April 2013 - OE - lists.wedgeblade.net

promised photos
by Jaime R Vergara 15 Apr '13

15 Apr '13

Map givers were promised some pictures. Here's three: one is what the room floor looks like in one of my classes after 2 students and I get tables and chairs together. Other two after we put up maps (had them laminated, after a fashion), and the present photos have the students locating countries as they are internationally called with their Chinese equivalents. You may notice that the class architecture is hardly lecture-centered. Anyone about to clear old maps from NatGeo stash, consider putting them in an envelop (Ben and Jacki had a box), and send them to my Hawaii address. (Ones with images of ethnic groups are very engaging.) Thanks to those who shared their maps. Jaime Vergara 91-2059 Pahuhu Pl Ewa Beach HI 96706 j'aime la vie Yesterday, appreciate; tomorrow, anticipate; today, participate. In all, Celebrate!

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Hacked
by Wilson Priscilla 13 Apr '13

13 Apr '13

Randy, I received an email from "you" this morning suggesting I open a link that looked strange. It was not your address. Not sure where I'm sending this...but wanted you to know. Priscilla H Wilson Pris(a)TeamTechPress.com 913-432-2107 www.teamtechpress.com

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4/11/13, Spong: The Birth of Jesus, Part XI. Matthew Weaves Together Proof Texts from Isaiah, Micah, Hosea and from an Unknown Source
by Ellie Stock 11 Apr '13

