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Dear Bill, I’m praying for your gathering by Zoom- not sure of the time difference for me here in Australia, however thank you for your responsible action on behalf of… I am also unsure if my first email arrived in your inbox- so here is this note. Please put me on the discussion of your insights as they are formed. Resilience and love for humankind in a new way will shine though. Thank you to Randy and Dharma for shining the' horrid light 'John Wesley spoke about- the 'healing light' will come in God’s Economy of time. With love in Jesus the Christ, Isobel Isobel Bishop isobeljimbish@optusnet.com.au
On 23 Feb 2025, at 6:53 am, Isobel and Jim via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Hello Bill, Thank you. I add my name to Wanda. I experience here in my country of origin a similar shaking of the foundations as many have described in your nation and Charlie Angus in Canada. Sartre said ‘where one country is in chains we are all in chains’ ( paraphrase). Please include my name in any findings:- JWM used to say: Big think,….act…. Deep resolve. Jim Weigel or others will remember the correct words.. ‘These are the times, and we are the people’. Grace and peace to you Bill, and to all, Hooray for Zoom 👍😊<c159f9e4-be54-4441-8145-09147177112c.png> Isobel Bishop
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On 23 Feb 2025, at 4:04 am, Holcombe Wanda via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Bill, I can’t join you today because I’m already on a zoom call with other ICA women regarding Women’s Spirit Reflections which also gathers once or twice a year.
Please keep me on your list to participate and if you have any notes to share from this group today, please let me know. Thank you for getting us. And share our thoughts on the future.
Grace & Peace Wanda Holcombe wandah8010@gmail.com 512-619-3469 Amberlin 55+ Community Apt #6405 Georgetown, TX 78626
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On Feb 22, 2025, at 9:12 AM, Bill Parker via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
I’d like to invite you to a conversation about a path forward in light of what is happening in the human community today. It will be today at 3:00pm US central time on Zoom. The zoom id is 630 013 695 and the password is 352922. I have sent zoom invites but am not certain if they will reach you. Join if you can
Bill Parker
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A Path Forward Conversation Saturday 15 March 4 pm Eastern 1 pm Pacific This Saturday Sunny Walker will be facilitating a conversation addressing the question "What role do shared narratives and cultural continuity play in engagement?" as it becomes clearer that collapse i.e. withdrawal, does not answer the call to engage in doing the necessary deed of addressing the innocent suffering in our moment. Please join us in the zoom room found at the zoom is of 630 013 695 and the password is 352922. Don Bushman 828-292-9696 On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM Isobel and Jim Bishop via Dialogue < dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Dear Bill,
I’m praying for your gathering by Zoom- not sure of the time difference for me here in Australia, however thank you for your
responsible action on behalf of…
I am also unsure if my first email arrived in your inbox- so here is this note.
Please put me on the discussion of your insights as they are formed.
Resilience and love for humankind in a new way will shine though.
Thank you to Randy and Dharma for shining the' horrid light 'John Wesley spoke about- the 'healing light' will come in God’s
Economy of time.
With love in Jesus the Christ,
Isobel
Isobel Bishop isobeljimbish@optusnet.com.au
On 23 Feb 2025, at 6:53 am, Isobel and Jim via OE < oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Hello Bill, Thank you. I add my name to Wanda. I experience here in my country of origin a similar shaking of the foundations as many have described in your nation and Charlie Angus in Canada. Sartre said ‘where one country is in chains we are all in chains’ ( paraphrase). Please include my name in any findings:- JWM used to say: Big think,….act…. Deep resolve. Jim Weigel or others will remember the correct words.. ‘These are the times, and we are the people’. Grace and peace to you Bill, and to all, Hooray for Zoom 👍😊<c159f9e4-be54-4441-8145-09147177112c.png> Isobel Bishop
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On 23 Feb 2025, at 4:04 am, Holcombe Wanda via OE < oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Bill, I can’t join you today because I’m already on a zoom call with other ICA women regarding Women’s Spirit Reflections which also gathers once or twice a year.
Please keep me on your list to participate and if you have any notes to share from this group today, please let me know. Thank you for getting us. And share our thoughts on the future.
Grace & Peace Wanda Holcombe wandah8010@gmail.com 512-619-3469 Amberlin 55+ Community Apt #6405 Georgetown, TX 78626
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 22, 2025, at 9:12 AM, Bill Parker via OE < oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
I’d like to invite you to a conversation about a path forward in light of what is happening in the human community today. It will be today at 3:00pm US central time on Zoom. The zoom id is 630 013 695 and the password is 352922. I have sent zoom invites but am not certain if they will reach you. Join if you can
Bill Parker
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Don, is there a regular zoom link that can be clicked for today's meeting?Ellieelliestock@aol.com On Saturday, March 15, 2025 at 12:14:34 AM EDT, Don Bushman via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: A Path Forward Conversation Saturday 15 March 4 pm Eastern 1 pm Pacific This Saturday Sunny Walker will be facilitating a conversation addressing the question "What role do shared narratives and cultural continuity play in engagement?" as it becomes clearer that collapse i.e. withdrawal, does not answer the call to engage in doing the necessary deed of addressing the innocent suffering in our moment. Please join us in the zoom room found at the zoom is of 630 013 695 and the password is 352922. Don Bushman 828-292-9696 On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM Isobel and Jim Bishop via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: Dear Bill, I’m praying for your gathering by Zoom- not sure of the time difference for me here in Australia, however thank you for your responsible action on behalf of… I am also unsure if my first email arrived in your inbox- so here is this note. Please put me on the discussion of your insights as they are formed. Resilience and love for humankind in a new way will shine though. Thank you to Randy and Dharma for shining the' horrid light 'John Wesley spoke about- the 'healing light' will come in God’s Economy of time. With love in Jesus the Christ, Isobel Isobel Bishop isobeljimbish@optusnet.com.au
On 23 Feb 2025, at 6:53 am, Isobel and Jim via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Hello Bill, Thank you. I add my name to Wanda. I experience here in my country of origin a similar shaking of the foundations as many have described in your nation and Charlie Angus in Canada. Sartre said ‘where one country is in chains we are all in chains’ ( paraphrase). Please include my name in any findings:- JWM used to say: Big think,….act…. Deep resolve. Jim Weigel or others will remember the correct words.. ‘These are the times, and we are the people’. Grace and peace to you Bill, and to all, Hooray for Zoom 👍😊<c159f9e4-be54-4441-8145-09147177112c.png> Isobel Bishop
Isobel Bishop Mob. 0412 129 425
On 23 Feb 2025, at 4:04 am, Holcombe Wanda via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Bill, I can’t join you today because I’m already on a zoom call with other ICA women regarding Women’s Spirit Reflections which also gathers once or twice a year.
Please keep me on your list to participate and if you have any notes to share from this group today, please let me know. Thank you for getting us. And share our thoughts on the future.
