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RS-1
by Richard via OE 24 Jun '15

24 Jun '15

RS-1’s Amazing Staying Power I am sitting here in Washington DC at the Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL) Conference preparing to visit Congress people about a low carbon economy or as we talk about it as a ‘carbon fee and dividend, solution’ to Climate Change. We are about 800 people from around the US (just saw David Zahrt- back from his Climate March and setting up CLL chapters). So I am at the faith leaders’ dinner last night with my significant other/ partner Sally Stovall (Dick is the faith leader and Sally is the green leader). So across the table is an elder man with white hair and a full beard. His name tag says “Father John Forney, Episcopal priest from Southern California”. It turns out he is the associate pastor at the largest Episcopal Church in the US with over 4,000 members. In the midst of chatting, he asked, “ Well, what do you do or have done?” Sally says we are retired but still work with the Institute of Cultural Affairs and (brilliantly adds) which use to be the Ecumenical Institute… Immediately John’s face lights up and he Blurts out, “ RS-1!....Yes!, and I would not be here in the church if it were not for RS-1…and Joseph Mathews! In the late 60s he came to Claremont and spoke to 600 young Methodist.. just amazing!” And then the conservation gets serious about all the exciting things John is doing or has started…. The length and depth of RS-1 is exciting.. and the people out in the world engaged and making a difference because of RS-1 is wild..the Archive project should go out and find these people and see what they have done with their lives… and the word. Dick Alton, still trying to figure out the implications of RS-1 for our times Richard H.T. Alton 166 N. Humphrey Ave, Apt, 1N Oak Park, IL 60302 T:1.773.344.7172 richard.alton(a)gmail.com Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back Babe Ruth

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Final RSVP before June 25th for Betty Pesek Memorial
by Timothy Wegner via OE 23 Jun '15

23 Jun '15

<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0018ctVDxPp7rJiENsr-329yL7V74W1TALC3SmD8citMCB9…> Special Announcement *RSVP before June 25th for Betty C. Pesek Memorial Service * Dear Colleagues and Friends, The Nixon - Pesek family will be hosting a Memorial Service for Betty Pesek to be held on Saturday, July 11, 2015 at 2pm with a reception and conversation to follow. The service will be held at the Institute of Cultural Affairs GreenRise Center located at 4750 N. Sheridan Road in Chicago, Illinois. Parking is available in the ICA parking lot across the street. Parking passes are available at the front desk in the ICA lobby. Betty was a much beloved volunteer, spiritual leader and master archivist of the ICA history for over 40 years. In respect to this, the Nixon-Pesek family has suggested that in lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Institute of Cultural Affairs (www.ica-usa.org <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0018ctVDxPp7rJiENsr-329yL7V74W1TALC3SmD8citMCB9…> ). Please RSVP to Kay Nixon at kapnixon(a)gmail.com before June 25th <kapnixon(a)gmail.com> If you would like lodging at the ICA, please email Kamela Bryant at reception(a)ica-usa.org. or call 773 769-6363. Single rooms are $30.00 per night and a double is $45.00 per night. Betty's obituary may be found in the Chicago Tribune Media Group Publication from March 26 to April 2, 2015 and online here <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0018ctVDxPp7rJiENsr-329yL7V74W1TALC3SmD8citMCB9…> . Sincerely, Ted Wysocki and Mary Laura Jones *Forward this email to a friend <http://ui.constantcontact.com/sa/fwtf.jsp?llr=fzrqloiab&m=1108583401253&ea=…>* <http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=un&mse=00199B3cYRIV-D1aRvFXTQtkDdu-…> Update Profile/Email Address <http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=oo&mse=00199B3cYRIV-D1aRvFXTQtkDdu-…> | Rapid removal with SafeUnsubscribe <http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=un&mse=00199B3cYRIV-D1aRvFXTQtkDdu-…>™ | Privacy Policy <http://ui.constantcontact.com/roving/CCPrivacyPolicy.jsp?id=preview>. <http://www.constantcontact.com/index.jsp?cc=BasicSC&id=preview> The Institute of Cultural Affairs in the U.S.A | 4750 N. Sheridan Rd. | Chicago | IL | 60640

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Forgiveness
by via OE 23 Jun '15

