May 2014 - OE - lists.wedgeblade.net

Gene Marshall's new book
by via OE 28 May '14

28 May '14

I am 2/3 of the way through Gene Marshall's new book, "The Love of History and the Future of Christianity". I sincerely recommend each of you obtaining a copy and reading and rereading it. Gene Marshall takes the teachings of RS1 and repeats them, and then pushes them even deeper. He traces the history of the Christian church and looks toward the future of the church. This book is prime for group study. Karen Bueno

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Fwd: GMCA May 23-24
by David Zahrt via OE 28 May '14

28 May '14

Dear Climate March Friends, *May 23, Friday, * Overnight it rained and was still raining when we got up today. We had breakfast and made lunches under a roofed-in patio. The route had to be scouted out so the vehicles had to wait. We knew that there was a very steep climb on today’s March. I think it was called The Step. There was a request for a show of hands of those that wanted to be shuttled up the hill. At 10 o’clock we headed east on Hwy 75 and N on Hwy 516. It went over a climb and had a scenic overlook. It is amazing how mountains surround Taos, NM. Our campsite was at a Southern Methodist University outpost. The SMU campsite was at 7300 feet elevation and I think the road over The Step was 8500 ft. I got to talk to a botanist who traveled from SMU in Texas to do a course for students here. It was overcast all day. There were periodic thundershowers all afternoon and the temperature dropped. Given the weather I decided not to get shuttled back and do the March to the mountaintop. The Marchers had to be very careful because there was very slim shoulder. I set the solar panels up, but we got very little solar energy. The kitchen area behind one of the buildings at the SMU campsite had a large patio with a roof. It had room for us to cook and have our meetings. Immediately before dinner we worked on Objectives. During dinner a steady rain began. After dinner we had a celebration that was intended to be a send-out for Pablo. He’s leaving the March in Taos. His departure will require finding an alternative for pulling the commode trailer. A fellow who calls himself CB joined us in Santa Fe. He plans to help us find alternatives. We had the celebration but Pablo had left during a rainstorm for dinner in Taos. Kat, the Mistress of Ceremonies, called for volunteer presentations, while we waited for Pablo to return. I introduced my version of *The Impossible Dream* again and invited the group to sing it with me, and they were delighted. Before I could sit down Izzy insisted that I sing my version of *Yesterday.* I sang it and when it came to “…one of us must wear Depends…” I pointed to him. Izzy and I ride bikes together and he’s labeled us the Elders’ Bike Brigade. Since Phoenix we’ve regularly been volunteering to do the enablement of driving the Gear truck and the Kitchen truck. It was raining again. Some have tents and sleeping bags that are very damp. I spread out my air mattress and sleeping bag under the roof in the meeting room. Our *Saturday, May 24*, campsite was at a Hindu Temple. The beauty of this location is that it’s so close to downtown Taos. We put up a big tent, unloaded our gear into it, and took the Gear truck to a mechanic. Quite a few marchers made a trip out of town to Earthship where we toured the sustainable housing they are creating www.earthship.com. They have an enormous task and are demonstrating what it takes to make housing sustainable. If we had planned way ahead when Lin and I moved from Iowa, we might have built one in Carson City. I suspect the zoning regulations would have required us to build out of town. By the time we got back to the Visitors’ Center the rain was turning to snow. It didn’t stay as snow, but there was continued precipitation. The Marchers had a plan to join a Taos March demonstrating against Monsanto for chemicals that are killing bees. It was a March I should have been on, but I didn‘t have my rain-gear with me so I caught a ride back to the campsite. I had seen the sign for Dreamcatcher B&B www.dreambb.com very near to where we had dropped the gear off. Given the continued afternoon thundershowers, I inquired about a stay at the B&B. Since it is Memorial Day weekend and there was a Motorcycle Rally, they were full. Prudy, the owner, called other B & Bs but they were also full. She then offered a room that is not designed for B&B guests—2 single beds in a room down some steps off the kitchen. I took it anticipating that Bob Cook would also appreciate a stay in the B&B. I was correct and he joined me. I went up to the tents and tarps to collect my luggage—a hundred yards away. One bag was in the tent. It was damp. The other bag was under a tarp with other luggage. The covering tarp was collecting puddles of water. I found the bag and brought both bags plus my computer to the B&B. It was a wonderful alternative to sleeping in damp equipment in the rain. The Temple provided us an evening meal. I slept in a real bed! Peace, David