Grace & Peace Wanda Holcombe wandah8010@gmail.com 512-619-3469 Amberlin 55+ Community Apt #6405 Georgetown, TX 78626
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 22, 2025, at 9:12 AM, Bill Parker via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
I’d like to invite you to a conversation about a path forward in light of what is happening in the human community today. It will be today at 3:00pm US central time on Zoom. The zoom id is 630 013 695 and the password is 352922. I have sent zoom invites but am not certain if they will reach you. Join if you can
Bill Parker
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Here is something I wrote a few yeasrs ago on being an active elder. It is in my book A Compassionate Civilization: Elder as Prophet My dad used to say, “Son, don’t get old, it isn’t any fun.” And I would say, “But, Dad, what’s the alternative—to die young?” If we are given the gift of old age, what can we do with it? I believe that the elder can be a prophet calling people to prepare for what is coming. Whether or not we had a career or a family, as we move into our elder years, we can be a voice of truth bringing a sense of urgency into the present. We don’t have to worry about what others think of us. We can live utterly on behalf of the coming generations of life on Earth. We can call people to pay attention to the juggernauts of history rolling down on us. Prepare ye the way for climate chaos! It’s coming, for sure. Stop using fossil fuels now. Move away from bodies of water. Get a storm shelter. Grow your own food. Live near your extended family and friends for mutual support. The elder as prophet can take risks a person with family and work responsibilities cannot so easily take. The elder can participate in nonviolent demonstrations. The elder can write frank Op-Eds to the local paper and sign every relevant petition. The elder can speak out at community meetings. The elder can donate to important causes. The elder can speak at schools to awaken the young. The elder can help get out the vote and volunteer at the voting site. The elder can maintain a healthy body and mind so that he or she can continue to serve others. The elder can volunteer at the local food bank or soup kitchen. The elder can give courage to younger people. The elder can show others how to be a human being who is aging self-consciously in gratitude for life itself. The elder can learn and do something new every day. The elder can be “fierce with age” without apology. The elder can be gracious and yet firm, patient and yet impatient. The elder can invite people to wake up and live life with authenticity and passion. The elder can be active on social media, bringing critical news to the attention of others. The elder can honor death and celebrate the passing of friends, foes, and the homeless. The elder can show others how to die with dignity and trust. The elder can show others how to live with love and laughter. The elder can show others how to be honest and inquisitive about sickness and old age. The elder can be a wonderful grandparent and great-grandparent. The elder can be a sacred sign of living life fully to the last breath. The elder can call people to dream about the coming civilization of compassion and to work for its realization. Yes! Robertson Work Books and bio<https://www.amazon.com/Robertson-Work/e/B075612GBF> Essays on Substack<https://robertsonwork.substack.com/> Videos and articles<https://www.globalcompassioncoalition.org/author/robertson-work/> Interviews and poetry<https://www.globalheart2heart.com/a-compassionate-civilization-creating-a-new-future-now/?fbclid=IwAR2EAy4c64wCRzlzUCzVKXokqce3hePofFvzdzvCM5aDYRb9QgdFyQPUyxU> ________________________________ From: Dialogue <dialogue-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net> on behalf of Don Bushman via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2025 8:04 PM To: Colleague Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> Cc: Don Bushman <onedonbushman@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Dialogue] [Oe List ...] A Path Forward conversation A Path Forward Conversation Saturday 15 March 4 pm Eastern 1 pm Pacific This Saturday Sunny Walker will be facilitating a conversation addressing the question "What role do shared narratives and cultural continuity play in engagement?" as it becomes clearer that collapse i.e. withdrawal, does not answer the call to engage in doing the necessary deed of addressing the innocent suffering in our moment. Please join us in the zoom room found at the zoom is of 630 013 695 and the password is 352922. Don Bushman [https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zOIu3LEC6MFTWTu0KY7E502yfIl...] [https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4wgIOy7oWy3z_VRwzsBpODEX3NNQ...] 828-292-9696 On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM Isobel and Jim Bishop via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net<mailto:dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net>> wrote: Dear Bill, I’m praying for your gathering by Zoom- not sure of the time difference for me here in Australia, however thank you for your responsible action on behalf of… I am also unsure if my first email arrived in your inbox- so here is this note. Please put me on the discussion of your insights as they are formed. Resilience and love for humankind in a new way will shine though. Thank you to Randy and Dharma for shining the' horrid light 'John Wesley spoke about- the 'healing light' will come in God’s Economy of time. With love in Jesus the Christ, Isobel Isobel Bishop isobeljimbish@optusnet.com.au<mailto:isobeljimbish@optusnet.com.au>
On 23 Feb 2025, at 6:53 am, Isobel and Jim via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net<mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net>> wrote:
Hello Bill, Thank you. I add my name to Wanda. I experience here in my country of origin a similar shaking of the foundations as many have described in your nation and Charlie Angus in Canada. Sartre said ‘where one country is in chains we are all in chains’ ( paraphrase). Please include my name in any findings:- JWM used to say: Big think,….act…. Deep resolve. Jim Weigel or others will remember the correct words.. ‘These are the times, and we are the people’. Grace and peace to you Bill, and to all, Hooray for Zoom 👍😊<c159f9e4-be54-4441-8145-09147177112c.png> Isobel Bishop
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On 23 Feb 2025, at 4:04 am, Holcombe Wanda via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net<mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net>> wrote:
Bill, I can’t join you today because I’m already on a zoom call with other ICA women regarding Women’s Spirit Reflections which also gathers once or twice a year.
Please keep me on your list to participate and if you have any notes to share from this group today, please let me know. Thank you for getting us. And share our thoughts on the future.
Grace & Peace Wanda Holcombe wandah8010@gmail.com<mailto:wandah8010@gmail.com> 512-619-3469 Amberlin 55+ Community Apt #6405 Georgetown, TX 78626
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On Feb 22, 2025, at 9:12 AM, Bill Parker via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net<mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net>> wrote:
I’d like to invite you to a conversation about a path forward in light of what is happening in the human community today. It will be today at 3:00pm US central time on Zoom. The zoom id is 630 013 695 and the password is 352922. I have sent zoom invites but am not certain if they will reach you. Join if you can
Bill Parker
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Thanks Roberson - this is a gem - Jonathan B
On 16 Mar 2025, at 8:58 am, Robertson Work via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Here is something I wrote a few yeasrs ago on being an active elder. It is in my book A Compassionate Civilization:
Elder as Prophet
My dad used to say, “Son, don’t get old, it isn’t any fun.” And I would say, “But, Dad, what’s the alternative—to die young?” If we are given the gift of old age, what can we do with it? I believe that the elder can be a prophet calling people to prepare for what is coming.
Whether or not we had a career or a family, as we move into our elder years, we can be a voice of truth bringing a sense of urgency into the present. We don’t have to worry about what others think of us. We can live utterly on behalf of the coming generations of life on Earth.
We can call people to pay attention to the juggernauts of history rolling down on us. Prepare ye the way for climate chaos! It’s coming, for sure. Stop using fossil fuels now. Move away from bodies of water. Get a storm shelter. Grow your own food. Live near your extended family and friends for mutual support.
The elder as prophet can take risks a person with family and work responsibilities cannot so easily take. The elder can participate in nonviolent demonstrations. The elder can write frank Op-Eds to the local paper and sign every relevant petition. The elder can speak out at community meetings. The elder can donate to important causes. The elder can speak at schools to awaken the young. The elder can help get out the vote and volunteer at the voting site.
The elder can maintain a healthy body and mind so that he or she can continue to serve others. The elder can volunteer at the local food bank or soup kitchen. The elder can give courage to younger people. The elder can show others how to be a human being who is aging self-consciously in gratitude for life itself. The elder can learn and do something new every day.
The elder can be “fierce with age” without apology. The elder can be gracious and yet firm, patient and yet impatient. The elder can invite people to wake up and live life with authenticity and passion. The elder can be active on social media, bringing critical news to the attention of others. The elder can honor death and celebrate the passing of friends, foes, and the homeless.
The elder can show others how to die with dignity and trust. The elder can show others how to live with love and laughter. The elder can show others how to be honest and inquisitive about sickness and old age. The elder can be a wonderful grandparent and great-grandparent. The elder can be a sacred sign of living life fully to the last breath. The elder can call people to dream about the coming civilization of compassion and to work for its realization. Yes!
Robertson Work Books and bio <https://www.amazon.com/Robertson-Work/e/B075612GBF> Essays on Substack <https://robertsonwork.substack.com/> Videos and articles <https://www.globalcompassioncoalition.org/author/robertson-work/> Interviews and poetry <https://www.globalheart2heart.com/a-compassionate-civilization-creating-a-new-future-now/?fbclid=IwAR2EAy4c64wCRzlzUCzVKXokqce3hePofFvzdzvCM5aDYRb9QgdFyQPUyxU> From: Dialogue <dialogue-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net> on behalf of Don Bushman via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2025 8:04 PM To: Colleague Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> Cc: Don Bushman <onedonbushman@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Dialogue] [Oe List ...] A Path Forward conversation
A Path Forward Conversation Saturday 15 March 4 pm Eastern 1 pm Pacific
This Saturday Sunny Walker will be facilitating a conversation addressing the question
"What role do shared narratives and cultural continuity play in engagement?"
as it becomes clearer that collapse i.e. withdrawal, does not answer the call to engage in doing the necessary deed of addressing the innocent suffering in our moment.