11 Apr '13

HOMEPAGE MY PROFILE ESSAY ARCHIVE MESSAGE BOARDS CALENDAR The Birth of Jesus, Part XI Matthew Weaves Together Proof Texts from Isaiah, Micah, Hosea and from an Unknown Source Christianity was born in the synagogue and the original followers of Jesus were primarily observant Jews. They gathered in the synagogue regularly on the Sabbath for worship. A major part of that worship consisted of reading, learning about and becoming conversant with the sacred scriptures as the Jews understood them. Each Sabbath there were three major scripture readings observed by the synagogue pattern of Jewish worship. The first, the longest and the most important, came from what the Jews called the Torah. This part of the Hebrew Bible was also called “The books of Moses.” In Jesus’ day, it was generally believed that Moses was the author of the Torah books, named Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. These writings were the Jewish “Holy of Holies” and in the stricter, more orthodox synagogues, the requirement was that the entire Torah must be read in the synagogue on the Sabbaths of a single year. To accomplish this, the Torah lesson would of necessity consist of the reading of five to six chapters of our present text as the first lesson. It would take a minimum of 10 to 15 minutes to read a passage of that length. In more moderate or “liberal” synagogues this requirement was loosened and the Torah was allowed to be read over a three-year cycle. The second lesson would come from that portion of the Hebrew Bible that the Jews called “The Former Prophets.” These are the books that purport to describe Jewish history after the death of Moses, and include those works known as Joshua, Judges, I and II Samuel and I and II Kings. At an earlier point in history, these latter four books were all called the books of Samuel or I, II, III and IV Samuel. It was a later interpolation to call the last two I and II Kings. These books covered Jewish history from the conquest of Canaan under Joshua, around the year 1200 BCE, to the defeat of the nation of Judah at the hands of the Babylonians and the subsequent exile of the Jewish people in the land of Babylon beginning in 586 BCE. They were not as important as the Torah so there was no specific deadline by which to complete them. The third synagogue scripture reading was from what the Jews called “The Latter Prophets.” That title referred to the books we now call Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and the books from Hosea to Malachi, which were all on a single scroll and were referred to by the Jews as “The book of the Twelve.” Christians tend to call them “The Minor Prophets.” Please note that Daniel did not come into the canon of Jewish Scripture until about 165 BCE and, as a late arrival, was not generally included in synagogue readings. When one notes the length of these four books: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and the Book of the Twelve, we discover that they are about the same length and each tended to be read one chapter a week, one book a year, so the four books would be rotated over a four year cycle.. The singing or reciting of selected psalms would break up and separate the various scripture readings. Following these three readings, the members of the congregation would be invited to comment on the readings. This was the context in which the followers of Jesus began to wrap their memories of Jesus around and into the stories from the sacred text of the Jews. In time, stories originally written about Moses or Elijah would be retrofitted and then retold about Jesus, thus linking him to the spiritual power of his Jewish ancestors. On other occasions, words from one of the prophets or from one of the psalms would illumine an experience they had once had with Jesus and a tradition would be started in which Jesus and the Hebrew Scriptures began to meld into each other. We will see this reality occurring over and over as we work through the gospels. For now all I want to demonstrate is that these themes are a major part of the birth narratives and we cannot read them intelligently unless we recognize the process that created them. We have noted already that the story of a wicked king named Pharaoh, who tried to put to death the infant Moses as God’s promised deliverer, was repackaged and told by Matthew as a Jesus story in which a wicked king named Herod tries to put to death God’s promised deliverer named Jesus. Matthew then goes on to wrap his narrative of Jesus around a series of carefully chosen texts that suggest that the history of the Jewish people is somehow being relived through Jesus and that the words of the Hebrew Scriptures find their fulfillment in him. Matthew is much like a country preacher trying to bend the biblical text to the needs of his sermon. In his birth story, Mathew utilizes texts from Isaiah, Micah, Jeremiah, Hosea and, finally, from an unknown or yet to be identified text. I will examine each in brief detail. All of them are, at the very least, enormous stretches in literal accuracy. The first one is Isaiah 7:14 that we have heard numerous times in our Christmas pageants. Out of the darkness or even off stage, the voice of the prophet is heard saying, “Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son and his name shall be called Emmanuel, which means God with us.” The first and major problem with Matthew’s use of this text is that he did not quote it accurately. Was this an honest mistake or a deliberate attempt to make the text say what he needed it to say to suit his literary purposes? No one can finally say, but I suspect the latter when I put these words from Isaiah into their original context. Isaiah actually writes in Hebrew: “Behold a young woman is with child!” It is rather difficult to claim one is a virgin when one is expecting a baby. Indeed, the word virgin appears nowhere in this verse from Isaiah. The context is this. Two kings, Pekah from the Northern Kingdom called Israel and Rezin, the king of Syria, are in siege positions outside the walls of Jerusalem. They have made war on Judah and its king named Ahaz, because he has refused to join their alliance against Assyria. Their goal in this war was to topple Ahaz, put a puppet king on to the throne of Judah and then to have Judah’s military strength added to their alliance designed to hold off the Assyrians. King Ahaz is atop the walls of Jerusalem inspecting its defenses when he is met by Isaiah the prophet. First, Isaiah assures the king that Jerusalem will not fall to “these smoldering stumps,” which is what he calls Pekah and Rezin. Ahaz is not convinced. Isaiah then says to him: “Ask a sign of God.” and God will convince you that you will be delivered. Ahaz refuses to ask. Irritated, Isaiah says well you will be given a sign whether you like it or not. “Behold a woman is with child.” This baby soon to be born into the royal household will be the heir to the throne, a sign that this kingdom will endure. Isaiah goes on to say that before this baby is able to eat curds and honey and before he is old enough to choose between good and evil, these kings before whom Ahaz was quaking at this moment will be long gone. The facts of history are that the land of Judah was destined to work out a treaty with Assyria that left Judah a vassal state, but still alive, while both Syria and the Northern Kingdom of Israel were destroyed by Assyria. This text in Isaiah had nothing