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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Hi Marsha,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Thank you for sharing your heart and soul's truth letter of your journey with OE/EI/ICA and beyond. May we have the courage, humility, and compassion to mirror that same truth.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Below is a song that was written during that last difficult session of the 2000 OE Vail Reunion. The river metaphor came from the river flowing by the conference center.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Ellie</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">elliestock@aol.com</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><p class="ydpc134caa3MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif">River of Our
Soul</span></i></p>
<div><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif">Dancing River of
our Soul</span></i></div><div><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif">Surging currents
of joy unfold</span></i></div><div><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif">Fountain light</span></i></div><div><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif">Splashing night</span></i></div><div><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif">Cascading
through the world</span></i></div>
<div><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif"><br></span></i></div><div><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif">Silent River of
our Soul</span></i></div><div><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif">Undercurrents of
tales untold</span></i></div><div><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif">Secret
streamlets</span></i></div><div><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif">Shadow inlets</span></i></div><div><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif">Merging in a
spiral hold</span></i><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif"> </span></i></div>
<div><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif"><br></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif">Raging River of
our Soul</span></i></div><div><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif">Rocky currents
take pain’s toll</span></i></div><div><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif">Darkness keeping</span></i></div><div><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif">Suffering
weeping</span></i></div><div><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif">Flooding hearts
in numbing cold</span></i></div>
<div><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif"><br></span></i></div><div><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif">Healing River of
our Soul</span></i></div><div><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif">Mirror currents
dare be bold</span></i></div><div><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif">Reflections true</span></i></div><div><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif">Confessions new</span></i></div><div><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif">Cleansing,
surrendering, grace remolds</span></i><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif"> </span></i></div>
<div><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif"><br></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif">Gentle River of
our Soul</span></i></div><div><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif">Endless currents
of love cajole</span></i></div><div><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif">Converging
waters</span></i></div><div><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif">Life’s sons and
daughters</span></i></div><div><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif">Blessing,
honoring, making whole</span></i><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif"> </span></i></div>
<div><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif"><span> </span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif"> ejhs</span></i></div><div><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif"> 8/7/2000</span></i></div><div><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif"> “Order
Ecumenical” Reunion</span></i></div><div><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif"> Closing
Session</span></i></div><div><i style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,serif"> Vail, CO</span></i></div>
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On Monday, June 30, 2025 at 10:46:46 AM EDT, Marsha Hahn via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp78535511yiv9468324826"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" class="ydp78535511yiv9468324826ydpdad8055cyahoo-style-wrap"><div id="ydp78535511yiv9468324826ydpdad8055cyiv5473026648"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" class="ydp78535511yiv9468324826ydpdad8055cyiv5473026648yahoo-style-wrap"><div dir="ltr">For several months, I have been doing some writing, the<span> intention of which was to spur some self-critical reflection about the Order. </span>I
had been thinking I might send it to the archives, but the last couple
of days, as David, Shelley, and others have raised challenging but
important topics, made me decide to go ahead and share it in this forum.
If memory serves, one of the original purposes of this listserv was to
create a space for inter-generational dialogue. There hasn't been a lot
of that, but here we are.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> It's a little too long to include in the body of an email, so I'm attaching a PDF.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Hoping it's a helpful contribution to this conversation. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">In love and respect,</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Marsha</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>OE mailing list<br><a href="mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net</a><br></div>
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