<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">This is so impressive!!! Warms my heart 🤗.<div>Sarah <br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Aug 4, 2021, at 12:21 PM, Karen Snyder via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><i class="">“Study the past if you would define the future</i>.” Confucius</p><p class="MsoNormal">We have just completed 20 days of intensive immersion in the <u class="">RELIGIOUS (7), CULTURAL (7) and METHODS (12) CURRICULUM</u> that seeded the Academies, International Training Institutes, Human Development Training Schools, and ToP. We long to take into the future past wisdom like: <o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>rehearsing the Word in our lives of personal acceptance, standing before all that is, and seeing the past as approved and future open;<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>wondering how the ur images understanding of the gifts of each culture can be a resource to address racism today; <o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>remembering the power of global experiences, from one-month Global Odysseys to living in other cultures, and wanting that for others today; or <o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>feeling gratitude for how griding helps hold complexity and wondering how it could be a tool for others today.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Since our report last week, ready for Thomas to scan are New Testament (thanks MaryAnn), Old Testament (thanks Kay), The Global Odyssey and other religious courses (thanks Laura) and seven culture courses (thanks Debra - who gets the prize for most courses prepped!). We reduced forty file drawers to ten. Remaining tasks are scanning, emailing PDFs to Wendell Refior to become website links, and finally uploading to website. You can see the curriculum resources grow at: <a href="https://icaglobalarchives.org/collections/spiritmovement/academy/" class="">https://icaglobalarchives.org/collections/spiritmovement/academy/</a> .</p><p class="MsoNormal">From her librarian perspective, Laura challenged us to recognize that finishing the work of the Global Archives is urgent. The time is now to retrieve past gems to be reinvented for the future. Consider participating in helping us in this task by doing onsite work at ICA or working from home (i.e., making your files PDFS or doing website editing). For the remainder of 2021, the fourth week of each month will be focused in Chicago on Archive work (<b class=""><u class="">August 21-29, September 25-October 3, October 23-31, and November 25-December 5</u></b>). Join for any length of time.</p><p class="MsoNormal">The July 16-August 3 Archives Dream Team:</p><p class="MsoNormal">Ed Feldmanis, Laura Grover, Debra Harris, MaryAnn Heard, Thomas Moncrief, Kay Nixon, Karen Snyder</p><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>OE mailing list</span><br><span>OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</span><br><span>http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net</span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>