to do with predicting the birth of the messiah almost 800 years later! Matthew was stretching his interpretive powers wildly by using the text the way he did. The second text from the prophets, which Matthew weaves into his story, comes from Micah. When the wise men (I will discuss them in the next column in this series) stop to ask directions at the palace of King Herod, the king consults his chief priests and scribes to determine where it is that the messiah is to be born. One of the images so important to the Jews was that messiah must be a descendant of King David and thus heir to the Jewish throne. Part of messiah’s task was to restore the throne of King David. Micah the prophet refers to Bethlehem as the town out of which David emerged to rule the land of the Jews. The messiah must follow the same pattern. So in the opening narratives of Matthew, the birth of Jesus was shifted from Nazareth, where he was surely born, to Bethlehem, so that the messianic claim can be made and the words of the prophet Micah affirmed. Next, when Matthew proceeds to tell the story of King Herod slaughtering the boy babies in Bethlehem in his move to destroy the promised deliverer, he relates this to another tragic moment in Jewish history when the Assyrians conquered and destroyed the Northern Kingdom, made up, according to tradition, primarily of the descendants of Joseph, the son of Rachel, who was said to have been Jacob’s favorite wife. Thus Jeremiah portrays Rachel, the tribal mother of the Northern Kingdom, as weeping for her children who are now lost forever. Matthew sees in that story a prediction of the deaths of the children at Herod’s hand. It was not even a close fit. Then Matthew says that when Joseph was forced to flee from Herod’s wrath, he took Mary and the Christ Child to Egypt. Once, God had to call God’s son (the Jewish people) out of Egypt. Now Matthew quotes Hosea, who was referring to Moses and the Exodus, to refer to Jesus, who is also called out of Egypt, since messiah must relive the history of the Jews. In Matthew’s final birth narrative biblical quotation Joseph took Mary and the Christ Child to live in Nazareth. This, Matthew said, was to fulfill the words of the prophet that “he will be called a Nazarene.” Such a prophetic expectation cannot be found anywhere in scripture. The closest we can come to it is in Isaiah 11:1 where the prophet writes “There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse (David’s father) and a branch shall grow out of his roots.” It is another text used to prove that messiah must be related to David. The word “branch” in Hebrew is “nazir” or “nezer.” It sounds a bit like Nazareth, but “close” is all Matthew needed. Matthew stretched all of his texts, but this last one was stretched to absolute fantasy. My point is to show how the debate waged in the synagogue as the followers of Jesus sought to understand him, his relationship to the concept of messiah and his relationship to the Jewish Scriptures. We are reading here a first century Jewish interpretation of Jesus. We are not reading history. There is a difference. ~John Shelby Spong Read the essay online here. Question & Answer Robert Dummet via the Internet, writes: Question: Let me begin by saying I have a great respect and admiration for you. I have watched some of your debates, listened to your lectures and read some of your books. I can hear the voice of Christ in you. As a result, I know that I have come to a better understanding of the love of God, growing in truth, wisdom and joy. However, I have a question with a few strands that I hope you can shine some light on as it is very perplexing to me. I was re-reading the story of Adam and Eve in Genesis and observed that it appears that it was not the serpent that lied but God. I think if one is truthful and not blinded by tradition, that what the story says is the opposite of what tradition holds. In the mythical story, God creates Adam and Eve and tells them not to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil because, “in that day thou shall surely die for God doth know in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil: (Genesis 3:4-5). My question is who is lying? God or the serpent? I have fasted and prayed abut this and I keep getting the same answer. The liar here is God. He even admits that the serpent is right when he confirms, “Behold, the humans have become as one of us, to know good and evil.” The promise of the serpent is therefore true. My question is how can this be and why? We are told God cannot lie, but scripture has shown this to be false. What is the story trying to tell us? Has it anything to do with the sins of Yahweh? It sure seems as if there is some sort of savage and evil God in the Old Testament and a gentle loving God in the New Testament. I know this is controversial big time, but you are not new to controversy and won’t I hope sidestep my questions. Therefore I look forward to your early reply soon. Answer: Dear Robert, Thank you for your letter and for your affirming comments. My mother may actually believe what you say is literally true! The issue you raise is not, as you suggest, “controversial big time” and I have never heard of any biblical scholars spending time on this subject. What you are reading in the second chapter of Genesis is not the revealed word of God in which every phrase must be searched for meaning. You are reading a 10th century BCE folk tale designed to help human beings make sense out of the fact of evil. No conversation between Eve and the serpent ever took place because neither Eve as the presumed first woman, nor the serpent, which apparently walked on two feet and spoke perfect Hebrew, ever existed. The dialogue in that story is the dialogue that the original story teller employed. The serpent, as the tempter, was employing its understanding of God to buttress its argument. These are not God’s words, but a story teller’s words, so it matters little who is lying. The serpent is making God say what the serpent wants God to say in order to achieve its purpose. People do that all the time. That is how slavery, segregation, the diminution of women, the oppression of homosexuals, religious wars and religious persecution are developed. People quote God or God’s “Word” (the Bible) to place God on the side of a variety of issues. So break the literal hold the Bible has on you and begin to study the scriptures for what they are--tribal tales through which people seek the meaning of God. John Shelby Spong Announcements Bishop Spong has a full speaking schedule- here are the next few: April 12-14, 2013 UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 8787 Pacific Street Omaha, NE 68114 Event: Eternal Life: A New Vision – Beyond Religion, Beyond Theism. Beyond Heaven and Hell Apr 20- 21, 2013 THE ELIOT CHURCH OF NEWTON (UCC) 474 Centre Street Newton, MA 02458-2089 Event: Lecture, Worship and Forum May 3- 4, 2013 AMICALOLA FALLS STATE PARK LODGE 18 Amicalola Falls Lodge Drive, Dawsonville, GA 30534 Event: Lectures For Bishop Spong's full calendar and more information on the above, click here Any questions or concerns, please contact us at support(a)johnshelbyspong.com or 503-236-3545. Copyright © 2013 ProgressiveChristianity.org, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you have a membership at our website. 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Fwd: ST OpEd Thursday
by Jaime R Vergara 10 Apr '13