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Global Buzz reminder
by ICA International via OE 27 May '14

27 May '14

Auto email to all ICA Global Buzz responders. (English - Français Español) Hello everyone. Here is the monthly Global Buzz reminder. We hope that you will share the events and happenings of the past few weeks at your ICA, with all ICA members. This reminder is for the Global Buzz that will be published June 5th. 2014 (Please send your entries a day ahead) Send details of news items, training programmes, your peer to peer connections with other ICAs, any concerns you may have and of any events that are coming up at your location. Your report can be long or short, but remember that all other ICAs would really like to know about the things that matter where you are, and what you are doing as an ICA. To Send your information: please use the link below, Go directly to: www.ica-international.org/globalbuzz or if you wish, send by regular e-mail to: inform(a)ica-international.org The Global Buzz is now published monthly. All submissions received prior to each publication date will be included in that issue. Submissions arriving later will be included in the next issue. To read Global Buzz anytime including all back issues......... Go directly to www.ica-international.org/buzz/buzzpast OR use the Members Section of the ICAI website. www.ica-international.org The next edition of Global Buzz will be posted on the ICAI website www.ica-international.org at the same time you receive the full edition by e-mail. Peter, for ICAI Communications Bonjour tout le monde. Voici le rappel de Bourdonnement Global mensuel. Nous espérons que vous partageriez les événements des quelques semaines dernières passées chez votre ICA, avec tous les membres d'ICA. Veuillez envoyer des détails d'articles de nouvelles, de programmes d'entraînement , des connexions entre camarades avec d'autres ICA , n'importe quelles inquiétudes vous pourriez avoir et de n'importe quels événements qui auront lieu chez vous . Votre rapport peut être long ou court, mais il faut se souvenir que tout autre ICA aimerait savoir vraiment des choses d'importance où vous êtes , et ce que vous faites comme un ICA. Pour Envoyer vos informations : s'il vous plaît utilisez le lien ci-dessous, Allez directement à : www.ica-international.org/globalbuzz Ou si vous souhaitez, envoyez par l'e-mail régulier à : inform(a)ica-international.org Le Bourdonnement Global est maintenant bimensuel - a la mi-mois et a la fin de mois. Toutes les soumissions reçues avant chaque date d'édition apparaitront. Les soumissions qui arrivent plus tard seront incluses dans la prochaine apparition. Pour lire le Bourdonnement Global n'importe quand y compris tous les apparitions postérieures . ........ Allez directement à www.ica-international.org/buzz/buzzpast OU utilisez la Section de Membres du site Web d'ICAI. www.ica-international.org La prochaine édition de Bourdonnement Global sera postée sur le site Web de d'ICAI www.ica-international.org en même temps que vous recevez l'édition complète par l'e-mail. Peter, pour les Communications d'ICAI Hola a todos. Aquí le mando el recordatorio para el Global Buzz. Esperamos que ustedes envíen los sucesos de las pasadas semanas en su ICA, para compartir con los miembros de ICAI. Por favor envíen detalles sobre nuevos temas, programas de entrenamiento, las conexiones con sus pares, cualquier preocupación que puedan tener, y sobre los muchos eventos que están por suceder en sus localidades. Sus reportes pueden ser largos o cortos, pero recuerden que a todos los otros ICAs les gustaría conocer las cosas importantes que suceden donde ustedes están, y lo que ustedes están haciendo como un ICA. Para enviar su información utilicen el siguiente link, Vayan directamente a: www.ica-international.org/globalbuzz o si prefieren enviarlo por e-mail, hacerlo a: inform(a)ica-international.org El Global Buzz ahora está siendo publicado dos veces al mes a la mitad y al fin de cada mes. Todos los envíos hechos antes de la fecha de publicación serán incluidos en esa edición. Los envíos que lleguen después serán incluidos en la siguiente edición. Para leer Global Buzz en cualquier momento, incluso ediciones pasadas vayan directamente a www.ica-international.org/buzz/buzzpast O utilicen la Sección para Miembros de ICAI en el sitio web www.ica-international.org La siguiente edición de Global Buzz será publicada en ICAI website www.ica-international.org en el mismo tiempo en que reciban la edición completa por correo electrónico. Peter, por ICAI Comunicaciones

