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by ICA International 16 Jan '20

16 Jan '20

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Re: [Oe List ...] [Dialogue] Birthday Witness. Now the New York Times chimes in . ..
by Del Morrill 14 Jan '20

14 Jan '20

With these disastrous fires in Australia our thoughts are often with our friends there, and more than a bit worried. Del (and Justin too) From: OE <oe-bounces(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> On Behalf Of isobeljimbish--- via OE Sent: Saturday, January 4, 2020 12:17 PM To: Judi White <sophiacircle(a)gmail.com> Cc: isobeljimbish(a)optusnet.com.au; Order Ecumenical Community <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] [Dialogue] Birthday Witness. Now the New York Times chimes in . .. Thank you Judi for this reflection. Yesterday Elaine Telford celebrated her 80th Birthday in style ! Family and friends gathered with the vast network of people Elaine has touched with her extraordinary life.! I A happy moment, in the midst of our raging bush fires. With love, Isobel Bishop Sent from my iPhone On 5 Jan 2020, at 2:54 am, Judi White <sophiacircle(a)gmail.com <mailto:sophiacircle@gmail.com> > wrote: http://m.dailygood.org/story/2236/the-joy-of-being-a-woman-in-her-seventies…. Yessterday was the funeral for a friend. She and I and five others in our local social group reached 75 this year. She found out 3 months ago that her days were incurably numbered. She prepared for yesterday in extensive detail and spent all her remaining time loving being near her family. In the one conversation I had with her she shared that she was at peace with deeply acknowledging that the upcoming final moment is a natural conclusion, from which she was not exempt. She also said that each day of decline was presenting a new challenge for her to embrace. She said she was grateful for these challenges which gave her an opportunity to ask her resilience to support her. I imagine that she, a long time 5th grade teacher, did not pass up one opportunity to role model and share her perspective with her family as they remained close to her. The happiness that she brought to their lives and ours reigned throughout yesterday's celebration of Beverly Phillip's life now completed. On Sat, Jan 4, 2020, 4:19 AM isobeljimbish--- via OE <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> > wrote: Dear Randy, Thank you for this reflection. I appreciate it very much as it occasioned me to remember how my Dad and I spent a month in preparation for his death. With love Isobel Bishop Sent from my iPhone On 4 Jan 2020, at 6:39 am, Randy Williams via OE <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> > wrote: My mother died in March of 2001 at age 90. I spent every waking hour of her last five days with her. She was conscious and cognizant until about the last eight hours before she died. We had some incredible conversations on: What is death? What is it like to die? What will it be like after we die? I attribute the quality of the dialogue to, one, neither of us acted as if we actually knew the answers to the questions but we were both willing to struggle for some clarity. And two, neither of us tried to kid the other about the fact that she was dying. This freed us both up to share honestly and from the depths. I feel certain we both had our lives changed and our love for each other deepened during those five unforgettable last days for her. I would love to talk with a loved one about those same questions when my time nears. Randy On Jan 3, 2020, at 12:39 PM, James Wiegel via Dialogue <dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> > wrote: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/03/nyregion/ruth-willig-oldest-death.html?te=1 <https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/03/nyregion/ruth-willig-oldest-death.html?t…> &nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20200103&section=longRead?campaign_id=9&instance_id=14935&segment_id=20013&user_id=505cb1dd7896a746e64ebf529d31e095&regi_id=77723647ion=longRead With Respect, Jim Wiegel _______________________________________________ Dialogue mailing list Dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:Dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE(a)lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE(a)lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net

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Re: [Oe List ...] [Dialogue] Birthday Witness. Now the New York Times chimes in . ..
by Del Morrill 14 Jan '20