10 Apr '13

Chicago'sEbert We are not preoccupied with death, our paean to yesterday'sIron Lady notwithstanding. This year, we move into that last phase of ourexistence we previously labeled as the "celebration of ourfinitude". We turn 68 on ourgracious journey unto death, and on a chosen timeline until 2031 when we make86, we shall allow the eulogy in our Requiemand the singing of a final Te Deum whenour cremated remains is cast to the wind and water currents of the terrestrialrealm. In the 70-80s, we lived off and onin Chicago' Uptown where American film making started before it headed tosmoggy Los Angeles, so we became familiar with the lively film critiquing ofSiskel and Ebert. In 1999, Gene Siskelat 53 succumbed to a fatal surgery in his fight against cancer. This week, at 70, Roger Ebert followed after struggling with thyroidcancer, and a few days before his death, he had his thumbs up on existence (asquoted in John Cock's Journey Reflection dialogue):… “While not without its flaws, life, from birth to death, is a masterwork, andan uplifting journey that both touches the heart and challenges the mind… Attimes brutally sad, yet surprisingly funny, and always completely honest, Iwholeheartedly recommend existence. If you haven’t experienced it yet, thenwhat are you waiting for? It is not to be missed.” Ross Mason, M.S., wrote of cancer awareness and prevention in yesterday'sST, and we certainly would not discourage any gains in knowledge and wisdomover one of human's thoroughly debilitating conditions. But it is in the doing that passes the testof the pudding, and Mason weighs in heavily on the area of prevention,particularly in paying attention to fructose intake. Not unlike our comments over our twoASD-diagnosed kids in another awareness focus this month, we can also stayfocused on the forest and miss paying attention to the individual trees. (To remind myself not to be captive solelywithin the conceptual periphery, I light four candles on my ledge to lift intoconsciousness the journey of four specific individuals of my acquaintanceliving graciously with their condition.) This is where Ebert's quote came to fore. And it has to do with paying attention to thelimits and possibilities of life, metaphors I picked up while hanging out withthe folks associated with the Institute of Cultural Affairs in Chicago. (Not toworry, this is not a theological discourse!) But first, words on the "PA¥ing" attention metaphor, soheavily laden with commercial overtones. I teach business oral English to Chinese University students and since"listening" is an encouraged skill, thoroughly forgotten by ageneration who grew up with the cell phone and are merrily yakking away, I use"paying attention" as another code term to heeding "humanconsciousness" with the four levels of awareness of sense experience,expressed feelings, articulated thoughts, and formulated plans. Skewing the monetary allusion of 'pay', I say, "we shall pLay attention with ourconsciousness," advising that the L should not be read as the BritishPound! Playing attention is then focused on real limits and possibilities. But first, we leave our mianzi, face, outside the classroom door. The subject of oral English discourse is on real life, not the facade we build tomanipulate social relationships. This iseasier said than done with the Chinese culturally inured to disdain talkingabout one's self, more so, at being brutally honest about it. So I make fun of it. My face in the University is to be a lao shi, teacher, with all the statusand expected demeanor appertaining to the role. "But I leave that face outside the door," I add, "andinside, I become Hemingwei (the name students started calling when the schoolwrote 'Hemi' for 'Jaime') shen jing ping (literally,'crazy', both in its laughable and vile sense)." That's when I get both the giggles and thebewildered looks. It also opens up alevel of honesty in the room. National Geographic posters grace my walls, from Chinese images to the far-flungedge of the Universe. I then draw the taiji of the old pugua (yin-yang within the 8 trigrams) on the board and focus firston the two dots on the swirling teardrops. On the empty one, I point to a Hubble image of a huge expanse and saythat before the universe, "I am not even a pixel in the HDTV of life." On the solid dot, I point to images of 56ethnic groups and artifacts like those in the Forbidden City, and add: "butat conception, you were the 200-millionth sperm that made it, your parents gaveyou a name that grounds you in geography, and in 2013, you are Chinese, one ofevery five creatures in today's planet earth. You are somebody, with power and immense possibilities, if you so choose." I then end with three Cs (you can tell, I play with words) that I use torelate life's story. CAUSE is the commonone, a determined existence, either by genetics, history, and/orgeography. Then there is CHANCE ateither the mahjong tables, the stockmarket, and/or with the incense at the altar. The last is CHOICE, which is what they have holding in their hands whenthey come to class as they encounter the several decades they have chosen tolive Ebert's recommended existence. Cancer is not a foe. It is in our time a human condition, the occasion when we can play attention to living the reality of our lives. j'aime la vie Yesterday, appreciate; tomorrow, anticipate; today, participate. In all, Celebrate!

