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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you. Doris, Jim, and Lee!</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">Doris Hahn via OE</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Monday, September 25, 2017 2:56 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:jfwiegel@yahoo.com">James Wiegel</a>; <a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">Order Ecumenical Community</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Oe List ...] You a sports fan? More to Lee's reflections</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I don't know whose idea this was, but it has shut down the Russia conversation for a few hours.</p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Doris</p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 10:54 AM, James Wiegel via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:</p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><div id="m_-7658046604558332890AppleMailSignature"><p class=MsoNormal>MORE ON TAKING A KNEE: "Borrowed from Gail Larsen: </p></div><div id="m_-7658046604558332890AppleMailSignature"><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id="m_-7658046604558332890AppleMailSignature"><p class=MsoNormal>Our country is injured - take a knee!!</p></div><div id="m_-7658046604558332890AppleMailSignature"><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id="m_-7658046604558332890AppleMailSignature"><p class=MsoNormal>Sam, age 15 "Mom, I don't understand the outrage over people taking a knee. It's actually the most patriotic thing one can do when our anthem plays right now." </p></div><div id="m_-7658046604558332890AppleMailSignature"><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id="m_-7658046604558332890AppleMailSignature"><p class=MsoNormal>I asked him to explain his train of thought.</p></div><div id="m_-7658046604558332890AppleMailSignature"><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id="m_-7658046604558332890AppleMailSignature"><p class=MsoNormal>"My coach taught me you take a knee when a player is down from any team. You do it as a sign of respect and send energy to that player that he can not only get up, but not have an injury that he can't overcome. You're thanking him for a game hard played and hope he can join it soon. Both teams want the game to begin again, knowing their players are going to be ok and united in a show of comaraderie.</p></div><div id="m_-7658046604558332890AppleMailSignature"><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id="m_-7658046604558332890AppleMailSignature"><p class=MsoNormal>Anyone with half a brain knows our country is injured, we have people down. It's time for all sides to take a knee and focus their energy on helping the injured so the game can go on. Our team, the U.S., is actually disrespectful if we stand and cheer while we have players down. I love my team, I care for its players. When the anthem plays I will take a knee and send energy to healing so that the team can play on."</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Jim Wiegel<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>401 North Beverly Way, Tolleson, Arizona 85353</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Tel.</span><span style='font-size:13.0pt'> </span><a href="tel:011-623-936-8671" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>011-623-936-8671</span></a><span style='font-size:13.0pt'> or </span><a href="tel:011-623-363-3277" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>011-623-363-3277</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:marilyn.oyler@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style='color:black'>jfwiegel@yahoo..com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.partnersinparticipation.com/" target="_blank"><span style='color:black'>www.partnersinparticipation.com</span></a></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master. </p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ernest Hemingway</p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Sep 25, 2017, at 05:06, Lee Early via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>I thought I could cut and paste this paper but, I’ll just attach it. Hope you can un-attach it and read it.</p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><Glad you asked.docx><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Have at it.</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Lee</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Lee Early<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>19230 Forest Park Dr. NE<span class=m-7658046604558332890apple-tab-span> </span>A-102<br>Lake Forest Park, WA 98155<br><br>Phone: <a href="tel:(425)%20212-7997" target="_blank">(425)212-7997</a><br><a href="mailto:lees.mail@comcast.net" target="_blank">lees.mail@comcast.net</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>OE mailing list<br><a href="mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net</a></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>OE mailing list<br><a href="mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net">OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net</a></p></blockquote></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>