14 Jan '20

From: OE <oe-bounces(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> On Behalf Of isobeljimbish--- via OE Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2020 9:09 PM To: Order Ecumenical Community <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> Cc: isobeljimbish(a)optusnet.com.au Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] [Dialogue] Birthday Witness. Now the New York Times chimes in . .. Thanks Judi, we are struggling through another very hot day with various fires at ‘watch and act’ stage in NSW and Victoria. The monsoon season has begun in the North west of Australia. This may probably bring some moisture to us in the South east, by and by. We are grateful for all the international firefighters who have come down here, so thank you to yours !👏👏🐨🌏🌠 Our summer will be long and different now. Greetings and love, Isobel Bishop Sent from my iPhone On 10 Jan 2020, at 3:45 pm, Dawn Collins via OE <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> > wrote: Birthday Witness Capturing the moments spent tending to mom during her final transition, I find I owned my death... At 92 on August 15, 2015, mom rode the train to glory after being unconscious for several days before her demise. She spent her last days at home cared for 24/7 by my younger sister, Janet, my oldest daughter, Traci and myself. Since Traci and Jan worked, I was with mom for greater stints of time. Mom received the word from her heart specialist in the hospital after suffering a second stroke and heart attack. He relayed to her that the medicine he was prescribing would only temporarily prolong her life and to get her affairs in order. "You know what that means?" "Yes", she replied, I'm going to die soon." I still have her hospital lunch menu from March of that year. We watched the movie (cartoon), Brave on the mounted TV together and I commented from time to time as we silently joined in viewing the entire film. (I saw the cartoon, Frozen earlier and like Brave better). After her release to home, we tended her body and spirit with certain duties being given to the three of us. I was helping her with breakfast when she suddenly upchucked a bit and went to sleep. She was breathing markedly and her right side was paralyzed. I crawled in behind her on the bed and rested a bit while listening to her breaths filling the room. I received the call at my home that mom's last breath was at 3 a.m. that August morn. And the three of us gathered together and so began the mourning and practical preparations for what had become her journey's end. And now approaching my 80th year I'm conscious of the ashes I was apportioned in a small urn on my altar, and mark the times I pause and fill the moment with a desire to call her on the phone or share with the family the remembrance of that precious soul with, "As granny used to say." I wonder, will I be remembered thusly in a moment of shared humor or soberness? Kindfully yours, dawn We love the Creator/Source/Spirit because the Final Reality loved us first. 1 John 4:19 On Wednesday, January 8, 2020, 08:08:56 PM MST, isobeljimbish--- via OE <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> > wrote: Thank you Del and all of you who have emailed and Fb us. The country is on fire indeed. We hope that leadership will prevail and that those former Fire Commissioners who asked to meet the Prime Minister in March last year, to discuss preparations for what conflagration they predicted was coming in the summer- that now he and his colleagues will listen, at last. Another positive outcome I believe, is that the First Peoples will have a platform to share their own skills and fire management strategies, thousands of years old. Already their wisdom is being sought. I live with hope in my heart that these two drives forward will happen. We do much appreciate your concern. Thank you all. Grace and peace and love be yours, Isobel Bishop Sent from my iPhone On 9 Jan 2020, at 10:43 am, Del Morrill via OE <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> > wrote: With these disastrous fires in Australia our thoughts are often with our friends there, and more than a bit worried. Del (and Justin too) From: OE <oe-bounces(a)lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net> > On Behalf Of isobeljimbish--- via OE Sent: Saturday, January 4, 2020 12:17 PM To: Judi White <sophiacircle(a)gmail.com <mailto:sophiacircle@gmail.com> > Cc: isobeljimbish(a)optusnet.com.au <mailto:isobeljimbish@optusnet.com.au> ; Order Ecumenical Community <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> > Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] [Dialogue] Birthday Witness. Now the New York Times chimes in . .. Thank you Judi for this reflection. Yesterday Elaine Telford celebrated her 80th Birthday in style ! Family and friends gathered with the vast network of people Elaine has touched with her extraordinary life.! I A happy moment, in the midst of our raging bush fires. With love, Isobel Bishop Sent from my iPhone On 5 Jan 2020, at 2:54 am, Judi White <sophiacircle(a)gmail.com <mailto:sophiacircle@gmail.com> > wrote: http://m.dailygood.org/story/2236/the-joy-of-being-a-woman-in-her-seventies…. Yessterday was the funeral for a friend. She and I and five others in our local social group reached 75 this year. She found out 3 months ago that her days were incurably numbered. She prepared for yesterday in extensive detail and spent all her remaining time loving being near her family. In the one conversation I had with her she shared that she was at peace with deeply acknowledging that the upcoming final moment is a natural conclusion, from which she was not exempt. She also said that each day of decline was presenting a new challenge for her to embrace. She said she was grateful for these challenges which gave her an opportunity to ask her resilience to support her. I imagine that she, a long time 5th grade teacher, did not pass up one opportunity to role model and share her perspective with her family as they remained close to her. The happiness that she brought to their lives and ours reigned throughout yesterday's celebration of Beverly Phillip's life now completed. On Sat, Jan 4, 2020, 4:19 AM isobeljimbish--- via OE <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> > wrote: Dear Randy, Thank you for this reflection. I appreciate it very much as it occasioned me to remember how my Dad and I spent a month in preparation for his death. With love Isobel Bishop Sent from my iPhone On 4 Jan 2020, at 6:39 am, Randy Williams via OE <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> > wrote: My mother died in March of 2001 at age 90. I spent every waking hour of her last five days with her. She was conscious and cognizant until about the last eight hours before she died. We had some incredible conversations on: What is death? What is it like to die? What will it be like after we die? I attribute the quality of the dialogue to, one, neither of us acted as if we actually knew the answers to the questions but we were both willing to struggle for some clarity. And two, neither of us tried to kid the other about the fact that she was dying. This freed us both up to share honestly and from the depths. I feel certain we both had our lives changed and our love for each other deepened during those five unforgettable last days for her. I would love to talk with a loved one about those same questions when my time nears. Randy On Jan 3, 2020, at 12:39 PM, James Wiegel via Dialogue <dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> > wrote: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/03/nyregion/ruth-willig-oldest-death.html?te=1 <https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/03/nyregion/ruth-willig-oldest-death.html?t…> &nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20200103&section=longRead?campaign_id=9&instance_id=14935&segment_id=20013&user_id=505cb1dd7896a746e64ebf529d31e095&regi_id=77723647ion=longRead With Respect, Jim Wiegel _______________________________________________ Dialogue mailing list Dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:Dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE(a)lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE(a)lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE(a)lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE(a)lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE(a)lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net

