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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>So – as a practicing preacher ( <span style='font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>😉</span>) I start with the text, where it came from and its context – and then what the life issue was within that setting. Then I talk about the life experience. I treat it as ORID – but with the O R and I on the text as an ‘art form.’<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bill<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> Terry Bergdall <bergdall2@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, December 20, 2025 10:41 AM<br><b>To:</b> Order Ecumenical Community <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net><br><b>Cc:</b> w.schlesinger@pvida.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Oe List ...] A message from Leo<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Bill,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>I spend almost every Sunday morning “demythologizing” the sermon at my local more-or-less progressive oriented church in real time as it is being delivered. Those sermons often sound very much like the Pope’s message. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On the rare occasions these days that I am asked to deliver a spiritual message, I try to follow the methodology of RS-1, i.e., share insights that spring from life experience before connecting them with traditional religious symbols. See attached (but only if you’re really interested) when I was asked to do the children’s lesson on Transfiguration Sunday a few years ago.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Terry<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Dec 20, 2025, at 11:00, Bill Schlesinger via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Or did you want the Pope’s comments ‘translated?’ Lots of stuff on the God lecture – popping balloons. Things that fall apart and don’t sustain meaning. <span class=apple-converted-space> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>A sense of a centeredness about being embraced/accepted and living from that perspective.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Damage done by living out of ‘lesser gods’ and the willingness to do violence.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>At least that’s what came through for me.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Bill<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;border-color:currentcolor currentcolor;border-image: none'><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>OE <<a href="mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net"><span style='color:purple'>oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net</span></a>><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></b>James Wiegel via OE<br><b>Sent:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Saturday, December 20, 2025 7:46 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Order Ecumenical Community <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net"><span style='color:purple'>oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</span></a>><br><b>Cc:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>James Wiegel <<a href="mailto:jfwiegel@yahoo.com"><span style='color:purple'>jfwiegel@yahoo.com</span></a>><br><b>Subject:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>[Oe List ...] A message from Leo<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Can you translate to ICA EI jargon? Can you translate to every day? <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%3Dhttps://www.facebook.com/share/r/1BKcL27HyT/%26source%3Dgmail-imap%26ust%3D1766846944000000%26usg%3DAOvVaw3aIear5BU7MbdOvGwcZT7y&source=gmail-imap&ust=1766857248000000&usg=AOvVaw1BZ6udEgQKkstPysmqvoL5"><span style='color:purple'>https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1BKcL27HyT/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>Jim Wiegel</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>
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