23 Jun '15

For: what was before Give: to transfer, to let go of So when I say to forgive is to restore the state of wholeness that is always the case for everyone, the separateness arising from my unwillingness to be a self does not necessarily spring from an external action I took. In fact my actions in the world are always accompanied by an internal evaluation which influences my sense of whole or less than whole self. I think in the kingdom of God, therefore, forgiveness has only to do with my relationship to the self I am called to be as child of God. I can also be the opportunity for an other person to choose to be a Self grounded in the power that posits it. I can relate to every person I encounter with compassion for their state of being, whether they have trespassed against me or not. After all unless they tell me, or trespass against me in that encounter, how do I know their state? In this world, in community, for the good of all, we need actions which demonstrate a turning aside for trespasses made. Sometimes the action of turning aside will be lifetime long. We do this not for vengeance, rather we require acts of repentance because we can't know the heart "for reals" of another. Therefore we attempt to figure out acts of repentance which will help restore this person to wholeness and compassion for their neighbor and self. All the above is to say quite simply, forgiveness can be a spiritual discipline of allowing ourselves to realize we are always whole in God's eyes... No matter what others do to us, or no matter what we do to others. May grace abound all the more Don Bushman

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Re: [Oe List ...] OE Digest, Vol 39, Issue 17
by via OE 22 Jun '15

22 Jun '15

Forgiveness is having a Sunday School that dissects the reality after the fact! Seriously, there is a sense in which 'forgiveness' is objectively a recognition of what is, irrespective of what the victim or perpetuator/perpetrator feels, thinks or do. Forgiveness is recognition that what has transpired is done, finis, kaput - and no amount of wishful thinking can bring it back again. That is probably why forgiveness is a radical stance. The reality out there is water under the bridge. Now, the reality "in here" has been shown to take a roller-coaster ride. But that is a choice one makes. That the SC Gov finally decided to haul down the Confederacy flag is admirable but that is to deal with the "in here" reality. As to Roof and his 9 victims, the deed is done. IMHO. Thank Rod for bringing this up. j'aime la vie yesterday, appreciate; tomorrow, anticipate; today, participate! in all, celebrate! -----Original Message----- From: via OE <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> To: oe <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> Sent: Tue, Jun 23, 2015 3:39 am Subject: OE Digest, Vol 39, Issue 17 Send OE mailing list submissions to oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to oe-request(a)lists.wedgeblade.net You can reach the person managing the list at oe-owner(a)lists.wedgeblade.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of OE digest..." Today's Topics: 1. VP #73 The Question of Forgiveness (Rod Rippel via OE) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 08:06:15 -0700 From: Rod Rippel via OE <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> To: "Betty Skinner" <bettyskinner34(a)gmail.com>, "Betty Turner" <btturner4(a)aol.com>, "Bill Schaffer" <bcschaffer(a)sbcglobal.net>, "Bob Lang" <bob34lang(a)verizon.net>, <Cmae36(a)aol.com>, "Connie Canter" <washoe(a)allglobal.net>, "Dick Wilt" <dwilted(a)sbcglobal.net>, "Dolores Lowry" <D107c(a)aol.com>, "Don Schaffer" <dondonna(a)sbcglobal.net>, "Gene Dennis" <geno65270(a)yahoo.com>, "Herb Lawrence" <herb.lawrence(a)att.net>, "Jack Stewart" <stewart538(a)gmail.com>, "Jeff Rippel" <jarip45(a)verizon.net>, "Martha Burton Hall" <mobmom(a)sbcglobal.net>, "Maurice Frazier" <doefrazier(a)sbcglobal.net>, <ZOURAH4(a)aol.com> Cc: Marion Muma <marionmuma(a)gmail.com>, Linda Orr <lorr56(a)comcast.net>, Jeff Rippel <jarip45(a)verizon.net>, Sarah Beth Rippel <fitprosarah(a)gmail.com>, John Fistere <johnfistere(a)gmail.com>, Curtiss Rippel <ripson2(a)prodigy.net>, Linda Armacost <larmacost(a)cox.net>, Clifford Rippel <crippel(a)mac.com>, Victoria Freiheit <qvfreiheit(a)sbcglobal.net>, Dolores Lowry <D107c(a)aol.com>, Andrew Rippel <rippeldrew(a)yahoo.com>, Pauline Rippel <peacepwr(a)cox.net>, MW Sattva <morgsat(a)gmail.com>, Cmae36(a)aol.com, staley pitts <staley.pitts(a)gmail.com>, Michael Dorfi <mdorfi(a)cox.net>, Steve Rippel <rippone(a)q.com>, Dorcas and Bob Holtsmith <holtsmith(a)sbcglobal.net> Subject: [Oe List ...] VP #73 The Question of Forgiveness Message-ID: <1B140105C15E4FBCA39FFA69619B9BF0@RodHP> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" The question of forgiveness is raised by the events of the shooting of 9 people in a Bible class at Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC. Is forgiveness contingent or unconditional? Are we to forgive seven times over (or 70X7) and then what? Is forgiveness contingent on repentance? or on Metanoia? Is it contingent on the perpetrator asking for forgiveness, giving an explanation, reasons, justifications, circumstances, rationalizations, mitigating considerations...Or?. Or does he have to say, "Metanoo," "I have had a change of heart." "My heart has been made over." No mention of the deed itself? No act of repenting? No apology even? No defense? Only say Metanoo, I have been transformed? Or is even that needed to wipe out the deed? To make it 'As if, as if, it never happened at all? Is the event of the deed wiped out by the event a change of heart? And if there is no change of heart? Are we still to forgive? To forget as if... Recently, for my wife's birthday I gave my her a small package wrapped in plain paper. On the wrapping I had written: "Forgiveness Implementer - with Practical Applicator with instructions on the label." Of course it was a 'gag gift,' a sock-filler among other such gifts for her to open. The item in question was a small bottle of White Out, an item well used in the days of typewriters to blot out errors. The instructions on the bottle were: COVER IT. Blot it out as if you never made the typo. Forget about it and make the correction as if it never happened. Can the past transgression of so heinous a deed be forgotten? Is the forgiveness enhanced by the memory and depth of the injury? If so who is the benefactor of forgiveness, the perpetrator or the victim? What happens when a perpetrator doesn't repent and shows no sign of a 'change of heart?' I wonder if the case can be made that forgiveness, that forgiving, is unconditional. Maybe that's what Jesus of Nazareth was really all about.