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Re: [Oe List ...] [Dialogue] Birthday Witness. Now the New York Times chimes in . ..
by Del Morrill 14 Jan '20

14 Jan '20

From: OE <oe-bounces(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> On Behalf Of isobeljimbish--- via OE Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2020 9:09 PM To: Order Ecumenical Community <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> Cc: isobeljimbish(a)optusnet.com.au Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] [Dialogue] Birthday Witness. Now the New York Times chimes in . .. Thanks Judi, we are struggling through another very hot day with various fires at ‘watch and act’ stage in NSW and Victoria. The monsoon season has begun in the North west of Australia. This may probably bring some moisture to us in the South east, by and by. We are grateful for all the international firefighters who have come down here, so thank you to yours !👏👏🐨🌏🌠 Our summer will be long and different now. Greetings and love, Isobel Bishop Sent from my iPhone On 10 Jan 2020, at 3:45 pm, Dawn Collins via OE <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> > wrote: Birthday Witness Capturing the moments spent tending to mom during her final transition, I find I owned my death... At 92 on August 15, 2015, mom rode the train to glory after being unconscious for several days before her demise. She spent her last days at home cared for 24/7 by my younger sister, Janet, my oldest daughter, Traci and myself. Since Traci and Jan worked, I was with mom for greater stints of time. Mom received the word from her heart specialist in the hospital after suffering a second stroke and heart attack. He relayed to her that the medicine he was prescribing would only temporarily prolong her life and to get her affairs in order. "You know what that means?" "Yes", she replied, I'm going to die soon." I still have her hospital lunch menu from March of that year. We watched the movie (cartoon), Brave on the mounted TV together and I commented from time to time as we silently joined in viewing the entire film. (I saw the cartoon, Frozen earlier and like Brave better). After her release to home, we tended her body and spirit with certain duties being given to the three of us. I was helping her with breakfast when she suddenly upchucked a bit and went to sleep. She was breathing markedly and her right side was paralyzed. I crawled in behind her on the bed and rested a bit while listening to her breaths filling the room. I received the call at my home that mom's last breath was at 3 a.m. that August morn. And the three of us gathered together and so began the mourning and practical preparations for what had become her journey's end. And now approaching my 80th year I'm conscious of the ashes I was apportioned in a small urn on my altar, and mark the times I pause and fill the moment with a desire to call her on the phone or share with the family the remembrance of that precious soul with, "As granny used to say." I wonder, will I be remembered thusly in a moment of shared humor or soberness? Kindfully yours, dawn We love the Creator/Source/Spirit because the Final Reality loved us first. 1 John 4:19 On Wednesday, January 8, 2020, 08:08:56 PM MST, isobeljimbish--- via OE <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> > wrote: Thank you Del and all of you who have emailed and Fb us. The country is on fire indeed. We hope that leadership will prevail and that those former Fire Commissioners who asked to meet the Prime Minister in March last year, to discuss preparations for what conflagration they predicted was coming in the summer- that now he and his colleagues will listen, at last. Another positive outcome I believe, is that the First Peoples will have a platform to share their own skills and fire management strategies, thousands of years old. Already their wisdom is being sought. I live with hope in my heart that these two drives forward will happen. We do much appreciate your concern. Thank you all. Grace and peace and love be yours, Isobel Bishop Sent from my iPhone On 9 Jan 2020, at 10:43 am, Del Morrill via OE <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> > wrote: With these disastrous fires in Australia our thoughts are often with our friends there, and more than a bit