>
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<div style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><b>From:</b>
<a title="oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">Bill
Schlesinger via OE</a> </div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title="jlepps39@gmail.com" href="mailto:jlepps39@gmail.com">'John Epps'</a> ; <a title="oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">'Order
Ecumenical Community'</a> </div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 27, 2017 6:33
PM</div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Oe List ...] Earthrise
Reflection</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Ah,
those cerebral Presbyterians!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> OE
[<a href="mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net">mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>John Epps via
OE<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 27, 2017 4:49 PM<br><b>To:</b> Tracy Longacre
via OE<br><b>Subject:</b> [Oe List ...] Earthrise
Reflection<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt">To continue our Earthrise
contributions around one's birthday, I offer the
following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div>
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<p style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt">I’ve never heard anything like
it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt">The ordinary mode of beginning
the Sunday worship service at Montview Presbyterian Church is the sound of
chimes after which the congregation is invited to quietly make the transition
from getting there to being there. This Sunday, being Easter, the sanctuary
was overflowing with people enthusiastically greeting each other with churchy
cordiality and requests from the front to move closer together in the pews to
accommodate more people.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt"> I was sitting quietly
waiting for the chimes, hoping to be able to hear them over the din, and
looking forward to a few moments of silence to absorb the beauty of the
surroundings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt">Suddenly from the choir loft
came a deafening crash of cymbals followed by a brass and organ fanfare that
filled the gothic architecture with ear-splitting wonder that lasted a full 5
minutes. After the final grand chord, the congregation was speechless. The
impact was powerful and profound, setting the tone for something grand about
to happen. For me, if nothing else occurred during the service, the Easter
wonder had happened.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt">The piece was Grand Choeur
Dialogue by Eugene Gigout; you can find it at: </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rufxt80iVA0" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rufxt80iVA0</a></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt">But that was only the first
musical treat. The brass and organ and choir continued their gift of
awe-producing sounds during the hymns, anthem, and offertory anthem. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZtIRp3Vglw" target="_blank"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZtIRp3Vglw</span></a></span><span style="COLOR: #006621; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt">was the anthem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt">By the time we left, I was done
in, having experienced something of a resurrection
myself..<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt">Since then,</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt">I’ve
been wrestling with the thought that such grandeur was not at all like the
lifestyle portrayed in the New Testament. Though it clearly portrays the
significance of the Easter event for Christians, the music and setting seemed
more appropriate to royalty than to us. Recent Public TV shows featuring Henry
VIII depict a setting in which this type of music would have been right at
home.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt">Maybe the point is that awe
happens when you least expect it, when surprises break through that are not of
our doing. If, as I have contended elsewhere, surprises are where we are
confronted by Mystery, that certainly happened at the Denver Montview
Presbyterian Church on Easter Sunday, 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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