Please join us in the zoom room found at the zoom is of 630 013 695 and the password is 352922.
Don Bushman
828-292-9696
On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM Isobel and Jim Bishop via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net>> wrote: Dear Bill,
I’m praying for your gathering by Zoom- not sure of the time difference for me here in Australia, however thank you for your
responsible action on behalf of…
I am also unsure if my first email arrived in your inbox- so here is this note.
Please put me on the discussion of your insights as they are formed.
Resilience and love for humankind in a new way will shine though.
Thank you to Randy and Dharma for shining the' horrid light 'John Wesley spoke about- the 'healing light' will come in God’s
Economy of time.
With love in Jesus the Christ,
Isobel
Isobel Bishop isobeljimbish@optusnet.com.au <mailto:isobeljimbish@optusnet.com.au>
On 23 Feb 2025, at 6:53 am, Isobel and Jim via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net>> wrote:
Hello Bill, Thank you. I add my name to Wanda. I experience here in my country of origin a similar shaking of the foundations as many have described in your nation and Charlie Angus in Canada. Sartre said ‘where one country is in chains we are all in chains’ ( paraphrase). Please include my name in any findings:- JWM used to say: Big think,….act…. Deep resolve. Jim Weigel or others will remember the correct words.. ‘These are the times, and we are the people’. Grace and peace to you Bill, and to all, Hooray for Zoom 👍😊<c159f9e4-be54-4441-8145-09147177112c.png> Isobel Bishop
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On 23 Feb 2025, at 4:04 am, Holcombe Wanda via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net>> wrote:
Bill, I can’t join you today because I’m already on a zoom call with other ICA women regarding Women’s Spirit Reflections which also gathers once or twice a year.
Please keep me on your list to participate and if you have any notes to share from this group today, please let me know. Thank you for getting us. And share our thoughts on the future.
Grace & Peace Wanda Holcombe wandah8010@gmail.com <mailto:wandah8010@gmail.com> 512-619-3469 Amberlin 55+ Community Apt #6405 Georgetown, TX 78626
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On Feb 22, 2025, at 9:12 AM, Bill Parker via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net>> wrote:
I’d like to invite you to a conversation about a path forward in light of what is happening in the human community today. It will be today at 3:00pm US central time on Zoom. The zoom id is 630 013 695 and the password is 352922. I have sent zoom invites but am not certain if they will reach you. Join if you can
Bill Parker
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Dear Path Forward colleagues, Here is something I wrote on the movement of movements that may be helpful: https://robertsonwork.substack.com/p/the-movement-of-movements-mom-dancing Take care, Rob Robertson Work Books and bio<https://www.amazon.com/Robertson-Work/e/B075612GBF> Essays on Substack<https://robertsonwork.substack.com/> Videos and articles<https://www.globalcompassioncoalition.org/author/robertson-work/> Interviews and poetry<https://www.globalheart2heart.com/a-compassionate-civilization-creating-a-new-future-now/?fbclid=IwAR2EAy4c64wCRzlzUCzVKXokqce3hePofFvzdzvCM5aDYRb9QgdFyQPUyxU> ________________________________ From: Dialogue <dialogue-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net> on behalf of Don Bushman via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2025 8:04 PM To: Colleague Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> Cc: Don Bushman <onedonbushman@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Dialogue] [Oe List ...] A Path Forward conversation A Path Forward Conversation Saturday 15 March 4 pm Eastern 1 pm Pacific This Saturday Sunny Walker will be facilitating a conversation addressing the question "What role do shared narratives and cultural continuity play in engagement?" as it becomes clearer that collapse i.e. withdrawal, does not answer the call to engage in doing the necessary deed of addressing the innocent suffering in our moment. Please join us in the zoom room found at the zoom is of 630 013 695 and the password is 352922. Don Bushman [https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zOIu3LEC6MFTWTu0KY7E502yfIl...] [https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4wgIOy7oWy3z_VRwzsBpODEX3NNQ...] 828-292-9696 On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM Isobel and Jim Bishop via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net<mailto:dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net>> wrote: Dear Bill, I’m praying for your gathering by Zoom- not sure of the time difference for me here in Australia, however thank you for your responsible action on behalf of… I am also unsure if my first email arrived in your inbox- so here is this note. Please put me on the discussion of your insights as they are formed. Resilience and love for humankind in a new way will shine though. Thank you to Randy and Dharma for shining the' horrid light 'John Wesley spoke about- the 'healing light' will come in God’s Economy of time. With love in Jesus the Christ, Isobel Isobel Bishop isobeljimbish@optusnet.com.au<mailto:isobeljimbish@optusnet.com.au>
On 23 Feb 2025, at 6:53 am, Isobel and Jim via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net<mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net>> wrote:
Hello Bill, Thank you. I add my name to Wanda. I experience here in my country of origin a similar shaking of the foundations as many have described in your nation and Charlie Angus in Canada. Sartre said ‘where one country is in chains we are all in chains’ ( paraphrase). Please include my name in any findings:- JWM used to say: Big think,….act…. Deep resolve. Jim Weigel or others will remember the correct words.. ‘These are the times, and we are the people’. Grace and peace to you Bill, and to all, Hooray for Zoom 👍😊<c159f9e4-be54-4441-8145-09147177112c.png> Isobel Bishop
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On 23 Feb 2025, at 4:04 am, Holcombe Wanda via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net<mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net>> wrote:
Bill, I can’t join you today because I’m already on a zoom call with other ICA women regarding Women’s Spirit Reflections which also gathers once or twice a year.
Please keep me on your list to participate and if you have any notes to share from this group today, please let me know. Thank you for getting us. And share our thoughts on the future.