worried. Del (and Justin too) From: OE <oe-bounces(a)lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net> > On Behalf Of isobeljimbish--- via OE Sent: Saturday, January 4, 2020 12:17 PM To: Judi White <sophiacircle(a)gmail.com <mailto:sophiacircle@gmail.com> > Cc: isobeljimbish(a)optusnet.com.au <mailto:isobeljimbish@optusnet.com.au> ; Order Ecumenical Community <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> > Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] [Dialogue] Birthday Witness. Now the New York Times chimes in . .. Thank you Judi for this reflection. Yesterday Elaine Telford celebrated her 80th Birthday in style ! Family and friends gathered with the vast network of people Elaine has touched with her extraordinary life.! I A happy moment, in the midst of our raging bush fires. With love, Isobel Bishop Sent from my iPhone On 5 Jan 2020, at 2:54 am, Judi White <sophiacircle(a)gmail.com <mailto:sophiacircle@gmail.com> > wrote: http://m.dailygood.org/story/2236/the-joy-of-being-a-woman-in-her-seventies…. Yessterday was the funeral for a friend. She and I and five others in our local social group reached 75 this year. She found out 3 months ago that her days were incurably numbered. She prepared for yesterday in extensive detail and spent all her remaining time loving being near her family. In the one conversation I had with her she shared that she was at peace with deeply acknowledging that the upcoming final moment is a natural conclusion, from which she was not exempt. She also said that each day of decline was presenting a new challenge for her to embrace. She said she was grateful for these challenges which gave her an opportunity to ask her resilience to support her. I imagine that she, a long time 5th grade teacher, did not pass up one opportunity to role model and share her perspective with her family as they remained close to her. The happiness that she brought to their lives and ours reigned throughout yesterday's celebration of Beverly Phillip's life now completed. On Sat, Jan 4, 2020, 4:19 AM isobeljimbish--- via OE <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> > wrote: Dear Randy, Thank you for this reflection. I appreciate it very much as it occasioned me to remember how my Dad and I spent a month in preparation for his death. With love Isobel Bishop Sent from my iPhone On 4 Jan 2020, at 6:39 am, Randy Williams via OE <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> > wrote: My mother died in March of 2001 at age 90. I spent every waking hour of her last five days with her. She was conscious and cognizant until about the last eight hours before she died. We had some incredible conversations on: What is death? What is it like to die? What will it be like after we die? I attribute the quality of the dialogue to, one, neither of us acted as if we actually knew the answers to the questions but we were both willing to struggle for some clarity. And two, neither of us tried to kid the other about the fact that she was dying. This freed us both up to share honestly and from the depths. I feel certain we both had our lives changed and our love for each other deepened during those five unforgettable last days for her. I would love to talk with a loved one about those same questions when my time nears. Randy On Jan 3, 2020, at 12:39 PM, James Wiegel via Dialogue <dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> > wrote: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/03/nyregion/ruth-willig-oldest-death.html?te=1 <https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/03/nyregion/ruth-willig-oldest-death.html?t…> &nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20200103&section=longRead?campaign_id=9&instance_id=14935&segment_id=20013&user_id=505cb1dd7896a746e64ebf529d31e095&regi_id=77723647ion=longRead With Respect, Jim Wiegel _______________________________________________ Dialogue mailing list Dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:Dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE(a)lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE(a)lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE(a)lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE(a)lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE(a)lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net

