<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Whoops, that last message about Order Kids’ structures was meant for Wesson. As an OE listserv newbie, I’m still trying to navigate.<div><br></div><div>Responding to Debra’s comment, that’s one of the reasons I was compelled to write IRON BOY, to give a first-hand account from a child’s and teenager’s perspective from the beginning. Many friends, family, co-works and history buffs over multiple generations have heard about those early days in the Order, but I suspect much of it was second-, third-, or fourth-hand. It’s like playing Telephone as a kid. By the time the secret sentence whispered in each year gets to the end of the line, it’s a far cry from what the original child said.</div><div><br></div><div>Another motivator for me: I wondered how many folks who joined the ICA in the 1970s and later ever knew what RS-1 was or could measure its direct or indirect impact for themselves if it was not longer available. Many readers may be surprised that an RS-1 primer is embedded inside IRON BOY for that very reason, albeit from an 11-year-old’s perspective. Many EI/ICA alumni may still ask today how much of RS-1 could be understood by a child or teenager. I’ll attempt to answer that in a listserv post this coming weekend.</div><div><br></div><div>David, Moraga, CA</div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Sent from my iPad</div><div>David Marshall</div><div>www.marshallbooks.net</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jun 19, 2025, at 7:38 PM, Debra Harris via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]-->
I ordered it on Kindle and just started reading it- thank you David for your perspective and insights. <div><br></div><div>I encountered and joined the Order in 1984 when I was 26 and often wondered what is was like to grow up in the Order, especially in the earlier years. </div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div>Debra Harris Watson</div><div>Houston </div><div><br><br><br><div class="yahoo-signature" style=""><a style="font-size:12px" href="https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=Global_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100000604&af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_&af_ios_store_cpp=9d3a686e-218d-4849-8298-b480188dc8ac&af_android_url=https%3A%2F%2Fplay.google.com%2Fstore%2Fapps%2Fdetails%3Fid%3Dcom.yahoo.mobile.client.android.mail%26listing%3Demail_signature">Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone</a><br></div><br><p class="yahoo-quoted-begin" style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(132, 115, 255); padding-top: 15px; margin-top: 0px;">On Thursday, June 19, 2025, 7:26 PM, James Wiegel via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:</p><blockquote class="iosymail" style=""><div id="yiv1427072396"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" class="yiv1427072396ydpe1e040d4yahoo-style-wrap"><div><div dir="ltr">They weren't very big . . .</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv1427072396ydpe1e040d4signature"><div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://partnersinparticipation.com/james-wiegel/">Jim Wiegel </a> <br clear="none"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;" class="yiv1427072396ydpa512fec3MsoNormal"> </p><div> <span></span><p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;" class="yiv1427072396ydp209e23c4MsoNormal"><span>The
unknown is what is. And to be frightened of it is what sends everybody
scurrying around chasing dreams, illusions, wars, peace, love, hate, all
that. Unknown is what is. Accept that it's unknown, and it's plain
sailing. <span> </span>John Lennon</span></p><br clear="none"></div><p></p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">401 North Beverly Way, Tolleson, Arizona 85353</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" class="yiv1427072396ydpa512fec3MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">623-363-3277</span><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:'Segoe UI', sans-serif;"></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" class="yiv1427072396ydpa512fec3MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:marilyn.oyler@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:marilyn.oyler@gmail.com"><span style="color:blue;">jfwiegel@yahoo.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:'Segoe UI', sans-serif;"></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" class="yiv1427072396ydpa512fec3MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue;"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.partnersinparticipation.com/">www.partnersinparticipation.com</a></span></span></p></div></div></div>
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On Thursday, June 19, 2025 at 12:32:46 PM MST, Richard Alton via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
