<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jun 26, 2020, at 12:16 PM, Beret Griffith via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Geneva; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span id="m_-529152201945651777gmail-docs-internal-guid-cb0803e1-7fff-8a26-c50f-b10649b3e2b0"><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In thanks for the life of John Epps</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In appreciation for life changing conversations</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To hear him again through his writings....doorways, always doorways.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br></div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">An offering from another writer...</div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Praying</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">by Mary Oliver</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It doesn’t have to be</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the blue iris, it could be</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">weeds in a vacant lot, or a few</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">small stones; just</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">pay attention, then patch</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">a few words together and don’t try</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to make them elaborate, this isn’t</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">a contest but the doorway</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">into thanks, and a silence in which</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">another voice may speak.</span></div><br></span><div>John's work as General Editor for the Bending History books - a gift to all.</div></div><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Geneva; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div class="gmail_quote" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Geneva; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 11:41 AM Sarah H. Buss via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Blessings in transition to you, John, and to you, Ann.<br>Sarah<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br><br>Sent from my iPhone<br><br>> On Jun 26, 2020, at 10:11 AM, Jack Gilles via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Ann,<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> I want to join with my colleagues and the hosts of people who ever encountered John. He was the bearer or the wisdom of profound living, he was the presence of one who served and his love was boundless. May he rest, in a Journey completed in embracing the Mystery. May God bless him and comfort you. I miss him. Thank you John.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Peace,<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Jack<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>>> On Jun 26, 2020, at 8:11 AM, John Epps via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br>>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>>> Dear Communion of Saints,<br>>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>>> John's earthly existence was completed on Wednesday morning, June 24, 2020.<br>>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>>> His last words were "thank you," the same words he wrote to you on June 9 in his brief comments, "Thanks for the memories."<br>>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>>> For five days we were privileged to be in the lovely Denver Hospice which enveloped us with grace and compassion.<br>>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>>> I am grateful for your many comments of appreciation for John in response to his "Last Collegium." <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>>> His remains will be interred at the Montview Presbyterian Church Columbarium in Denver.<br>>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>>> Grace and Peace,<br>>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>>> Ann<br>>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> OE mailing list<br>>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</a><br>>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net</a><br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> OE mailing list<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</a><br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net</a><br>_______________________________________________<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" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net</a><br></blockquote></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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