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A book review
by Wilson Priscilla via OE 27 May '14

27 May '14

Bill Tammeus has been a writing mentor for us. I wanted to share his faith blog...hope you enjoy this book if you read it...and find it helpful in your life journey. Priscilla H Wilson www.TeamTechPress.com pris(a)teamtechpress.com 913-522-3004

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Jaime for Tuesday
by via OE 23 May '14

23 May '14

2031 Colleagues ask what the 2031 number is in my emailaddress, and I give them a precise answer: December 15, 2031 is the terminus tomy existence. I shall be over 86 yearson that day, and that is the length of my “one moment in time” covenant I parceledout into five phases of 17 years each. That’s actually 85 years, which gives me the luxury of a one-year mas o menos to “play” with. This came powerfully to me again this week, as it didwhen I survived a car accident on the day MLK Jr. was assassinated, and I was“born again” in a literal and secular sense. One of my friends in the Bay area of San Francisco upped-and-away onWednesday to attend her Uncle’s funeral in Tabango, Leyte in the Philippines,and I went along in spirit. I was at her Uncle’s farm five years ago, advised himon his property that he wanted kept whole to sustain the robust secondaryforest growth in the ranch. He sent fivechildren to College on his farm’s output, five well-off professionals nowoff-country, none willing to take over, or inherit the land and the task topreserve it. Our metaphors on death vary though the experience iscommon to all. My friend and her familyare devoted members of a tradition that uses the metaphor of a two-storyuniverse, and the radical split between body and soul, so the “crossing over”to the other side is an appropriate metaphor for them. Add the picture of the Nazarene shepherdcuddling a lamb on the crook of his arm, and the picture powerfully allaysfears that accompany the sentiments of death. I am reminded of a Hindu saying that made meunderstand the sanctity of the Ganges. It says, “When you die, you do not cross over to the other side of theriver; you become the river.” Om! Will have to tell my friend that. At the same time last week, an acquaintance whosedaughter goes to school southwest off Shanghai in Wuhan, Hubei (“to be awayfrom Mama”, she says), had her father succumb to old age after a 7-mo hospitalbout. I know the family a bit because myacquaintance brought her daughter when on vacation to the University so shecould practice her oral English with this teacher. This mother dabbles in real estate and made a littlefortune funding construction work on a five/six 30-day loan basis (illegal inChina as it is in the Philippines where I learned of the loan practice, alsodiscovered it to be widely used in Saipan - “I give you five, you give me backsix, in 30-days”). When not paid, shegot an apartment unit as payment; she developed ulcer and grey hair at 49 as aresult. She tried very hard to proveherself; she did not attend College and she married a staid but solidgovernment worker who did. He lives hisunhurried and secured life, while she anxiously bites her fingernails. She hardly spoke English when I first met her, but Iknew she studied a lot of English in post-Mao’s curriculum, mostly on readingand writing with nary a sound on speaking. I shared methods that she could do to practice her English, to speaksimply on what she saw, heard, smelled, tasted and touched. I suggested that she goes around her housepointing to things like, “This is the door; that is a curtain”, etc. I also asked her to know the English names ofthe parts of her body, e.g., “This is my hand. These are my ears,” etc., and most importantly, I suggested that sheforgets “face” so she can speak English without worrying about “others may sayor think”. In her grief, she managed to say: “Someone, theypick-up me five o’clock morning, go my mother house, make prepare forfuneral.” I quietly admired the effortthough given the occasion, I will have to wait another time to tell her so. I am neither close to the family (not even sure thegrand daughter came home from the University since school is still in session)nor invited to participate in the “celebration of a completed life” (mydescription) but I know enough of what will transpire. In the old dispensation, a rich family hireda professional wailer; it was not proper to emote in public. This time, China has swung to the otherextreme. Folks express feelings at theslightest trigger so I expect to have a lot of pent-up feelings fluidly criedout and flowing at her father’s funeral! “The completed life” is my metaphor for my dying. Raised in the Christian tradition, I heardthe Prophets struggle with whether Reality (capitalized for emphasis, not tosuggest a special reality), the way-life-is, (YHWH was their term), wasone. Or, as some claimed, two: one goodand the other evil. They decided on one,and considered themselves the chosen people with the single mission to act outin rites and declare in rituals their faith, their assurance, and theirknowledge that the way-life-is brooks no other. Christians carried this understanding beyond thechosen people, to the chosen one, who called out spirited ones, individualsfree to take their singular existence, and inject it into the annals of humanhistory. The Leyte gentlemen farmer, andmy acquaintance’s father are done with their ingesting. Have you decided how long your ingesting isgoing to be? Mine ends in 2031. j'aime la vie pinoypanda2031(a)aol.com yesterday, appreciate; tomorrow, anticipate; today. participate. In all, celebrate!

