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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thank you for this Ellie. Sometimes, it seems there is nothing we can do about the world’s struggles, especially hard when people just keep doing the same disastrous thing over and over again. Perhaps planting something is a response, regardless of its seeming unrelatedness. It is a powerful symbol of new life, and I’m always for that. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I’m trying to convince Justin that planting something to attract bees would be a good thing. However, I haven’t had much luck because we are always fighting hornets in the summer. Realizing that hornets and bumblebees are not the same, I still think I would do better, with him, for butterflies. I understand they, also, have preference for different plants. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Also, thank you for reminding me of my favorite quote; I’m so glad I can use it again.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>With best wishes, always,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Brush Script MT",serif'>Del<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Del Hunter Morrill<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Facebook.com/del.morrill.85<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Location: Earth, USA, Pacific Northwest, Washington State, Tacoma <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.hypnocenter.com/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'>www.hypnocenter.com</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"New",serif;color:#0070C0'>The task before us now, if we would not perish, is to shake off our ancient prejudices and build the Earth.</span></i><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New",serif;color:#0070C0'> </span></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"New",serif;color:#0070C0'>(</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"New",serif;color:#0070C0'>Pierre Teilhard de Chardin)</span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> OE <oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ellie Stock via OE<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 1, 2020 1:30 PM<br><b>To:</b> dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net; oe@lists.wedgeblade.net<br><b>Cc:</b> Ellie Stock <elliestock@aol.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [Oe List ...] A Reflection: FIRE ERUPTING<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div id=yiv9821779409><div><div><div><div id=yiv9821779409><div><div><div><div id=yiv9821779409><div><div><div id=yiv9821779409><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New",serif;color:black'>Dear Friends,</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>It was good to be together with many of you via zoom for the Archives Social Research Assembly and then for the beautiful Celebration of Life of Charles Hahn, both profound experiences in the midst of the Coronavirus Pandemic and the Racism Pandemic and Social Upheaval we are experiencing now.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New",serif;color:black'>Attached is another reflection: FIRE ERUPTING, reflecting on this past week, Pentecost, and the birthday</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> (today)</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New",serif;color:black'>of French priest, mystic, paleontologist (on</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> the</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New",serif;color:black'> team in China discovering the Peking Man), and writer Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (see below), silenced by the Catholic Church because of his writings focussing on the continuing emerging process of Life, synthisizing science, faith, spirit, and mysticism. There is a film</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New",serif;color:black'>crew making a documentary on his life that will be shown on PBS, hopefully in 202</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>1. (The Teilhard de Chardin Project: </span><a href="http://www.TeilhardProject.com"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>www.TeilhardProject.com</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>)</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id=yiv9821779409yqtfd18485><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New",serif;color:black'>Protests continue in Ferguson as in hundreds of places in the country and world</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>that are now understanding what Ferguson and other places have experienced in recent years related to systemic racism and violence.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New",serif;color:black'> The police, including the black police chief who has come to our Ministries Alliance Meetings, have been restrained, conversing and even walking with the peaceful protestors but</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>,</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> as a last resort,</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New",serif;color:black'>turn to tear gas and smoke bombs when other elements</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>,</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> the pattern showing up across the country,</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New",serif;color:black'> enter the scene and turn the situation more violent--throwing fireworks, incendiary devices, rocks and </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>frozen water bottles and shattering windows, doors, writing graffiti, looting stores, and attempting to set fire to a couple of businesses. Media crews and helicopters circling over our house then spew the news to the TV stations. Residents show up early the next morning, cleaning up the broken glass, bottles and other scattered mess, boarding up windows and doors, and scrubbing off the graffiti.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>We keep you and your communities/cities in prayer as we all seek to discern how best to know, do and be as humanity now and as we move into the future. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Now to go outside in the sun and plant some flowers . . .</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Grace and peace and blessings ~</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Ellie :) </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:elliestock@aol.com"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>elliestock@aol.com</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div id=yiv9821779409yqtfd07498><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div id=yiv9821779409yqtfd42954><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"New",serif;color:black'>5/31 (Pentecost)-6/01/2020 (Birthday of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: <i>The task before us know, if we would not perish, is to shake off our ancient prejudices and build the Earth . . . Someday after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then for the second time humankind will have discovered fire.</i>)</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>