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OOPS - paper on forgiveness
by Nancy Lanphear via OE 22 Jun '15

22 Jun '15

Dear Ones, You might want to watch the movie, AMISH GRACE, perhaps it is an illustration of FORGIVENESS? I will also attache a paper on forgiveness we used in a Conscious Eldering study group. I would receive comments with great interest. Be well, Nancy P.S. Sorry, I forgot the attachment, here it comes!

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Forgiveness
by Nancy Lanphear via OE 22 Jun '15

22 Jun '15

Dear Ones, You might want to watch the movie, AMISH GRACE, perhaps it is an illustration of FORGIVENESS? I will also attache a paper on forgiveness we used in a Conscious Eldering study group. I would receive comments with great interest. Be well, Nancy

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News and photos from Nepal
by SteveHar via OE 22 Jun '15

22 Jun '15

The school, teachers and kids https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cHpDJRTsVzZZ5O6qtkgCVnvY3xHRQ5No9qF9A22… Message from: Steve

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Re: [Oe List ...] OE Digest, Vol 39, Issue 17
by David Flowers via OE 22 Jun '15

22 Jun '15

seems to me forgiveness heals the transgressed in their offering of forgiveness. reconciliation is another matter. I cannot bequeath redemption - forgiveness yes. acceptance - yes. - the transgressors earthly redemption and reconciliation is contingent on reparation. On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 12:39 PM, via OE <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: > Send OE mailing list submissions to > oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > oe-request(a)lists.wedgeblade.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > oe-owner(a)lists.wedgeblade.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of OE digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. VP #73 The Question of Forgiveness (Rod Rippel via OE) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 08:06:15 -0700 > From: Rod Rippel via OE <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> > To: "Betty Skinner" <bettyskinner34(a)gmail.com>, "Betty Turner" > <btturner4(a)aol.com>, "Bill Schaffer" <bcschaffer(a)sbcglobal.net>, > "Bob > Lang" <bob34lang(a)verizon.net>, <Cmae36(a)aol.com>, "Connie > Canter" > <washoe(a)allglobal.net>, "Dick Wilt" <dwilted(a)sbcglobal.net>, > "Dolores > Lowry" <D107c(a)aol.com>, "Don Schaffer" <dondonna(a)sbcglobal.net>, > "Gene > Dennis" <geno65270(a)yahoo.com>, "Herb Lawrence" > <herb.lawrence(a)att.net>, "Jack Stewart" < > stewart538(a)gmail.com>, "Jeff > Rippel" <jarip45(a)verizon.net>, "Martha Burton Hall" > <mobmom(a)sbcglobal.net>, "Maurice Frazier" < > doefrazier(a)sbcglobal.net>, > <ZOURAH4(a)aol.com> > Cc: Marion Muma <marionmuma(a)gmail.com>, Linda Orr > <lorr56(a)comcast.net>, Jeff Rippel <jarip45(a)verizon.net>, > Sarah Beth > Rippel <fitprosarah(a)gmail.com>, John Fistere < > johnfistere(a)gmail.com>, > Curtiss Rippel <ripson2(a)prodigy.net>, Linda Armacost > <larmacost(a)cox.net>, Clifford Rippel <crippel(a)mac.com>, Victoria > Freiheit <qvfreiheit(a)sbcglobal.net>, Dolores Lowry < > D107c(a)aol.com>, > Andrew Rippel <rippeldrew(a)yahoo.com>, Pauline Rippel > <peacepwr(a)cox.net>, MW Sattva <morgsat(a)gmail.com>, > Cmae36(a)aol.com, > staley pitts <staley.pitts(a)gmail.com>, Michael Dorfi < > mdorfi(a)cox.net>, > Steve Rippel <rippone(a)q.com>, Dorcas and Bob Holtsmith > <holtsmith(a)sbcglobal.net> > Subject: [Oe List ...] VP #73 The Question of Forgiveness > Message-ID: <1B140105C15E4FBCA39FFA69619B9BF0@RodHP> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > > > The question of forgiveness is raised by the events of the shooting of 9 > people in a Bible class at Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC. > > > > Is forgiveness contingent or unconditional? Are