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Good to hear from you, Jim. It was wonderful being with dear colleagues some of whom I have not seen for many, many years. Yes, there is much to cry about these days. And also smile and laugh about. And most of all to be grateful for - the gifts of life, awareness, and love. How can the paradigm of a movement of movements help in mobilizing energy to create a more compassionate, ecologically sound world? Robertson Work Books and bio<https://www.amazon.com/Robertson-Work/e/B075612GBF> Essays on Substack<https://robertsonwork.substack.com/> Videos and articles<https://www.globalcompassioncoalition.org/author/robertson-work/> Interviews and poetry<https://www.globalheart2heart.com/a-compassionate-civilization-creating-a-new-future-now/?fbclid=IwAR2EAy4c64wCRzlzUCzVKXokqce3hePofFvzdzvCM5aDYRb9QgdFyQPUyxU> ________________________________ From: James Wiegel <jfwiegel@yahoo.com> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2025 9:32 AM To: Colleague Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> Cc: Robertson Work <warkers@msn.com>; Sister Judy Wiegel <juneweaver2018@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Dialogue] [Oe List ...] A Path Forward conversation Thank you, Rob. For an old guy you are really good! Seems to me weeping is a good response we should do more of. I can remember from time to time tears appearing in my Grandmother's eyes. When we were living at the ICA centre in Brussels, Robert Gilman came to visit. He was the founder and editor of In Context magazine which became YES! Later. We were talking in our room of all the creative (I called them "alternative" approaches) at large on the planet and how exciting they all were and how much I appreciated In Context for the reporting it was doing of these alternatives. "No, no," Robert said. "We are not interested in alternatives. We are spelling out and highlighting the NEW MAINSTREAM." "Like Voluntary Simplicity," I said. "More like voluntary complexity" He replied. In reading your work on MOM, I found myself wanting to edit out "can" and replace the verb with "is" . . . 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 Mar 15, 2025, at 8:13 PM, Robertson Work via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: Dear Path Forward colleagues, Here is something I wrote on the movement of movements that may be helpful: https://robertsonwork.substack.com/p/the-movement-of-movements-mom-dancing Take care, Rob Robertson Work Books and bio<https://www.amazon.com/Robertson-Work/e/B075612GBF> Essays on Substack<https://robertsonwork.substack.com/> Videos and articles<https://www.globalcompassioncoalition.org/author/robertson-work/> Interviews and poetry<https://www.globalheart2heart.com/a-compassionate-civilization-creating-a-new-future-now/?fbclid=IwAR2EAy4c64wCRzlzUCzVKXokqce3hePofFvzdzvCM5aDYRb9QgdFyQPUyxU> ________________________________ From: Dialogue <dialogue-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net> on behalf of Don Bushman via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2025 8:04 PM To: Colleague Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> Cc: Don Bushman <onedonbushman@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Dialogue] [Oe List ...] A Path Forward conversation A Path Forward Conversation Saturday 15 March 4 pm Eastern 1 pm Pacific This Saturday Sunny Walker will be facilitating a conversation addressing the question "What role do shared narratives and cultural continuity play in engagement?" as it becomes clearer that collapse i.e. withdrawal, does not answer the call to engage in doing the necessary deed of addressing the innocent suffering in our moment. Please join us in the zoom room found at the zoom is of 630 013 695 and the password is 352922. Don Bushman [https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zOIu3LEC6MFTWTu0KY7E502yfIl...] [https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4wgIOy7oWy3z_VRwzsBpODEX3NNQ...] 828-292-9696 On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM Isobel and Jim Bishop via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net<mailto:dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net>> wrote: Dear Bill, I’m praying for your gathering by Zoom- not sure of the time difference for me here in Australia, however thank you for your responsible action on behalf of… I am also unsure if my first email arrived in your inbox- so here is this note. Please put me on the discussion of your insights as they are formed. Resilience and love for humankind in a new way will shine though. Thank you to Randy and Dharma for shining the' horrid light 'John Wesley spoke about- the 'healing light' will come in God’s Economy of time. With love in Jesus the Christ, Isobel Isobel Bishop isobeljimbish@optusnet.com.au<mailto:isobeljimbish@optusnet.com.au>
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Hello Bill, Thank you. I add my name to Wanda. I experience here in my country of origin a similar shaking of the foundations as many have described in your nation and Charlie Angus in Canada. Sartre said ‘where one country is in chains we are all in chains’ ( paraphrase). Please include my name in any findings:- JWM used to say: Big think,….act…. Deep resolve. Jim Weigel or others will remember the correct words.. ‘These are the times, and we are the people’. Grace and peace to you Bill, and to all, Hooray for Zoom 👍😊<c159f9e4-be54-4441-8145-09147177112c.png> Isobel Bishop
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On 23 Feb 2025, at 4:04 am, Holcombe Wanda via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net<mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net>> wrote:
Bill, I can’t join you today because I’m already on a zoom call with other ICA women regarding Women’s Spirit Reflections which also gathers once or twice a year.
Please keep me on your list to participate and if you have any notes to share from this group today, please let me know. Thank you for getting us. And share our thoughts on the future.
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On Feb 22, 2025, at 9:12 AM, Bill Parker via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net<mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net>> wrote:
I’d like to invite you to a conversation about a path forward in light of what is happening in the human community today. It will be today at 3:00pm US central time on Zoom. The zoom id is 630 013 695 and the password is 352922. I have sent zoom invites but am not certain if they will reach you. Join if you can
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Your earlier post about the scope of the "movement of movements" is quite helpful in imaging what is going on. I think what Bill Parker is wrestling with is how to catalyze something more across these fronts -- his intuition is to find a way to connect them across their various missions and campaigns with a. some personal contact, b. some focus on more local geography, and c. some experiential sense of the human suffering of folks in their communities -- particularly the awesome sense of isolation/aloneness so present in our world -- who do I talk to? I am thinking that the "movement of movements" needs somehow to be expanded to include the movements who are fighting more to keep things as they are -- I don't really know -- my neighbor took down the trump flag he had hoisted below the US flag . . . and replaced it with a confederate flag. Hmm Jim Wiegel Theunknown is what is. And to be frightened of it is what sends everybodyscurrying around chasing dreams, illusions, wars, peace, love, hate, allthat. Unknown is what is. Accept that it's unknown, and it's plainsailing. John Lennon 401 North Beverly Way, Tolleson, Arizona 85353 623-363-3277 jfwiegel@yahoo.com www.partnersinparticipation.com On Sunday, March 16, 2025 at 06:53:08 AM MST, Robertson Work <warkers@msn.com> wrote: Good to hear from you, Jim. It was wonderful being with dear colleagues some of whom I have not seen for many, many years. Yes, there is much to cry about these days. And also smile and laugh about. And most of all to be grateful for - the gifts of life, awareness, and love. How can the paradigm of a movement of movements help in mobilizing energy to create a more compassionate, ecologically sound world? Robertson WorkBooks and bio Essays on Substack Videos and articles Interviews and poetry From: James Wiegel <jfwiegel@yahoo.com>Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2025 9:32 AM To: Colleague Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> Cc: Robertson Work <warkers@msn.com>; Sister Judy Wiegel <juneweaver2018@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Dialogue] [Oe List ...] A Path Forward conversation Thank you, Rob. For an old guy you are really good! Seems to me weeping is a good response we should do more of. I can remember from time to time tears appearing in my Grandmother's eyes. When we were living at the ICA centre in Brussels, Robert Gilman came to visit. He was the founder and editor of In Context magazine which became YES! Later. We were talking in our room of all the creative (I called them "alternative" approaches) at large on the planet and how exciting they all were and how much I appreciated In Context for the reporting it was doing of these alternatives. "No, no," Robert said. "We are not interested in alternatives. We are spelling out and highlighting the NEW MAINSTREAM." "Like Voluntary Simplicity," I said. "More like voluntary complexity" He replied. In reading your work on MOM, I found myself wanting to edit out "can" and replace the verb with "is" . . . 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 Mar 15, 2025, at 8:13 PM, Robertson Work via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: Dear Path Forward colleagues, Here is something I wrote on the movement of movements that may be helpful: https://robertsonwork.substack.com/p/the-movement-of-movements-mom-dancing Take care, Rob Robertson WorkBooks and bio Essays on Substack Videos and articles Interviews and poetry From: Dialogue <dialogue-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net> on behalf of Don Bushman via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2025 8:04 PM To: Colleague Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> Cc: Don Bushman <onedonbushman@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Dialogue] [Oe List ...] A Path Forward conversation A Path Forward Conversation Saturday 15 March 4 pm Eastern 1 pm Pacific This Saturday Sunny Walker will be facilitating a conversation addressing the question "What role doshared narratives and cultural continuity play in engagement?" as it becomes clearer that collapse i.e. withdrawal, does not answer the call to engage in doing the necessary deed of addressing the innocent suffering in our moment. Please join us in the zoom room found at the zoom is of 630 013 695 and the password is 352922. Don Bushman828-292-9696 On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM Isobel and Jim Bishop via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: Dear Bill, I’m praying for your gathering by Zoom- not sure of the time difference for me here in Australia, however thank you for your responsible action on behalf of… I am also unsure if my first email arrived in your inbox- so here is this note. Please put me on the discussion of your insights as they are formed. Resilience and love for humankind in a new way will shine though. Thank you to Randy and Dharma for shining the' horrid light 'John Wesley spoke about- the 'healing light' will come in God’s Economy of time. With love in Jesus the Christ, Isobel Isobel Bishop isobeljimbish@optusnet.com.au
On 23 Feb 2025, at 6:53 am, Isobel and Jim via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Hello Bill, Thank you. I add my name to Wanda. I experience here in my country of origin a similar shaking of the foundations as many have described in your nation and Charlie Angus in Canada. Sartre said ‘where one country is in chains we are all in chains’ ( paraphrase). Please include my name in any findings:- JWM used to say: Big think,….act…. Deep resolve. Jim Weigel or others will remember the correct words.. ‘These are the times, and we are the people’. Grace and peace to you Bill, and to all, Hooray for Zoom 👍😊<c159f9e4-be54-4441-8145-09147177112c.png> Isobel Bishop
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On 23 Feb 2025, at 4:04 am, Holcombe Wanda via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Bill, I can’t join you today because I’m already on a zoom call with other ICA women regarding Women’s Spirit Reflections which also gathers once or twice a year.