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Re: [Oe List ...] ICA Colleagues Moving to Ashville NC April 1st
by coevolutionacademy＠juno.com 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

Great Sarah! I'll call you. ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Sarah Buss <shbuss(a)mac.com> To: Order Ecumenical Community <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] ICA Colleagues Moving to Ashville NC April 1st Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:09:29 -0500 Roseanne You are so amazing! Not traveling so cannot make Houston. Hope to see you and Blaze Sunday June 2 when your are in Austin. If you need a replacement for THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT, it is now only available at BOOK PEOPLE, 4001 N. LAMAR, AUSTIN,TX 78756; 512/452-9541. Can no longer sale or give away myself. It will be there until at least June.I am currently scheduled to do a book signing/reading there Friday, May 3 at 7:00 P.M. Bring me a copy of MANIFEST YOUR BLISS when you come (or mail with invoice when available). Can hardly wait. Good luck on house sale and move.My telephone, 512/899-2500.love and kindness,sarah On Apr 8, 2013, at 9:59 AM, coevolutionacademy(a)juno.com wrote:Hi Sarah! And All. Okay - I'm telling more. You know Seattle is my home - I was born in a Christian Science nursing home very close to Greenlake. I grew up my first 7 years in Roseburg, Oregon and then we moved back to Seattle where I took RSI in an old convent and had my life transformed! It's interesting to me that every extra-ordinary spiritual experience I've ever had is in Seattle so it must be my place. It makes me think of Kazanzakis saying that the place we are born has a special power for us. Blase and I lived there from 1985 to 1988 after moving to the Vipasanna Meditation center in the San Juan Islands for 6 months.We moved into the house Mark and Jean Poole were moving out of - a huge 6 bedroom place on Stoneway N. Blase feels more at home in the Pacific NW too although he was born in Laramie, WY. His dad was a rodeo rider! I guess we can't help being unusual - with our beginnings as they were. Anyway - we are really happy. we are buying a place on 1 &1/3 acres on the Chehalis River. It's not in a flood plain and has high banks but it has a nice little sandbar too. Chehalis means Sands! The house is a fixer/upper - voluntary simplicity - but we have the acreage for organic gardens and fruit trees and blueberries, etc. And we'll just be a little over an hour to the ocean. I guess we'll have to get used to more rain - but the flowers in Washington are exquisite. It will be wonderful to be so close to so many good friends and some family. Chehalis is right in between Seattle and Portland. We have to sell our house here in NC before we can move.And of course visit all our NC friends! By the way - Sarah - or anyone interested - I will be doing a Women's Retreat in Houston - Sugarland - April 27th. It's almost full but if you want to come we have space for a couple more. It's at a lovely house and my friend Anuradha who will be hosting us will be making delicious Indian food. Awesome women are coming! Including my daughter and granddaughter! Love and Joy to all! Rose Anne PS Sarah I used a few of your poems from The Other Side of Midnight in the retreat in Seattle and people loved them. I gave my copy to my sister-in-law because she liked it so much! We will probably be in Austin June 2 and 3rd staying with George and Wanda! I'm hoping our book Manifest Your Bliss will be out by then. Maybe we will see you too! ---------- Original Message ---------- From: "Sarah H. Buss" <shbuss(a)icloud.com> To: Order Ecumenical Community <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] ICA Colleagues Moving to Ashville NC April 1st Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2013 07:37:26 -0500 Tell me more.Sarah Sent from my iPad On Apr 6, 2013, at 12:43 PM, "coevolutionacademy(a)juno.com" <coevolutionacademy(a)juno.com> wrote: Blase and I live an hour away. And actually we are excited that we are moving soon to Chehalis, Washington. Rose Anne Please note: message attached From: Wanda Holcombe <wandah70(a)gmail.com> To: OE Listserv <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net>, ICA Listserve <dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> Subject: [Oe List ...] ICA Colleagues Moving to Ashville NC April 1st Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 13:35:48 -0500 ____________________________________________________________ How to Sleep Like a Rock Obey this one natural trick to fall asleep and stay asleep all night. peaklife.comOur Austin ICA colleagues Nick & Deborah Denner are traveling this holiday weekend to Ashville, North Carolina to set up their new home of living and working. Some of you may remember Nick as Zapher Denner who worked with us in the 1980's with LENS out of the Hong Kong Centrum. If any of you live in the Ashville area, I hope you will welcome and be in contact with them as to the great gift of having ICA colleagues nearby. They were an active member of our Austin ICA/Order group who met monthly to share food, study & lively dialogue.... Deborah is an Alpha Biotic caregiver and will be setting up her practice in Ashville as they settle in to their new life. Nick is a "master green builder, gardener, etc", Asian health and wellness expert and ICA Methods practitioner. They said it was okay to share their contact information in case anyone wanted to be in touch with them: Mailing: PO Box 2326, Ashville NC 28802Nick: Cell Phone: (512) 567-6911Email: nick.denner(a)yahoo.com Deborah: Cell Phone (512) 557-6555Email: debdenner14(a)yahoo.com Best wishes Nick & Deborah in your new life pathway. We will miss their wisdom and presence in Austin. Grace & PeaceWanda <Nick & Deborah Denner.jpeg> Wanda Holcombe 14900 Yellowleaf Trail Austin TX 78728 Email: wandah70(a)gmail.com Cell Phone: 512-619-3469 _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE(a)lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net ____________________________________________________________ How to Sleep Like a Rock Obey this one natural trick to fall asleep and stay asleep all night. peaklife.com_______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE(a)lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net ____________________________________________________________ Woman is 53 But Looks 25 Mom reveals 1 simple wrinkle trick that has angered doctors... http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/516311519138511514afast01vuc