we to forgive seven times > over (or 70X7) and then what? Is forgiveness contingent on repentance? or > on Metanoia? Is it contingent on the perpetrator asking for forgiveness, > giving an explanation, reasons, justifications, circumstances, > rationalizations, mitigating considerations...Or?. Or does he have to > say, "Metanoo," "I have had a change of heart." "My heart has been made > over." No mention of the deed itself? No act of repenting? No apology > even? No defense? Only say Metanoo, I have been transformed? Or is even > that needed to wipe out the deed? To make it 'As if, as if, it never > happened at all? Is the event of the deed wiped out by the event a change > of heart? And if there is no change of heart? Are we still to forgive? To > forget as if... > > > > Recently, for my wife's birthday I gave my her a small package wrapped in > plain paper. On the wrapping I had written: "Forgiveness Implementer - > with Practical Applicator with instructions on the label." Of course it > was a 'gag gift,' a sock-filler among other such gifts for her to open. > The item in question was a small bottle of White Out, an item well used in > the days of typewriters to blot out errors. The instructions on the bottle > were: COVER IT. Blot it out as if you never made the typo. Forget about > it and make the correction as if it never happened. Can the past > transgression of so heinous > > a deed be forgotten? Is the forgiveness enhanced by the memory and depth > of the injury? If so who is the benefactor of forgiveness, the perpetrator > or the victim? > > > > What happens when a perpetrator doesn't repent and shows no sign of a > 'change of heart?' > > > > I wonder if the case can be made that forgiveness, that forgiving, is > unconditional. Maybe that's what Jesus of Nazareth was really all about. >

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VP #73 The Question of Forgiveness
by Rod Rippel via OE 22 Jun '15

22 Jun '15

The question of forgiveness is raised by the events of the shooting of 9 people in a Bible class at Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC. Is forgiveness contingent or unconditional? Are we to forgive seven times over (or 70X7) and then what? Is forgiveness contingent on repentance? or on Metanoia? Is it contingent on the perpetrator asking for forgiveness, giving an explanation, reasons, justifications, circumstances, rationalizations, mitigating considerations...Or?. Or does he have to say, "Metanoo," "I have had a change of heart." "My heart has been made over." No mention of the deed itself? No act of repenting? No apology even? No defense? Only say Metanoo, I have been transformed? Or is even that needed to wipe out the deed? To make it 'As if, as if, it never happened at all? Is the event of the deed wiped out by the event a change of heart? And if there is no change of heart? Are we still to forgive? To forget as if... Recently, for my wife's birthday I gave my her a small package wrapped in plain paper. On the wrapping I had written: "Forgiveness Implementer - with Practical Applicator with instructions on the label." Of course it was a 'gag gift,' a sock-filler among other such gifts for her to open. The item in question was a small bottle of White Out, an item well used in the days of typewriters to blot out errors. The instructions on the bottle were: COVER IT. Blot it out as if you never made the typo. Forget about it and make the correction as if it never happened. Can the past transgression of so heinous a deed be forgotten? Is the forgiveness enhanced by the memory and depth of the injury? If so who is the benefactor of forgiveness, the perpetrator or the victim? What happens when a perpetrator doesn't repent and shows no sign of a 'change of heart?' I wonder if the case can be made that forgiveness, that forgiving, is unconditional. Maybe that's what Jesus of Nazareth was really all about.