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Jaime for Monday ST
by via OE 22 May '14

22 May '14

Memorial Day “And death shall have no dominion” is from the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas known topurveyors of English literature. Toreaders of the New Testament of the Bible, the theme comes from St. Paul’sletter to the Romans. Memorial Day is now oursecular commemoration of the truth that death, indeed, has no dominion. It is not because Paul says so, or that hesays so in reference to Jesus. Nor hardly has its authenticity dependent onits being in a religious scripture. Itis true because that’s the way life is, regardless on what tradition one standson. Memorial Day observedon the last Monday of May was formerly Decoration Day commemorating all men andwomen who died in military service for the United States. It started with the recognition of Unionsoldiers who lost their lives during the American Civil War inspired by the waythe Southern states honored their dead. It was extended to WWI uniformed casualties, and later, on anyone whodied in any military action, war or no war. Memorial Day comes atthe end of spring and the onset of summer in the northern hemisphere. It is a good day to visit cemeteries, toprepare for incoming ice days, and gather the family if we could. In fact, the last half of May tends to be memorialdays in the United States, at least, in my calendar, starting with the PeaceOfficers’ Day in the middle of the month and extending through D-Day in Juneand patriotic Fourth of July. So, ratherthan a day to close-out autumn and prepare to hibernate in winter, I considerour choice of May more than just a memorial to military deaths as it is a celebrationof the gift of life in its fullness. China just completed itshosting of CICA (Conference on Interaction and Confidence BuildingMeasures in Asia) in Shanghai, trying to move the sense of “security” out ofthe military mindset into the concern of citizens, particularly the internalcapacities to stem separatism and extremism. Born and bred in the Philippinesbefore taking US citizenship, and a part time resident of Saipan and Honolulu, Iam quite familiar with the intent of SEATO that was our NATO in Southeast Asia,and now, the ASEAN, which is our EU. Europeand Asia are not the same, nor are their organized efforts similar but they areboth initiated and stoked by the military, political and economic interests ofthe United States. Among cynical colleaguesin Asia, ASEAN is a coffee break tête-à-tête at a UScoffee shop! One of the provisions of the jointdeclaration that came out of Shanghai (attended by 46 countries with the US asan observer) was the sense that a military alliance between an Asian countrywith a third party should not be at the expense of heightened insecurity of theAsian country’s neighbor. Historically,this can only be in reference to US continued military meddling in the Koreasand the maritime disputes in the South China Sea, and the sale of Black Hawk“death from above” technologies to Brunei and Taiwan. When China articulated its needfor a National Security Commission early this month in light of the actions of rebelsin an earlier attack at Tiananman Square in Beijing, the machete/bolo attacksin Yunnan and elsewhere, the Uyghur attacks in Xinjiang while China’s PresidentXi Jinping was on a visit, our US State Department had the temerity to ask thatChina prove allegations that they were under internal attack. This week, two bombs on two fancy SUV’swere driven through a busy public market in Urmuqi, Xinjiang (Uyghur country) asthe CICA meeting in Shanghai was being held. There are in China internal security issues beyond the machete/bolocrowd that western media continually portrays. Let us ignore government policiesfor a moment. As a teacher in thewestern tradition for the last 40 years, I am only aware of the type ofthinking we imbue on our students when we ask them to “compare and contrast”things, and in our revered methodology of having participants identify the“underlying contradiction” in strategic planning. Nothing methodological wrong with both, savethe compare-and-contrast method often leads to the one-up-man-ship hierarchicalstructure of society where one is decreed to be better than another. Though identifying concrete contradictionshelp planning to rise from mere wishful thinking that deteriorates into theeternal Zoroastrian battle of good-and-evil, we are increasingly getting clearthat only in dealing with concrete “rocks-in-the-middle-of-the-road” realitiescan planning actually move forward. Memorial Day is not when we drawthe line to leave some people out as it is to broaden a circle so that we canget everyone in. In the movie The Last Samurai, the Tom Cruise characterwas asked by the Emperor of the warrior who died with his sword swingingagainst the volleys of lead: “Tell me how hedied.” Tom Cruise replied: “I'll tellyou how he lived.” A colleague in Saipan is fond of saying, “it is notwhat I am willing to die for that is at issue; what I aim to live for,” is. Enjoy your lagoonBBQ! j'aime la vie pinoypanda2031(a)aol.com yesterday, appreciate; tomorrow, anticipate; today. participate. In all, celebrate!