Please keep me on your list to participate and if you have any notes to share from this group today, please let me know. Thank you for getting us. And share our thoughts on the future.
Grace & Peace Wanda Holcombe wandah8010@gmail.com 512-619-3469 Amberlin 55+ Community Apt #6405 Georgetown, TX 78626
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On Feb 22, 2025, at 9:12 AM, Bill Parker via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
I’d like to invite you to a conversation about a path forward in light of what is happening in the human community today. It will be today at 3:00pm US central time on Zoom. The zoom id is 630 013 695 and the password is 352922. I have sent zoom invites but am not certain if they will reach you. Join if you can
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OK, I'm not able to fully participate right now, but take a look at the Constellation Model for Governance, a Canadian innovation that captured the imagination of the neighborhood coalition I worked for over about 15 years although we did not quite push it through. It does provide one potential framework for mobilizing diverse networks of services and organizations across diffferent levels. Maybe still worth a look: https://socialinnovation.org/about/innovations-publications/constellation-mo... To a certain extent, the ICA project teams played a "secretariat" role across multiple levels of networks, from stakes to city to state to nation to international. Just thinkin... Thanks with the deepest respect and appreciation for all of you.;; Ken Gillgren Ken Gillgren kgillgren@igc.org We use Ally Bank for unmatched convenience and unbeatable savings account interest, so can you, Try Ally Bank [https://ally.com/referral?code=6M6C6R3F5B] On 3/18/2025 12:59:54 PM, James Wiegel via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: Your earlier post about the scope of the "movement of movements" is quite helpful in imaging what is going on. I think what Bill Parker is wrestling with is how to catalyze something more across these fronts -- his intuition is to find a way to connect them across their various missions and campaigns with a. some personal contact, b. some focus on more local geography, and c. some experiential sense of the human suffering of folks in their communities -- particularly the awesome sense of isolation/aloneness so present in our world -- who do I talk to? I am thinking that the "movement of movements" needs somehow to be expanded to include the movements who are fighting more to keep things as they are -- I don't really know -- my neighbor took down the trump flag he had hoisted below the US flag . . . and replaced it with a confederate flag. Hmm Jim Wiegel [http://partnersinparticipation.com/james-wiegel/] 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. John Lennon 401 North Beverly Way, Tolleson, Arizona 85353 623-363-3277 jfwiegel@yahoo.com [mailto:marilyn.oyler@gmail.com] www.partnersinparticipation.com [http://www.partnersinparticipation.com/] On Sunday, March 16, 2025 at 06:53:08 AM MST, Robertson Work <warkers@msn.com> wrote: Good to hear from you, Jim. It was wonderful being with dear colleagues some of whom I have not seen for many, many years. Yes, there is much to cry about these days. And also smile and laugh about. And most of all to be grateful for - the gifts of life, awareness, and love. How can the paradigm of a movement of movements help in mobilizing energy to create a more compassionate, ecologically sound world? Robertson Work Books and bio [https://www.amazon.com/Robertson-Work/e/B075612GBF] Essays on Substack [https://robertsonwork.substack.com/] Videos and articles [https://www.globalcompassioncoalition.org/author/robertson-work/] Interviews and poetry [https://www.globalheart2heart.com/a-compassionate-civilization-creating-a-ne...] From: James Wiegel <jfwiegel@yahoo.com> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2025 9:32 AM To: Colleague Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> Cc: Robertson Work <warkers@msn.com>; Sister Judy Wiegel <juneweaver2018@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Dialogue] [Oe List ...] A Path Forward conversation Thank you, Rob. For an old guy you are really good! Seems to me weeping is a good response we should do more of. I can remember from time to time tears appearing in my Grandmother's eyes. When we were living at the ICA centre in Brussels, Robert Gilman came to visit. He was the founder and editor of In Context magazine which became YES! Later. We were talking in our room of all the creative (I called them "alternative" approaches) at large on the planet and how exciting they all were and how much I appreciated In Context for the reporting it was doing of these alternatives. "No, no," Robert said. "We are not interested in alternatives. We are spelling out and highlighting the NEW MAINSTREAM." "Like Voluntary Simplicity," I said. "More like voluntary complexity" He replied. In reading your work on MOM, I found myself wanting to edit out "can" and replace the verb with "is" . . . 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 Mar 15, 2025, at 8:13 PM, Robertson Work via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: Dear Path Forward colleagues, Here is something I wrote on the movement of movements that may be helpful: https://robertsonwork.substack.com/p/the-movement-of-movements-mom-dancing [https://robertsonwork.substack.com/p/the-movement-of-movements-mom-dancing] Take care, Rob Robertson Work Books and bio [https://www.amazon.com/Robertson-Work/e/B075612GBF] Essays on Substack [https://robertsonwork.substack.com/] Videos and articles [https://www.globalcompassioncoalition.org/author/robertson-work/] Interviews and poetry [https://www.globalheart2heart.com/a-compassionate-civilization-creating-a-ne...] From: Dialogue <dialogue-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net> on behalf of Don Bushman via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2025 8:04 PM To: Colleague Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> Cc: Don Bushman <onedonbushman@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Dialogue] [Oe List ...] A Path Forward conversation A Path Forward Conversation Saturday 15 March 4 pm Eastern 1 pm Pacific This Saturday Sunny Walker will be facilitating a conversation addressing the question "What role do shared narratives and cultural continuity play in engagement?" as it becomes clearer that collapse i.e. withdrawal, does not answer the call to engage in doing the necessary deed of addressing the innocent suffering in our moment. Please join us in the zoom room found at the zoom is of 630 013 695 and the password is 352922. Don Bushman 828-292-9696 On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM Isobel and Jim Bishop via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net [mailto:dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net]> wrote: Dear Bill, I’m praying for your gathering by Zoom- not sure of the time difference for me here in Australia, however thank you for your responsible action on behalf of… I am also unsure if my first email arrived in your inbox- so here is this note. Please put me on the discussion of your insights as they are formed. Resilience and love for humankind in a new way will shine though. Thank you to Randy and Dharma for shining the' horrid light 'John Wesley spoke about- the 'healing light' will come in God’s Economy of time. With love in Jesus the Christ, Isobel Isobel Bishop isobeljimbish@optusnet.com.au [mailto:isobeljimbish@optusnet.com.au]
On 23 Feb 2025, at 6:53 am, Isobel and Jim via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net]> wrote:
Hello Bill, Thank you. I add my name to Wanda. I experience here in my country of origin a similar shaking of the foundations as many have described in your nation and Charlie Angus in Canada. Sartre said ‘where one country is in chains we are all in chains’ ( paraphrase). Please include my name in any findings:- JWM used to say: Big think,….act…. Deep resolve. Jim Weigel or others will remember the correct words.. ‘These are the times, and we are the people’. Grace and peace to you Bill, and to all, Hooray for Zoom 👍😊<c159f9e4-be54-4441-8145-09147177112c.png> Isobel Bishop
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On 23 Feb 2025, at 4:04 am, Holcombe Wanda via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net]> wrote:
Bill, I can’t join you today because I’m already on a zoom call with other ICA women regarding Women’s Spirit Reflections which also gathers once or twice a year.
Please keep me on your list to participate and if you have any notes to share from this group today, please let me know. Thank you for getting us. And share our thoughts on the future.
Grace & Peace Wanda Holcombe wandah8010@gmail.com [mailto:wandah8010@gmail.com] 512-619-3469 Amberlin 55+ Community Apt #6405 Georgetown, TX 78626
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On Feb 22, 2025, at 9:12 AM, Bill Parker via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net]> wrote:
I’d like to invite you to a conversation about a path forward in light of what is happening in the human community today. It will be today at 3:00pm US central time on Zoom. The zoom id is 630 013 695 and the password is 352922. I have sent zoom invites but am not certain if they will reach you. Join if you can
Bill Parker
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Thanks, Ken I intend to bring this model for discussion among climate change groups in Kingston, Ontario. Ken
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OK, I'm not able to fully participate right now, but take a look at the Constellation Model for Governance, a Canadian innovation that captured the imagination of the neighborhood coalition I worked for over about 15 years although we did not quite push it through. It does provide one potential framework for mobilizing diverse networks of services and organizations across diffferent levels. Maybe still worth a look:
https://socialinnovation.org/about/innovations-publications/constellation-mo...