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Re: [Oe List ...] ICA Colleagues Moving to Chhalis, Washington!
by coevolutionacademy＠juno.com 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

Thank you so much Priscilla! ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Wilson Priscilla <Pris(a)TeamTechPress.com> To: Order Ecumenical Community <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] ICA Colleagues Moving to Ashville NC April 1st Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 12:29:49 -0500 Roseanne, What a wonderful plan. Your life sounds quite exciting. I wish you all the luck...and joy that the northwest can bring you. Also wishing for a quick sell on your current house.Priscilla Wilson On Apr 8, 2013, at 9:59 AM, coevolutionacademy(a)juno.com wrote:Hi Sarah! And All. Okay - I'm telling more. You know Seattle is my home - I was born in a Christian Science nursing home very close to Greenlake. I grew up my first 7 years in Roseburg, Oregon and then we moved back to Seattle where I took RSI in an old convent and had my life transformed! It's interesting to me that every extra-ordinary spiritual experience I've ever had is in Seattle so it must be my place. It makes me think of Kazanzakis saying that the place we are born has a special power for us. Blase and I lived there from 1985 to 1988 after moving to the Vipasanna Meditation center in the San Juan Islands for 6 months.We moved into the house Mark and Jean Poole were moving out of - a huge 6 bedroom place on Stoneway N. Blase feels more at home in the Pacific NW too although he was born in Laramie, WY. His dad was a rodeo rider! I guess we can't help being unusual - with our beginnings as they were. Anyway - we are really happy. we are buying a place on 1 &1/3 acres on the Chehalis River. It's not in a flood plain and has high banks but it has a nice little sandbar too. Chehalis means Sands! The house is a fixer/upper - voluntary simplicity - but we have the acreage for organic gardens and fruit trees and blueberries, etc. And we'll just be a little over an hour to the ocean. I guess we'll have to get used to more rain - but the flowers in Washington are exquisite. It will be wonderful to be so close to so many good friends and some family. Chehalis is right in between Seattle and Portland. We have to sell our house here in NC before we can move.And of course visit all our NC friends! By the way - Sarah - or anyone interested - I will be doing a Women's Retreat in Houston - Sugarland - April 27th. It's almost full but if you want to come we have space for a couple more. It's at a lovely house and my friend Anuradha who will be hosting us will be making delicious Indian food. Awesome women are coming! Including my daughter and granddaughter! Love and Joy to all! Rose Anne PS Sarah I used a few of your poems from The Other Side of Midnight in the retreat in Seattle and people loved them. I gave my copy to my sister-in-law because she liked it so much! We will probably be in Austin June 2 and 3rd staying with George and Wanda! I'm hoping our book Manifest Your Bliss will be out by then. Maybe we will see you too! ---------- Original Message ---------- From: "Sarah H. Buss" <shbuss(a)icloud.com> To: Order Ecumenical Community <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] ICA Colleagues Moving to Ashville NC April 1st Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2013 07:37:26 -0500 Tell me more.Sarah Sent from my iPad On Apr 6, 2013, at 12:43 PM, "coevolutionacademy(a)juno.com" <coevolutionacademy(a)juno.com> wrote: Blase and I live an hour away. And actually we are excited that we are moving soon to Chehalis, Washington. Rose Anne Please note: message attached From: Wanda Holcombe <wandah70(a)gmail.com> To: OE Listserv <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net>, ICA Listserve <dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> Subject: [Oe List ...] ICA Colleagues Moving to Ashville NC April 1st Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 13:35:48 -0500 ____________________________________________________________ How to Sleep Like a Rock Obey this one natural trick to fall asleep and stay asleep all night. peaklife.comOur Austin ICA colleagues Nick & Deborah Denner are traveling this holiday weekend to Ashville, North Carolina to set up their new home of living and working. Some of you may remember Nick as Zapher Denner who worked with us in the 1980's with LENS out of the Hong Kong Centrum. If any of you live in the Ashville area, I hope you will welcome and be in contact with them as to the great gift of having ICA colleagues nearby. They were an active member of our Austin ICA/Order group who met monthly to share food, study & lively dialogue.... Deborah is an Alpha Biotic caregiver and will be setting up her practice in Ashville as they settle in to their new life. Nick is a "master green builder, gardener, etc", Asian health and wellness expert and ICA Methods practitioner. They said it was okay to share their contact information in case anyone wanted to be in touch with them: Mailing: PO Box 2326, Ashville NC 28802Nick: Cell Phone: (512) 567-6911Email: nick.denner(a)yahoo.com Deborah: Cell Phone (512) 557-6555Email: debdenner14(a)yahoo.com Best wishes Nick & Deborah in your new life pathway. We will miss their wisdom and presence in Austin. Grace & PeaceWanda <Nick & Deborah Denner.jpeg> Wanda Holcombe 14900 Yellowleaf Trail Austin TX 78728 Email: wandah70(a)gmail.com Cell Phone: 512-619-3469 _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE(a)lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net ____________________________________________________________ How to Sleep Like a Rock Obey this one natural trick to fall asleep and stay asleep all night. peaklife.com_______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE(a)lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net Priscilla H WilsonPris(a)TeamTechPress.com913-432-2107www.teamtechpress.com ____________________________________________________________ How to Sleep Like a Rock Obey this one natural trick to fall asleep and stay asleep all night. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/51631115260fd111416fdst03vuc

