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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>For all his faults and short-sightedness, arrogance and mixed messages, I can’t get him out of my head.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bill Schlesinger.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Dialogue <dialogue-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Robertson Work via Dialogue<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, October 8, 2023 8:35 AM<br><b>To:</b> Order Ecumenical Community <oe@wedgeblade.net>; ICA Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net><br><b>Cc:</b> Robertson Work <warkers@msn.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [Dialogue] Happy birthday, JWM!<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Today, we celebrate the 112<sup>th</sup> birthday of our teacher Joe Mathews. And on the 16<sup>th</sup> of this month, we mark the day that he died at the age of sixty-six. Gratitude for his clarity, wisdom, and passion to serve the least, the last, and the lost. Now in our time of chaos, collapse, and transformation, may we each be strengthened by his words and deeds. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id=Signature><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white'>Robertson Work</span><br><span style='color:black;background:white'><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.com/Robertson-Work/e/B075612GBF&source=gmail-imap&ust=1697380591000000&usg=AOvVaw0rbt-ef7UwvlWbt-1tmi9U" target="_blank" title="https://www.amazon.com/Robertson-Work/e/B075612GBF">Books and bio</a> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black;background:white'><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://compassionatecivilization.blogspot.com/&source=gmail-imap&ust=1697380591000000&usg=AOvVaw3V-a88q9e9wtdZG6pM77p6" target="_blank" title="https://compassionatecivilization.blogspot.com/"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Blogsite</span></a> </span><span style='color:black;background:white'><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://robertsonwork.substack.com/&source=gmail-imap&ust=1697380591000000&usg=AOvVaw2jVsJRoH7YzAoJ3sbisYER" target="_blank" title="https://robertsonwork.substack.com/">Substack</a></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black;background:white'> </span><span style='color:black;background:white'><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.globalcompassioncoalition.org/author/robertson-work/&source=gmail-imap&ust=1697380591000000&usg=AOvVaw05AyfCGnvo6isC1S8xTsDm" target="_blank" title="https://www.globalcompassioncoalition.org/author/robertson-work/">Videos and articles</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>
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