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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>He told us the story of being on his knees in gravel under the sun because he spoke Korean during the Japanese occupation, and of seeing the man who killed his father every day after the war ended. He said forgiveness was the only option.<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> Friday, March 15, 2024 8:01 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] Rev. Dr. Kang Byoung Hoon<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Dear friends,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Wanted you to know that Rev. Dr. Kang Byoung Hoon at the age of 91 has been diagnosed with stage four small cell brain cancer and has just been entered into hospice in Seoul, Korea. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>The attached photo is of Rev. Dr. Kang Hye Kyung (Rev. Kang's daughter), Rev. Kang Byoung Hoon, me, and my son Benjamin during one of Rev. Kang's visits to the US.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Grateful for Rev. Kang Byoung Hoon's powerful, inspiring leadership in the OE/EI/ICA and in the Korean Methodist Church, for the gift of living and working with the Kang family in the Seoul Religious House, and for staying in touch all these years both in trips to Korea and in the US. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Blessings to the Kang family,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Rob<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white'>Robertson Work</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div id=Signature><p class=MsoNormal><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=1711116084000000&usg=AOvVaw0OD1exwhs-B-ZazyBKiZrH" target="_blank" title="https://www.amazon.com/Robertson-Work/e/B075612GBF">Books and bio</a> <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://compassionatecivilization.blogspot.com/&source=gmail-imap&ust=1711116084000000&usg=AOvVaw0UvpWRW7YU-CjReyVOw7uz" target="_blank" title="https://compassionatecivilization.blogspot.com/">Blogsite</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://robertsonwork.substack.com/&source=gmail-imap&ust=1711116084000000&usg=AOvVaw2uX3PXffji8Laob0kgWRZr" 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=1711116084000000&usg=AOvVaw2lbyDmBK5tdToPSGgLHxiF" target="_blank" title="https://www.globalcompassioncoalition.org/author/robertson-work/">Videos and articles</a> <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.robertsonwork.com/&source=gmail-imap&ust=1711116084000000&usg=AOvVaw1gZohtc-Zda_qC8kSaJJ8G" title="https://www.robertsonwork.com/">Website</a> <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.facebook.com/robertson.work&source=gmail-imap&ust=1711116084000000&usg=AOvVaw1UjVqar9szf1yCrOAAVlMB" title="https://www.facebook.com/robertson.work">Facebook</a> <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertsonwork/&source=gmail-imap&ust=1711116084000000&usg=AOvVaw2uVHjxgXssvVfKchsOdTu6" title="https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertsonwork/">LinkedIn</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>
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