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<div><div id="yiv1427072396ydpb0403242yiv4363658884"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:large;" class="yiv1427072396ydpb0403242yiv4363658884gmail_default">I don't remember having an Iron Man statue in the houses I was in.. but it was a long time ago.</div><div style="font-size:large;" class="yiv1427072396ydpb0403242yiv4363658884gmail_default">Dick</div></div><br clear="none"><div class="yiv1427072396ydpb0403242yiv4363658884gmail_quote yiv1427072396ydpb0403242yiv4363658884gmail_quote_container"><div id="yiv1427072396ydpb0403242yiv4363658884yqtfd60573" class="yiv1427072396ydpb0403242yiv4363658884yqt1513237962"><div dir="ltr" class="yiv1427072396ydpb0403242yiv4363658884gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM ML Jones via OE <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;" class="yiv1427072396ydpb0403242yiv4363658884gmail_quote"><div id="yiv1427072396ydpb0403242yiv4363658884yqtfd21469" class="yiv1427072396ydpb0403242yiv4363658884yqt1513237962"><div dir="ltr"><div>Yes David, There was an Iron Man statue in every Religious House. Congratulations on your book. I have ordered it, Mary Laura Jones</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="yiv1427072396ydpb0403242yiv4363658884gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Mary Laura Jones</div>
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<div><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:mljones2022@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:mljones2022@gmail.com">mljones2022@gmail.com</a></div></div></div></div><br clear="none"></div><br clear="none"><div class="yiv1427072396ydpb0403242yiv4363658884gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="yiv1427072396ydpb0403242yiv4363658884gmail_attr">On Sun, Jun 15, 2025 at 4:01 AM David Marshall via OE <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;" class="yiv1427072396ydpb0403242yiv4363658884gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Former Order Colleagues & Friends,</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" class="yiv1427072396ydpb0403242yiv4363658884MsoNormal">Sunday “House Church” Blastoff! (Father’s Day - appropriate launch day since Order fathers loom large in this book)<span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" class="yiv1427072396ydpb0403242yiv4363658884MsoNormal">IRON BOY is officially for sale today on Amazon as both a
paperback and e-book.<span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" class="yiv1427072396ydpb0403242yiv4363658884MsoNormal">The Iron Man statue is still alive and well in Fifth City sixty
years later. In 2021, I visited Chicago with my wife, daughter, son, and their
partners, and we all went to visit Fifth City and the Iron Man—they for the
first time. Attached are some photos, of me in front of the Iron Man with the
Program Center in the background where I took part of the Academy, the
still-running “Iron Man Can” Fifth City Preschool, and my old elementary school,
now renamed Leif Ericson Scholastic Academy. </p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" class="yiv1427072396ydpb0403242yiv4363658884MsoNormal"></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" class="yiv1427072396ydpb0403242yiv4363658884MsoNormal">Also a vintage wintertime Iron Man
statue photo that I used for the front cover of IRON BOY.<span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" class="yiv1427072396ydpb0403242yiv4363658884MsoNormal">And finally a little artifact from that era I just received.
I visited my 93-year old dad Gene and 91-year-old step-mom Joyce in Texas recently, and they
gave me this seven-inch-tall metal Iron Man statute that they had picked up along
the way from the Wichita Religious House. Did all the Religious Houses have one?<span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" class="yiv1427072396ydpb0403242yiv4363658884MsoNormal">When I raise up my hands like the Iron Man, I think of these
words from the Order song, “Free, free, free to decide, what this world is
going to be.” We've still got a lot of work to do!<span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" class="yiv1427072396ydpb0403242yiv4363658884MsoNormal">Much appreciation for putting up with my 10-week House Church
countdown to IRON BOY’s debut. If you read it, or share it with others, please
let me know the impact. You can obtain both the paperback and e-book now on Amazon,
and through other bookstores soon. <span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-align:justify;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" class="yiv1427072396ydpb0403242yiv4363658884MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/IRON-BOY-Searching-Freedom-Religious/dp/B0FCMMVHDC">https://www.amazon.com/IRON-BOY-Searching-Freedom-Religious/dp/B0FCMMVHDC</a><span><br clear="none"></span></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-align:justify;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" class="yiv1427072396ydpb0403242yiv4363658884MsoNormal">Grace & Peace,</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-align:justify;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" class="yiv1427072396ydpb0403242yiv4363658884MsoNormal">David Marshall, <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.marshallbooks.net">www.marshallbooks.net</a></p><br clear="none"></div>
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