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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Greetings Marian and Fred! – Good to hear from you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Chenoa is Ellie and Carlton’s incredible daughter…we have been supporting her mission work with the Presbyterian church overseas and domestically for years…she’d be glad to have additional supporters! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Praying for Peace, Sherwood and Eunice<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><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><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> OE <oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Marian Karpoff via OE<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 22, 2024 2:35 PM<br><b>To:</b> Order Ecumenical Community <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net><br><b>Cc:</b> Marian Karpoff <fdmkarpoff@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Oe List ...] EARTH DAY GREETINGS: Song video; climate video; a reflection<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you! Thank you! Ellie for that morning devotion! Fred and I are admiring your talent and spirit transmitted so wonderfully through poem and song. And we wonder who is Chenoa? I am guessing a grandchild?<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>peace,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Marian and Fred<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 10:56<span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span>AM Ellie Stock via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>Hi Folks,</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div id="m_-8574399442658456548ydp55c9376yahoo_quoted_4321268030"><div><div><div id="m_-8574399442658456548ydp55c9376yiv4113064193"><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>EARTH DAY greetings as we continue to work to live in harmony with Earth and ALL that is in it and to build communities that will midwife the journey through the present ecological crisis we are experiencing, on behalf of present and future generations. Below are<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>-a link to the song video "Let the Earth Breathe" and <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>-a reflection: "How Then Shall We Live?"<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>Ellie :)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><a href="mailto:elliestock@aol.com" target="_blank">elliestock@aol.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div id="m_-8574399442658456548ydp55c9376yiv4113064193ydp417dda78yahoo_quoted_4665853422"><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div id="m_-8574399442658456548ydp55c9376yiv4113064193ydp417dda78yiv5225022958"><div id="m_-8574399442658456548ydp55c9376yiv4113064193ydp417dda78yiv5225022958yqtfd48595"><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>SONG <b>VIDEO</b>: <b> "Let the Earth Breathe"</b> <b>(link below):</b> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div id="m_-8574399442658456548ydp55c9376yiv4113064193ydp417dda78yiv5225022958ydpc09c33ccyahoo_quoted_4068825062"><div><div><div id="m_-8574399442658456548ydp55c9376yiv4113064193yqtfd53511"><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div id="m_-8574399442658456548ydp55c9376yiv4113064193ydp417dda78yiv5225022958ydpc09c33ccyiv3055223371"><div 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style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OAIoAiG75StCzoRVyba64SoW2MbRFfun/view?usp=drive_web" target="_blank"><span style='color:#196AD4;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 style='width:1.0416in;height:1.0416in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:~WRD0000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender."></span><span style='color:#196AD4;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'> 2.15.21 Let the Earth Breathe.mp4</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'>HOW THEN SHALL WE LIVE?</span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'>What do we call What calls from the deeps,</span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'>that pulses through stars and quickens heart’s beat,</span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'>that surges through waves and cleanses with fire,</span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'>emerges from dust and breathes soul’s desire?</span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'>What do we name What mocks human pride,</span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'>that bends the Tree of Life, sustaining being’s tide? </span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'> </span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'> How do we greet What calls to our deeps,</span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'> that lasers vulnerabilities and loves us into being,</span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'> that mourns lost illusions and leaves us defenseless,</span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'> transforms the present moment and awakens all senses?</span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'> How do we embrace What eternalizes finitude,</span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'> that opens wide portals, flooding tears of gratitude? </span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'> </span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'> How do we know What calls us to decide,</span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'> that gives no guarantee and provides no place to hide,</span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'> that beckons all our care and trumps the doubt within,</span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'> reckons despair and hope and connects all creature kin?</span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'> How do we abide in What struggles to create,</span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'> that explodes time and space, freeing partners with Earth’s fate? </span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'> </span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'> How then shall we live What chisels passion’s edge,</span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'> that resculpts past’s confoundings and empowers future’s wedge,</span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'> that compels us far beyond mind’s strength or comfort zone,</span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'> propels trusting steps into Great Work’s bidding unknown?</span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'> How shall we now journey in vast community</span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'> with That Which journeys through us profoundly and boundlessly? </span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style='margin-bottom:0in'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'> ~ ejhs</span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="m_-8574399442658456548ydp55c9376yiv4113064193yqtfd23585"><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><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></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p 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