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We have a new Mailman list server!
by Timothy Wegner 22 May '14

22 May '14

This is my third message to the list about recent problems. That's some kind of record, since I try very hard to spare the lists of management details. Events have moved fast, and I *think* the solution is in place. Now for the acid test - will the fixes work??? Thanks to everyone who sent me reports by separate email. I couldn't take the time to respond to you all, but the reports were helpful. Do not hesitate to email me if you don't things are working right. The problem we are trying to solve is that quite a few of you could not get mail from the list, and eventually Mailman tried to disable your account for too many bounced messages. The reason for this is that Yahoo, Comcast, and a few other email providers toughened their security (a good thing) in a way that broke mailing lists (a bad thing). I did the following: 1. Asked for and received a newer version of Mailman from our service provider Dreamhost which contains a mechanism to solve our problem, and set it up to (hopefully) fix the problem. 2. I turned off the "anonymous" list setting that was the temporary fix. So now you should be able to see who sends listserv post. You *should* see that this message is from me. (For what it's worth, a number of who had your accounts disabled in the past reported that mail came through, so this tactic may have worked, but should thankfully no longer be necessary.) 3. Changed the "reply" setting back like it was (and has been for a while) so that replies go to the person not the whole list. So if you DO want your reply to go to the whole list you have to be mindful that the message has the list address in it. So my fingers are crossed! If you don't seem to be getting list mails let me know. Tim Wegner

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GMCA May 17-18
by David Zahrt 21 May '14

