<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">Brueggemann’s insight in one of the quotes that you shared here, “…the imagination must come before the implementation” is, I believe, the foundational truth upon which what we called “imaginal education” stands. I’m certain we would have made that connection had Brueggemann written The Prophetic Imagination before 1978, …or maybe we did. He gave the concept of “vision” a far deeper meaning than merely the imposition of one’s hopes and dreams on the future.</div><div dir="ltr">Randy</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jun 19, 2025, at 5:34 PM, W. J. via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="ydpb692e060yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:18px;"><div></div>
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On Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 04:41:36 PM PDT, Richard Alton via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydpb692e060yiv2948836079"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:large;" class="ydpb692e060yiv2948836079gmail_default">thanks, Dick</div></div><br clear="none"><div class="ydpb692e060yiv2948836079gmail_quote ydpb692e060yiv2948836079gmail_quote_container"><div id="ydpb692e060yiv2948836079yqt75366" class="ydpb692e060yiv2948836079yqt4908970516"><div dir="ltr" class="ydpb692e060yiv2948836079gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM W. J. via OE <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">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="ydpb692e060yiv2948836079gmail_quote"><div><div style="font-family:new times, serif;font-size:18px;"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font size="5">The Young Prophets Collective just finished their first prophetic retreat.</font></div><div><font size="5">That leaves me wondering—</font></div><div><font size="5">what happened to the <b>Old </b>Prophets?</font></div><div><font size="5">And when did we turn into the Old Guard?</font></div><div><font size="5">Some of us died recently. Notably Walter Bruggemann:</font></div></div><div><font size="5"><br clear="none"></font></div></div><blockquote style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: currentcolor; padding: 0px;"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:rgb(0,0,0);"><font color="#fbfbfc" style="background-color:inherit;"><span style="font-family:nyt-imperial, georgia, new times, serif;font-size:20px;">“We will not understand the meaning of prophetic imagination unless we see the connection between the </span><em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;font-size:20px;line-height:inherit;font-family:nyt-imperial, georgia, new times, serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;outline-color:transparent;">religion of static triumphalism </em><span style="font-family:nyt-imperial, georgia, new times, serif;font-size:20px;">and the </span><em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;font-size:20px;line-height:inherit;font-family:nyt-imperial, georgia, new times, serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;outline-color:transparent;">politics of oppression and exploitation,</em><span style="font-family:nyt-imperial, georgia, new times, serif;font-size:20px;">” Dr. Brueggemann wrote in “The Prophetic Imagination.”</span></font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:rgb(0,0,0);"><font color="#fbfbfc" style="background-color:inherit;"><span style="font-family:nyt-imperial, georgia, new times, serif;font-size:20px;"><br clear="none"></span></font></span></div></div></blockquote><div dir="ltr"><font color="#fbfbfc" face="nyt-imperial, georgia, times new roman, times, serif"><span style="font-size:20px;">I for one have had <b><i>way</i></b> more than enough of "the <i>religion of static triumphalism</i> and the <i>politics of oppression and exploitation</i>."</span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#fbfbfc" face="nyt-imperial, georgia, times new roman, times, serif"><span style="font-size:20px;"><br clear="none"></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#fbfbfc" face="nyt-imperial, georgia, times new roman, times, serif"><span style="font-size:20px;">Marshall Jones</span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#fbfbfc" face="nyt-imperial, georgia, times new roman, times, serif"><span style="font-size:20px;"><br clear="none"></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#fbfbfc" face="nyt-imperial, georgia, times new roman, times, serif"><span style="font-size:20px;"><br clear="none"></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><a shape="rect" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/us/walter-brueggemann-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.P08.Yfef.Vbwao1vaUZ1H&smid=url-share" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/us/walter-brueggemann-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.P08.Yfef.Vbwao1vaUZ1H&smid=url-share</a><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br clear="none">
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