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Re: [Oe List ...] ICA Colleagues Moving to Ashville NC April 1st
by coevolutionacademy＠juno.com 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

Hi Sarah! And All. Okay - I'm telling more. You know Seattle is my home - I was born in a Christian Science nursing home very close to Greenlake. I grew up my first 7 years in Roseburg, Oregon and then we moved back to Seattle where I took RSI in an old convent and had my life transformed! It's interesting to me that every extra-ordinary spiritual experience I've ever had is in Seattle so it must be my place. It makes me think of Kazanzakis saying that the place we are born has a special power for us. Blase and I lived there from 1985 to 1988 after moving to the Vipasanna Meditation center in the San Juan Islands for 6 months.We moved into the house Mark and Jean Poole were moving out of - a huge 6 bedroom place on Stoneway N. Blase feels more at home in the Pacific NW too although he was born in Laramie, WY. His dad was a rodeo rider! I guess we can't help being unusual - with our beginnings as they were. Anyway - we are really happy. we are buying a place on 1 &1/3 acres on the Chehalis River. It's not in a flood plain and has high banks but it has a nice little sandbar too. Chehalis means Sands! The house is a fixer/upper - voluntary simplicity - but we have the acreage for organic gardens and fruit trees and blueberries, etc. And we'll just be a little over an hour to the ocean. I guess we'll have to get used to more rain - but the flowers in Washington are exquisite. It will be wonderful to be so close to so many good friends and some family. Chehalis is right in between Seattle and Portland. We have to sell our house here in NC before we can move.And of course visit all our NC friends! By the way - Sarah - or anyone interested - I will be doing a Women's Retreat in Houston - Sugarland - April 27th. It's almost full but if you want to come we have space for a couple more. It's at a lovely house and my friend Anuradha who will be hosting us will be making delicious Indian food. Awesome women are coming! Including my daughter and granddaughter! Love and Joy to all! Rose Anne PS Sarah I used a few of your poems from The Other Side of Midnight in the retreat in Seattle and people loved them. I gave my copy to my sister-in-law because she liked it so much! We will probably be in Austin June 2 and 3rd staying with George and Wanda! I'm hoping our book Manifest Your Bliss will be out by then. Maybe we will see you too! ---------- Original Message ---------- From: "Sarah H. Buss" <shbuss(a)icloud.com> To: Order Ecumenical Community <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] ICA Colleagues Moving to Ashville NC April 1st Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2013 07:37:26 -0500 Tell me more.Sarah Sent from my iPad On Apr 6, 2013, at 12:43 PM, "coevolutionacademy(a)juno.com" <coevolutionacademy(a)juno.com> wrote: Blase and I live an hour away. And actually we are excited that we are moving soon to Chehalis, Washington. Rose Anne Please note: message attached From: Wanda Holcombe <wandah70(a)gmail.com> To: OE Listserv <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net>, ICA Listserve <dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> Subject: [Oe List ...] ICA Colleagues Moving to Ashville NC April 1st Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 13:35:48 -0500 ____________________________________________________________ How to Sleep Like a Rock Obey this one natural trick to fall asleep and stay asleep all night. peaklife.comOur Austin ICA colleagues Nick & Deborah Denner are traveling this holiday weekend to Ashville, North Carolina to set up their new home of living and working. Some of you may remember Nick as Zapher Denner who worked with us in the 1980's with LENS out of the Hong Kong Centrum. If any of you live in the Ashville area, I hope you will welcome and be in contact with them as to the great gift of having ICA colleagues nearby. They were an active member of our Austin ICA/Order group who met monthly to share food, study & lively dialogue.... Deborah is an Alpha Biotic caregiver and will be setting up her practice in Ashville as they settle in to their new life. Nick is a "master green builder, gardener, etc", Asian health and wellness expert and ICA Methods practitioner. They said it was okay to share their contact information in case anyone wanted to be in touch with them: Mailing: PO Box 2326, Ashville NC 28802Nick: Cell Phone: (512) 567-6911Email: nick.denner(a)yahoo.com Deborah: Cell Phone (512) 557-6555Email: debdenner14(a)yahoo.com Best wishes Nick & Deborah in your new life pathway. We will miss their wisdom and presence in Austin. Grace & PeaceWanda <Nick & Deborah Denner.jpeg> Wanda Holcombe 14900 Yellowleaf Trail Austin TX 78728 Email: wandah70(a)gmail.com Cell Phone: 512-619-3469 _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE(a)lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net ____________________________________________________________ How to Sleep Like a Rock Obey this one natural trick to fall asleep and stay asleep all night. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5162db8ea6d665b8e7cffst04vuc