Great. Let me know how that goes. With all due respect to Rob, I've grown impatient with the at least 20+ years of aspirational hope under the network of networks and movement of movement banners. I've been looking into the Cynefin framework (see: https://thecynefin.co/) and particularly the EU fieldbook developed in collaboration with Cynefin on managing complexity (and chaos) in times of crisis (https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/712438d0-8c55-11eb-...). The one thing I have learned is that the key breakthroughs emerge from the margins, the gaps. the neglected corners and not the usual suspects. Hope to reconnect more in the future.... Take care, one and all, we were called to be present to this time... Ken Gillgren kgillgren@igc.org We use Ally Bank for unmatched convenience and unbeatable savings account interest, so can you, Try Ally Bank [https://ally.com/referral?code=6M6C6R3F5B] On 3/20/2025 4:09:45 AM, Ken Fisher <kenfisher1942@gmail.com> wrote: Thanks, Ken I intend to bring this model for discussion among climate change groups in Kingston, Ontario. Ken On Mar 20, 2025, at 1:14 AM, Ken Gillgren via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: OK, I'm not able to fully participate right now, but take a look at the Constellation Model for Governance, a Canadian innovation that captured the imagination of the neighborhood coalition I worked for over about 15 years although we did not quite push it through. It does provide one potential framework for mobilizing diverse networks of services and organizations across diffferent levels. Maybe still worth a look: https://socialinnovation.org/about/innovations-publications/constellation-mo... [https://socialinnovation.org/about/innovations-publications/constellation-mo...] [4d497711-b347-4091-81cd-ac1272e2bc6d]
I sure hear you, Ken. Grateful for your many years of working in Rainier Beach in WA. Wise voices are calling us to focus on the community level to create "islands of sanity" and catalyze the "beloved community." We also need to be part of networks of care and be social and ecological activists at state, national, and international levels. Robertson Work Books and bio<https://www.amazon.com/Robertson-Work/e/B075612GBF> Essays on Substack<https://robertsonwork.substack.com/> Videos and articles<https://www.globalcompassioncoalition.org/author/robertson-work/> Interviews and poetry<https://www.globalheart2heart.com/a-compassionate-civilization-creating-a-new-future-now/?fbclid=IwAR2EAy4c64wCRzlzUCzVKXokqce3hePofFvzdzvCM5aDYRb9QgdFyQPUyxU> ________________________________ From: Dialogue <dialogue-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net> on behalf of Ken Gillgren via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2025 8:42 PM To: Ken Fisher <kenfisher1942@gmail.com>; Robertson Work via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> Cc: Ken Gillgren <kgillgren@igc.org> Subject: Re: [Dialogue] [Oe List ...] A Path Forward conversation Great. Let me know how that goes. With all due respect to Rob, I've grown impatient with the at least 20+ years of aspirational hope under the network of networks and movement of movement banners. I've been looking into the Cynefin framework (see: https://thecynefin.co/) and particularly the EU fieldbook developed in collaboration with Cynefin on managing complexity (and chaos) in times of crisis (https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/712438d0-8c55-11eb-...). The one thing I have learned is that the key breakthroughs emerge from the margins, the gaps. the neglected corners and not the usual suspects. Hope to reconnect more in the future.... Take care, one and all, we were called to be present to this time... Ken Gillgren kgillgren@igc.org We use Ally Bank for unmatched convenience and unbeatable savings account interest, so can you, Try Ally Bank<https://ally.com/referral?code=6M6C6R3F5B> On 3/20/2025 4:09:45 AM, Ken Fisher <kenfisher1942@gmail.com> wrote: Thanks, Ken I intend to bring this model for discussion among climate change groups in Kingston, Ontario. Ken On Mar 20, 2025, at 1:14 AM, Ken Gillgren via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: OK, I'm not able to fully participate right now, but take a look at the Constellation Model for Governance, a Canadian innovation that captured the imagination of the neighborhood coalition I worked for over about 15 years although we did not quite push it through. It does provide one potential framework for mobilizing diverse networks of services and organizations across diffferent levels. Maybe still worth a look: https://socialinnovation.org/about/innovations-publications/constellation-mo...
Rob, I completely respect the work you have been doing and the profound contributions you are making to personal and collective healing. I refocused on the hyper-local after years of observing and participating in network of network and movement of movement efforts, from the Pachamama Alliance “Awakening the Dreamer” training in 2005 to the Wiser Earth online platform based on Paul Hawkins “Blessed Unrest” vision of networking individuals, organizations and efforts around the world. It became intermittently fulfilling and overall exhausting. I’m still clarifying my learnings from these and related experiences, but I’ve found a greater sense of hope and progress In realizing that the Beloved Community, like the Kingdom of Heaven, is ”here now and coming in power,” and that instead of trying to interweave wildly diverse ideologies and commitments to specific issues or even “shared interests,” there are individuals and families who are already giving presence to the Beloved Community; we have both directly witnessed them everywhere we care to look, for they have out-sized impact beyond specific issues or causes and elicit expanding circles of redemption and restorative resolutions in the wholeness of their thinking, organization and action. It is this “presencing” of the Beloved Community that needs to be highlighted, connected and cultivated, for it is happening in the gaps, the margins, the neglected spaces between and often in spite of competing ideologies, values, principles and issues. That’s as far as my thinking has developed. Because today, the channels of communication have created a different environment for discourse, connecting, learning, and sharing beyond our conventional understandings of networking or movement building. That’s all I got right now. I’ve completed my contract with Rainier Beach will be sharing my learnings on LinkedIn and my blog over coming weeks. But this conversation has already helped to bring clarity to my own “blessed unrest.” For however fulfilling or dire the times, we are and will always be “in the midst” of living in the Beloved Community with confidence in its greater realization. -- Ken Gillgren kgillgren@igc.org
On Saturday, Mar 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM, Robertson Work <warkers@msn.com (mailto:warkers@msn.com)> wrote: I sure hear you, Ken. Grateful for your many years of working in Rainier Beach in WA. Wise voices are calling us to focus on the community level to create "islands of sanity" and catalyze the "beloved community." We also need to be part of networks of care and be social and ecological activists at state, national, and international levels.
Robertson Work Books and bio (https://www.amazon.com/Robertson-Work/e/B075612GBF) Essays on Substack (https://robertsonwork.substack.com/) Videos and articles (https://www.globalcompassioncoalition.org/author/robertson-work/) Interviews and poetry (https://www.globalheart2heart.com/a-compassionate-civilization-creating-a-ne...)
From: Dialogue <dialogue-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net> on behalf of Ken Gillgren via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2025 8:42 PM To: Ken Fisher <kenfisher1942@gmail.com>; Robertson Work via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> Cc: Ken Gillgren <kgillgren@igc.org> Subject: Re: [Dialogue] [Oe List ...] A Path Forward conversation
Great. Let me know how that goes. With all due respect to Rob, I've grown impatient with the at least 20+ years of aspirational hope under the network of networks and movement of movement banners. I've been looking into the Cynefin framework (see: https://thecynefin.co/) and particularly the EU fieldbook developed in collaboration with Cynefin on managing complexity (and chaos) in times of crisis (https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/712438d0-8c55-11eb-...). The one thing I have learned is that the key breakthroughs emerge from the margins, the gaps. the neglected corners and not the usual suspects.
Hope to reconnect more in the future....
Take care, one and all, we were called to be present to this time...
Ken Gillgren kgillgren@igc.org
We use Ally Bank for unmatched convenience and unbeatable savings account interest, so can you, Try Ally Bank (https://ally.com/referral?code=6M6C6R3F5B)
On 3/20/2025 4:09:45 AM, Ken Fisher <kenfisher1942@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks, Ken
I intend to bring this model for discussion among climate change groups in Kingston, Ontario.