21 May '14

*Dear Colleagues,* *May 17-18, Weekend in Santa Fe* I took the Geartruck with all the other vehicles to the Sat/Sun campsite. Then the vehicle drivers were shuttled back to join the Procession. We arrived at Santa Fe Railyard Park at 10:45. There were a series of speakers including the Mayor of Santa Fe. It is astounding to find the network of people in Santa Fe that are working on a sustainable future environment—non-profit organizations, political lobbies, churches, neighborhood organizations, and more. The Packards, George and Elise, attended. George had shuttled me around town on Fri to see if I could get a replacement charger for my computer. After the Rally we went out for lunch. Elise went to play in a marimba concert and George helped me get my luggage and took me to their home. I had a chance to take a bath and get my laundry done. Packards invited Marilee Blanchard and her partner, Bill, and John Singleton over for dinner. We had a heartwarming get-together! On Sun morn we watched a TV program sponsored by Santa Fe during breakfast, and then went to the Presbyterian Church. We attended the Adult Study group and morning worship. Michael Dowd was the speaker at both events. Michael has joined the March periodically. He’s written a book entitled *Thank God for Evolution.* He and his wife have no residence. They travel around the country making presentations. After church George and Elise took me on a tour of Santa Fe. The first place was the Santa Fe Museum. Once again I was astounded to learn the history of Santa Fe, and all the different people that established residence and fought over the right to inhabit Santa Fe. I learned that Santa Fe is the first Capital City in the US. We also went to the Catholic Cathedraland, a building that had been a Native American residence. We had lunch downtown and the Packards took me back to the March campsite. I would have been pleased to spend one more night with them, but I felt I needed to be back in camp for the evening so I would be prepared to pack up and leave in the morning. The Packards made my stay in Santa Fe a marvelous respite. -- Peace, David

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Proposed temporary fix for list problems
by Order Ecumenical Community 21 May '14

21 May '14

A number of email providers have made changes to their security that has to all intents and purposes broken mailing lists. If you would like to read about this, look at: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=dmarc+mailing+lists Note that in the above link, most of the stories blame yahoo, but the problem is much broader (hotmail, comcast, and so on). The symptom is that list mail won't go some of our folks, and eventually their account is disabled. A change I can make to "fix" this is to make the lists anonymous, which means you will no longer see who is writing posts to the lists. I have gone ahead and done this, so presumably you cannot see who is posting this message. So please if you post sign your messages as I have done below so people can see who is posting. I have requested from our mailing list host an upgrade to the mailman software. When we get this, I will be able to change the mailing list back to non-anonymous. So sign your messages like this: Tim Wegner PS If you are someone who received one of those "your account has been disabled" emails, but you get this, let me know at tim(a)tswegner.net so I know this temporary fix is working.

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Re: [Oe List ...] Ye olde mail snafu surfaces again
by KroegerD＠aol.com 21 May '14

21 May '14

And, yes, this email address also received at least 8 oe:ica communiques. Most of them GMCA. Very good of you to handle these aggravating glitches, Tim. amelia kroeger In a message dated 5/20/2014 8:30:20 A.M. Central Daylight Time, tim(a)tswegner.net writes: I am sure email arcania is about as fun as a trip to the dentist for most of you ... Alas, a bunch of our accounts have (again) been disabled again because of excessive bouncing. Mostly (but not entirely) hotmail and comcast. No you did nothing wrong. This is another example of the human condition. Something about those arrows pushing up from below and down from above. The reason is that some internet providers are toughening their rules to avoid spam, and our mailing list gets caught in the crossfire. One tactic I am trying is to change back to replies going to the lists rather than the sender, so please be aware of that. (Replies going to the sender is probably better, but oh well). So if you reply to a list message, you will need to be mindful and change the address if you don't want it to go to everyone. I am trying this to keep your email provider's robots happy. Once again, if you get a message that your account has been disabled, let me know (_tim(a)tswegner.net_ (mailto:tim@tswegner.net) ). Generally you do NOT need to do what the email requests to get reinstated, I will do it for you and everyone. If just a few of you do this it helps alert me that there is a problem. My own gmail account appears to be less fussy. It is not a bad thing that the email providers are working harder to prevent spam. Eventually we will get this straightened out. Tim PS - for (only!) the scientifically inquisitive, here's one provider's explanation. If any of you (very few) geeky types want to discuss this further and help debug the problem, drop me a note. https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN7253.html _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE(a)lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net

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