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FW: for the medical people
by Del Morril 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

And, of course, the joke of the week! Del Del Hunter Morrill 3217 North Mason Avenue Tacoma WA 98407-5419 H: (253) 752-1506; W: (253) 383-5757 <mailto:delhmor@wamail.net> delhmor(a)wamail.net Web site: www. hypnocenter.com The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek. (Joseph Campbell) _____ --- I'm sure that you have seen pharmaceutical advertising in doctor's offices on everything from tissues to note pads. This one should get First prize... 5A862B9C45CE496B9DAD59BB9FFF826F@Desktop I emailed it to my Chinese doctor friend; he e-mailed back: "If light stay on more than 4 hour, call erectrician.

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"Journey Reflection" March 2013 Top-viewed Blogs
by Lynda Cock 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

Dear colleagues, Following are the top-viewed blog posts: March <http://rejourney.blogspot.com/2013/03/journey-reflection-blog-review-march. html> 2013. As always your suggestions, comments and sharing with others are appreciated. We wish you a profound Easter season, Lynda and John PS: Due to a careless deletion in early March, we lost over 2,000 of our images/photos/art attached to the daily blogs. Since then we have restored about 500, especially late 2011-2013, and hope to have all restored in the months to come. Even if an image is removed, most blog posts have an image source link. Happy blogging. PPS: If anyone has a good Google connection, please let us know so we can talk with them about this announcement http://rejourney.blogspot.com/2013/03/help-google-community.html. >Daily Blog: "Journey Reflection" at these 4 links ... Google: <http://www.rejourney.blogspot.com/> www.reJourney.blogspot.com Google Plus: <https://plus.google.com/u/0/114307312715975337692/posts> Journey Reflection/Google Plus Facebook: <https://www.facebook.com/transcribebooks> https://www.facebook.com/transcribebooks Twitter: <https://twitter.com/transcribebooks> https://twitter.com/transcribebooks >Web Page: <http://www.transcribebooks.com/> www.transcribebooks.com >Books: <https://www.amazon.com/author/johnpcock> https://www.amazon.com/author/johnpcock

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For colleagues interested in Wisdom Education/Creation Spirituality
by LAURELCG＠aol.com 07 Apr '13

07 Apr '13

Dear DMin Friends, I thought someone on these lists might be interested in this, or might know someone who would be. Is anyone acquainted with the Chicago Wisdom Project? Blessings, Jann I am delighted to announce the upcoming Wisdom Teacher Certificate Training, with Theodore Richards, author of the new book, Creatively Maladjusted: The Wisdom Education Movement Manifesto.  This course gives you the opportunity to deeply experience the revolution in education and the shift from knowledge to wisdom as the basis for learning.     Wisdom Education is the catalyst for systemic change in all areas of our lives, and Theodore Richards is the emerging leader of this movement. He is currently the director of the Chicago Wisdom Project. Prior to that he worked with Matthew Fox on the YELLAWE program in Oakland, California. Now, through the Chicago Wisdom Project, Theodore is offering certification to others who want to become part of the Wisdom Education movement.   The five-session class is scheduled for 5-7 p.m. Pacific Time each week beginning Thursday, May 2. Participants will come away with a rigorous philosophical foundation for a radical new way of thinking about education, a sample curriculum, practical, hands-on methods to work with youth in an embodied and experiential way, certification as a "Wisdom Teacher" through the Chicago Wisdom Project, support and networking with fellow Wisdom Teachers. Registration is at _http://www.CSourceWisdom.com_ (http://www.csourcewisdom.com/) . Blessings to you and gratitude for all the wonderful work you do as part of the Creation Spirituality Movement! Di Wolverton DMin Graduate 2006

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