Ken
On Mar 20, 2025, at 1:14 AM, Ken Gillgren via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: OK, I'm not able to fully participate right now, but take a look at the Constellation Model for Governance, a Canadian innovation that captured the imagination of the neighborhood coalition I worked for over about 15 years although we did not quite push it through. It does provide one potential framework for mobilizing diverse networks of services and organizations across diffferent levels. Maybe still worth a look:
https://socialinnovation.org/about/innovations-publications/constellation-mo...
‘Go where the enemy is not.’ ‘Do not attack a walled city.’ Didn’t we read something like that? FWIW Bill Schlesinger From: Dialogue <dialogue-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net> On Behalf Of Ken Gillgren via Dialogue Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2025 6:43 PM To: Ken Fisher <kenfisher1942@gmail.com>; Robertson Work via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> Cc: Ken Gillgren <kgillgren@igc.org> Subject: Re: [Dialogue] [Oe List ...] A Path Forward conversation Great. Let me know how that goes. With all due respect to Rob, I've grown impatient with the at least 20+ years of aspirational hope under the network of networks and movement of movement banners. I've been looking into the Cynefin framework (see: https://thecynefin.co/) and particularly the EU fieldbook developed in collaboration with Cynefin on managing complexity (and chaos) in times of crisis (https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/712438d0-8c55-11eb-... <https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/712438d0-8c55-11eb-b85c-01aa75ed71a1https:/op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/712438d0-8c55-11eb-b85c-01aa75ed71a1> ). The one thing I have learned is that the key breakthroughs emerge from the margins, the gaps. the neglected corners and not the usual suspects. Hope to reconnect more in the future.... Take care, one and all, we were called to be present to this time... Ken Gillgren kgillgren@igc.org <mailto:kgillgren@igc.org> We use Ally Bank for unmatched convenience and unbeatable savings account interest, so can you, Try Ally Bank <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ally.com/referral?code%3D6M6C6R3F5B&source=gmail-imap&ust=1743122579000000&usg=AOvVaw1So3PVYFt47y69M5T5gWrp> On 3/20/2025 4:09:45 AM, Ken Fisher <kenfisher1942@gmail.com <mailto:kenfisher1942@gmail.com> > wrote: Thanks, Ken I intend to bring this model for discussion among climate change groups in Kingston, Ontario. Ken On Mar 20, 2025, at 1:14 AM, Ken Gillgren via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> > wrote: OK, I'm not able to fully participate right now, but take a look at the Constellation Model for Governance, a Canadian innovation that captured the imagination of the neighborhood coalition I worked for over about 15 years although we did not quite push it through. It does provide one potential framework for mobilizing diverse networks of services and organizations across diffferent levels. Maybe still worth a look: https://socialinnovation.org/about/innovations-publications/constellation-mo... <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://socialinnovation.org/about/innovations-publications/constellation-model-of-governance/&source=gmail-imap&ust=1743122579000000&usg=AOvVaw1_dPf-qI2thja5mFF_JE3z> <https://tracking.getmailbird.com/OpenTrackingPixel/?messageId=Mailbird-258a9aab-d36f-4343-8b95-d191dc86140f@igc.org&senderHash=9AD0810A7F6C4FC399E23DF5A588104EB32A4339C89635DFE55B87120788BDAF&recipientHash=85EBBE3885E287442ABE93B40706912B3885F44204D47DAD86E6F33086360BF5&internalId=e614d9e0-666c-4866-b80d-a552e6a7af34> -- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE TO RECIPIENT: This transmission may contain confidential information belonging to the sender that is legally privileged and proprietary and may be subject to protection under the law, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are prohibited from sharing, copying, or otherwise using or disclosing its contents. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently delete this e-mail and any attachments without reading, forwarding or saving them. Thank you
So very true Rob, our focus on the gifts of life, awareness and love are the keys to mobilizing and energizing the movements toward a global planet that works for the benefit of all human beings.
On Mar 16, 2025, at 9:53 AM, Robertson Work via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Good to hear from you, Jim. It was wonderful being with dear colleagues some of whom I have not seen for many, many years.
Yes, there is much to cry about these days. And also smile and laugh about. And most of all to be grateful for - the gifts of life, awareness, and love.
How can the paradigm of a movement of movements help in mobilizing energy to create a more compassionate, ecologically sound world?
Robertson Work Books and bio <https://www.amazon.com/Robertson-Work/e/B075612GBF> Essays on Substack <https://robertsonwork.substack.com/> Videos and articles <https://www.globalcompassioncoalition.org/author/robertson-work/> Interviews and poetry <https://www.globalheart2heart.com/a-compassionate-civilization-creating-a-new-future-now/?fbclid=IwAR2EAy4c64wCRzlzUCzVKXokqce3hePofFvzdzvCM5aDYRb9QgdFyQPUyxU>
From: James Wiegel <jfwiegel@yahoo.com> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2025 9:32 AM To: Colleague Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> Cc: Robertson Work <warkers@msn.com>; Sister Judy Wiegel <juneweaver2018@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Dialogue] [Oe List ...] A Path Forward conversation
Thank you, Rob. For an old guy you are really good! Seems to me weeping is a good response we should do more of. I can remember from time to time tears appearing in my Grandmother's eyes.
When we were living at the ICA centre in Brussels, Robert Gilman came to visit. He was the founder and editor of In Context magazine which became YES! Later. We were talking in our room of all the creative (I called them "alternative" approaches) at large on the planet and how exciting they all were and how much I appreciated In Context for the reporting it was doing of these alternatives.
"No, no," Robert said. "We are not interested in alternatives. We are spelling out and highlighting the NEW MAINSTREAM." "Like Voluntary Simplicity," I said. "More like voluntary complexity" He replied.
In reading your work on MOM, I found myself wanting to edit out "can" and replace the verb with "is" . . .
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 Mar 15, 2025, at 8:13 PM, Robertson Work via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Dear Path Forward colleagues,
Here is something I wrote on the movement of movements that may be helpful: https://robertsonwork.substack.com/p/the-movement-of-movements-mom-dancing
Take care,
Rob
Robertson Work Books and bio <https://www.amazon.com/Robertson-Work/e/B075612GBF> Essays on Substack <https://robertsonwork.substack.com/> Videos and articles <https://www.globalcompassioncoalition.org/author/robertson-work/> Interviews and poetry <https://www.globalheart2heart.com/a-compassionate-civilization-creating-a-new-future-now/?fbclid=IwAR2EAy4c64wCRzlzUCzVKXokqce3hePofFvzdzvCM5aDYRb9QgdFyQPUyxU> From: Dialogue <dialogue-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net> on behalf of Don Bushman via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2025 8:04 PM To: Colleague Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> Cc: Don Bushman <onedonbushman@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Dialogue] [Oe List ...] A Path Forward conversation
A Path Forward Conversation Saturday 15 March 4 pm Eastern 1 pm Pacific
This Saturday Sunny Walker will be facilitating a conversation addressing the question "What role do shared narratives and cultural continuity play in engagement?"
as it becomes clearer that collapse i.e. withdrawal, does not answer the call to engage in doing the necessary deed of addressing the innocent suffering in our moment.
Please join us in the zoom room found at the zoom is of 630 013 695 and the password is 352922.
Don Bushman
828-292-9696
On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM Isobel and Jim Bishop via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net>> wrote: Dear Bill,
I’m praying for your gathering by Zoom- not sure of the time difference for me here in Australia, however thank you for your
responsible action on behalf of…
I am also unsure if my first email arrived in your inbox- so here is this note.
Please put me on the discussion of your insights as they are formed.
Resilience and love for humankind in a new way will shine though.
Thank you to Randy and Dharma for shining the' horrid light 'John Wesley spoke about- the 'healing light' will come in God’s
Economy of time.
