There was some question that connected the two parts — a question to ground the quote in current everyday experience. 

I remember two anecdotes about these conversations. One was from Peoria in 1973-4 where Wayne’s and my clock radio would wake us to a program called “Waste Not Want Not”, an environmental program. So we had lots of environmental news over breakfast that year! 

The other story is from Bayad, where Abuna Mateus, the local Coptic Priest usually joined us for breakfast. Josip Tito from Yugoslavia was ill, and Abuna, who heard the Arabic news on the radio but had limited English would always have the news event “Tito has a stomachache.”  

Take care,
Jo

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On Sun, Jul 13, 2025 at 11:53 AM James Wiegel via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
In the early days (67-72??), we did scripture conversations as a community over breakfast paired with news conversations. Later on (76 ff??), there were quote conversations from those little dark red covered journals that the research people provided also paired with news conversations.  I think, during the Kamweleni human development training schools (79-83??) we had 7 quotes which we cycled through each week.

Can you all help me to recall the questions which were used??

 Son Shanker's church is going through the book of Proverbs in July (31 chapters / 31 days) and we are going through the week's chapters on Thursdays after dinner.

This is what I recall
SCRIPTURE / QUOTE
Read the verse/quote outloud.  Maybe read it a second time?
What are the key words?  What words might we substitute for those words?
So, How might you say this quote / verse in your own words?
-------then I get lost

NEWS
What are 1 or 2 news events of the last day or so?
Which one should we talk about?
--------- then I get lost

I do remember, in Kamweleni, we had a battery operated radio and Sam Were and some of the other faculty would sit out in the sun in the morning and listen to the Voice of Kenya . . .

Jim Wiegel

“We are all time travelers journeying into the future. But let us make that future a place we want to visit. “       Stephen Hawking


On Jul 7, 2025, at 6:26 AM, Judy Lindblad via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:


Amen and I am sorting family and Town Meeting archives as 250 dawns. Hoping to add some to the ICA archives from Schenectady +…..Blessings and happy memories,  Judy L

On Thu, Jul 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM Ellie Stock via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Hi Folks,

July 4, 2025, yes, celebrating the birth of a nation and the principles of democracy but also a time to reflect and expand our vision as a nation to celebrate and live into a Declaration of Interdependence.

Ellie

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