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Judy Fishel's "Straight A's are not enough"
by via OE 21 Jun '15

21 Jun '15

The draft was for July 2; it has since been moved to this Thursday, June 25. Some in this audience might be interested. Straight A's are notenough My wife and I joined an experiment on secular-religiousfamily ecumenical Order in Manila September 21, 1972, coincidentally andserendipitously the same day Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law in thePhilippines. In the Order was a fellowMethodist clergy family from New England. Bob wore his clerical collar with me in Church gatherings, a feat intropical heat. Judy was assistantPrincipal at the International School in Makati where my newly landed wife fromIllinois worked at the library. Bob Fishel returned to New England the following year (Iheard, to watch his flock - congregational and wild), while I stayed with theecumenical group (in order to travel, my brother says). Judy and Bob's two young 'uns we called"Thudom and Thamora" (Anthony and Thamora) but since '74, save foroccasional news here and there, we did not maintain contact. Thamora had since gotten her PhD fromCornell, while Anthony with dyslexia took his condition and rode it intomagnificent manageability, earning himself an MA in education and physics. Then Bob retired and moved with Judy to Florida, ostensibly,to watch more birds. Judy is one smartteacher and I had wondered when she was going to capture the wisdom of work andexperience into paper. She finallydid. Written with a catchy title that many teachers wouldrecognize, Straight A's are not Enoughis written without the pretentious academic erudition that many tomés acquire(my bias since I cannot write that well!), readily understandable and jealouslywell-organized. It is a mother lode of practical wisdom, with lots ofexperience behind it. Essentially, shewrote a treatise on how-to guide to learning to learn. Judy begins with her 8 Great Steps, ofimmediate appeal to my Chinese friends at Waterbear Language Studio in Shenyangas 8, ba, is the homonym for"prosperity and wellbeing". The first three are earthshaking for common sense simplicity: get enoughsleep, exercise the body, and focusthe mind. The next five are meaty: identifies four learning approaches, names five characteristicsof meaningful goals, discusses flexible ways to manage time, plumbs mindset - itsrich neuroscience and the threat of stereotypes, and develops resilient willpower. She is just getting started on a four-Partbook. Part 2 is learning skills. Part 3 brings contemporary wisdom on mental process, verbal and visualorganization, ways of thinking, and mapping the pathway to memory. Part 4 captures the requirements of thefuture, particularly employment and the marketplace, and gets us into thediscourse on critical thinking on reading-writing-listening, utilizing numbersand words, while prancing on the challenge of problem solving. I've been promising my colleagues at the Waterbear LanguageStudio that I will come around to putting down on paper a lifetime of pedagogy,three-years worth of it in language learning at Shenyang Aerospace University,but so far, have not produced anything worth the ink it is printed on. Now we've got Judy Fishel's book and we won'teven plagiarize her work. Why, we willjust copy the book, reprint it since our group offers all its materials free toanyone anyway. (We do not intend to profitfrom it, but I am sure Judy would welcome taking Bob elsewhere to watch otherexotic birds!) We note Judy's 8 great steps. Perhaps, drinking out of a similar well, Ipreviously wrote that the window to our knowing begins at the sense experiencesof sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch, leading to the expressions of feelings, the articulations of thoughts (with words and numbers), andthe willful projection and mapping of intentions. Knowledge, skills, and attitude are the three categoriesoften used in HR evaluations and Judy gets the field further by describing theprocess of learning, and providing practical strategies on how to attainresults without the anxieties of being properly certificated. Though the book was written to assist College students withlearning breakthroughs, the endorsement of the book goes to the starting levelat the learning gate. Though passingtests is universally practiced these days, and American students are oftencriticized for not doing well at all, StraightA's are not Enough makes it clear that there is more to learning than thegrade on the report card. Getting familiar with networking in the job market is aplus; getting clarity on content, spotting biases, gestalting data, andevaluating conclusions, are great tools to have, leading to analyticalreasoning practiced today across boardrooms and business seminars replete withgraphs and tables, qualitative and quantitative data bases, the mainstay of ourcontemporary civilization. Before leaving Saipan, I asked Judy to email me thedigitized version of her book, having seen it advertized elsewhere. After Part 1, it became clear that I had avaluable tool on my hands to be shared with colleagues I associate with so Ilined up toner cartridges to print the document. The effort was not a waste. My colleagues concur: Yup, Judy, Straight A's are not Enough! j'aime la vie yesterday, appreciate; tomorrow, anticipate; today, participate! in all, celebrate!

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