With love in Jesus the Christ,
Isobel
Isobel Bishop isobeljimbish@optusnet.com.au <mailto:isobeljimbish@optusnet.com.au>
On 23 Feb 2025, at 6:53 am, Isobel and Jim via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net>> wrote:
Hello Bill, Thank you. I add my name to Wanda. I experience here in my country of origin a similar shaking of the foundations as many have described in your nation and Charlie Angus in Canada. Sartre said ‘where one country is in chains we are all in chains’ ( paraphrase). Please include my name in any findings:- JWM used to say: Big think,….act…. Deep resolve. Jim Weigel or others will remember the correct words.. ‘These are the times, and we are the people’. Grace and peace to you Bill, and to all, Hooray for Zoom 👍😊<c159f9e4-be54-4441-8145-09147177112c.png> Isobel Bishop
Isobel Bishop Mob. 0412 129 425
On 23 Feb 2025, at 4:04 am, Holcombe Wanda via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net>> wrote:
Bill, I can’t join you today because I’m already on a zoom call with other ICA women regarding Women’s Spirit Reflections which also gathers once or twice a year.
Please keep me on your list to participate and if you have any notes to share from this group today, please let me know. Thank you for getting us. And share our thoughts on the future.
Grace & Peace Wanda Holcombe wandah8010@gmail.com <mailto:wandah8010@gmail.com> 512-619-3469 Amberlin 55+ Community Apt #6405 Georgetown, TX 78626
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 22, 2025, at 9:12 AM, Bill Parker via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net>> wrote:
I’d like to invite you to a conversation about a path forward in light of what is happening in the human community today. It will be today at 3:00pm US central time on Zoom. The zoom id is 630 013 695 and the password is 352922. I have sent zoom invites but am not certain if they will reach you. Join if you can
Bill Parker
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This Saturday we will begin a three Saturday look at Bill Parker's (and colleagues) endeavor in Oklahoma. I have attached his write up. I find their work inspires me to think about what is happening here in Denver. I anticipate our conversation will provide insights not only into what the Path Forward might be, but also what is a larger description of what our current situation is. We zoom at 1 pm Pacific (4 pm Eastern). Bill will share the zoom link. Don Bushman 828-292-9696 On Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM Jean Watts via Dialogue < dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
So very true Rob, our focus on the gifts of life, awareness and love are the keys to mobilizing and energizing the movements toward a global planet that works for the benefit of all human beings.
On Mar 16, 2025, at 9:53 AM, Robertson Work via Dialogue < dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Good to hear from you, Jim. It was wonderful being with dear colleagues some of whom I have not seen for many, many years.
Yes, there is much to cry about these days. And also smile and laugh about. And most of all to be grateful for - the gifts of life, awareness, and love.
How can the paradigm of a movement of movements help in mobilizing energy to create a more compassionate, ecologically sound world?
Robertson Work Books and bio <https://www.amazon.com/Robertson-Work/e/B075612GBF> Essays on Substack <https://robertsonwork.substack.com/> Videos and articles <https://www.globalcompassioncoalition.org/author/robertson-work/> Interviews and poetry <https://www.globalheart2heart.com/a-compassionate-civilization-creating-a-new-future-now/?fbclid=IwAR2EAy4c64wCRzlzUCzVKXokqce3hePofFvzdzvCM5aDYRb9QgdFyQPUyxU>
------------------------------ *From:* James Wiegel <jfwiegel@yahoo.com> *Sent:* Sunday, March 16, 2025 9:32 AM *To:* Colleague Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> *Cc:* Robertson Work <warkers@msn.com>; Sister Judy Wiegel < juneweaver2018@gmail.com> *Subject:* Re: [Dialogue] [Oe List ...] A Path Forward conversation
Thank you, Rob. For an old guy you are really good! Seems to me weeping is a good response we should do more of. I can remember from time to time tears appearing in my Grandmother's eyes.
When we were living at the ICA centre in Brussels, Robert Gilman came to visit. He was the founder and editor of In Context magazine which became YES! Later. We were talking in our room of all the creative (I called them "alternative" approaches) at large on the planet and how exciting they all were and how much I appreciated In Context for the reporting it was doing of these alternatives.
"No, no," Robert said. "We are not interested in alternatives. We are spelling out and highlighting the NEW MAINSTREAM." "Like Voluntary Simplicity," I said. "More like voluntary complexity" He replied.
In reading your work on MOM, I found myself wanting to edit out "can" and replace the verb with "is" . . .
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 Mar 15, 2025, at 8:13 PM, Robertson Work via Dialogue < dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Dear Path Forward colleagues,
Here is something I wrote on the movement of movements that may be helpful: https://robertsonwork.substack.com/p/the-movement-of-movements-mom-dancing
Take care,
Rob
Robertson Work Books and bio <https://www.amazon.com/Robertson-Work/e/B075612GBF> Essays on Substack <https://robertsonwork.substack.com/> Videos and articles <https://www.globalcompassioncoalition.org/author/robertson-work/> Interviews and poetry <https://www.globalheart2heart.com/a-compassionate-civilization-creating-a-new-future-now/?fbclid=IwAR2EAy4c64wCRzlzUCzVKXokqce3hePofFvzdzvCM5aDYRb9QgdFyQPUyxU>
------------------------------ *From:* Dialogue <dialogue-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net> on behalf of Don Bushman via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> *Sent:* Friday, March 14, 2025 8:04 PM *To:* Colleague Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> *Cc:* Don Bushman <onedonbushman@gmail.com> *Subject:* Re: [Dialogue] [Oe List ...] A Path Forward conversation
A Path Forward Conversation Saturday 15 March 4 pm Eastern 1 pm Pacific
This Saturday Sunny Walker will be facilitating a conversation addressing the question
"What role do shared narratives and cultural continuity play in engagement?" as it becomes clearer that collapse i.e. withdrawal, does not answer the call to engage in doing the necessary deed of addressing the innocent suffering in our moment.
Please join us in the zoom room found at the zoom is of 630 013 695 and the password is 352922.
Don Bushman 828-292-9696
On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM Isobel and Jim Bishop via Dialogue < dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Dear Bill,
I’m praying for your gathering by Zoom- not sure of the time difference for me here in Australia, however thank you for your
responsible action on behalf of…
I am also unsure if my first email arrived in your inbox- so here is this note.
Please put me on the discussion of your insights as they are formed.
Resilience and love for humankind in a new way will shine though.
Thank you to Randy and Dharma for shining the' horrid light 'John Wesley spoke about- the 'healing light' will come in God’s
Economy of time.
With love in Jesus the Christ,
Isobel
Isobel Bishop isobeljimbish@optusnet.com.au
On 23 Feb 2025, at 6:53 am, Isobel and Jim via OE < oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Hello Bill, Thank you. I add my name to Wanda. I experience here in my country of origin a similar shaking of the foundations as many have described in your nation and Charlie Angus in Canada. Sartre said ‘where one country is in chains we are all in chains’ ( paraphrase). Please include my name in any findings:- JWM used to say: Big think,….act…. Deep resolve. Jim Weigel or others will remember the correct words.. ‘These are the times, and we are the people’. Grace and peace to you Bill, and to all, Hooray for Zoom 👍😊<c159f9e4-be54-4441-8145-09147177112c.png> Isobel Bishop
Isobel Bishop Mob. 0412 129 425
On 23 Feb 2025, at 4:04 am, Holcombe Wanda via OE < oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Bill, I can’t join you today because I’m already on a zoom call with other ICA women regarding Women’s Spirit Reflections which also gathers once or twice a year.
Please keep me on your list to participate and if you have any notes to share from this group today, please let me know. Thank you for getting us. And share our thoughts on the future.
Grace & Peace Wanda Holcombe wandah8010@gmail.com 512-619-3469 Amberlin 55+ Community Apt #6405 Georgetown, TX 78626
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 22, 2025, at 9:12 AM, Bill Parker via OE < oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
I’d like to invite you to a conversation about a path forward in light of what is happening in the human community today. It will be today at 3:00pm US central time on Zoom. The zoom id is 630 013 695 and the password is 352922. I have sent zoom invites but am not certain if they will reach you. Join if you can
Bill Parker
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