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Poetry about death - and an amusing anecdote
by Nancy Trask 13 Jan '20

13 Jan '20

First the amusing anecdote... from Karamo Brown of Queer Eye fame: Karamo: You need not worry about death, you should worry about what state you’re in. Jonathan Van Ness (in a horrified whisper): New Jersey! And the poetry: When Great Trees Fall by Maya Angelou When great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants lumber after safety. When great trees fall in forests, small things recoil into silence, their senses eroded beyond fear. When great souls die, the air around us becomes light, rare, sterile. We breathe, briefly. Our eyes, briefly, see with a hurtful clarity. Our memory, suddenly sharpened, examines, gnaws on kind words unsaid, promised walks never taken. Great souls die and our reality, bound to them, takes leave of us. Our souls, dependent upon their nurture, now shrink, wizened. Our minds, formed and informed by their radiance, fall away. We are not so much maddened as reduced to the unutterable ignorance of dark, cold caves. And when great souls die, after a period peace blooms, slowly and always irregularly. Spaces fill with a kind of soothing electric vibration. Our senses, restored, never to be the same, whisper to us. ”They existed. They existed. We can be. Be and be better. For they existed.” ― Maya Angelou Grace and peace, Nancy Trask NLT462(a)gmail.com Nancy50273(a)centurylink.net 515 505 0456

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Re: [Oe List ...] Poetry about death - and an amusing anecdote
by Ellie Stock 13 Jan '20

13 Jan '20

Thanks, Nancy, for sharing the poetry. Ellie :) -----Original Message----- From: Nancy Trask via OE <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> To: Colleague Dialogue <dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> Cc: Nancy Trask <nlt462(a)gmail.com>; Order Ecumenical Community <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> Sent: Sun, Jan 12, 2020 05:19 PM Subject: [Oe List ...] Poetry about death - and an amusing anecdote First the amusing anecdote... from Karamo Brown of Queer Eye fame: Karamo: You need not worry about death, you should worry about what state you’re in.Jonathan Van Ness (in a horrified whisper): New Jersey! And the poetry: When Great Trees Fall   by Maya Angelou When great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants lumber after safety.   When great trees fall in forests,  small things recoil into silence,  their senses eroded beyond fear.   When great souls die,  the air around us becomes  light, rare, sterile.  We breathe, briefly. Our eyes, briefly,  see with  a hurtful clarity.  Our memory, suddenly sharpened,  examines,  gnaws on kind words  unsaid,  promised walks  never taken.  Great souls die and  our reality, bound to  them, takes leave of us.  Our souls,  dependent upon their  nurture,  now shrink, wizened.  Our minds, formed  and informed by their  radiance, fall away.  We are not so much maddened  as reduced to the unutterable ignorance of dark, cold  caves.   And when great souls die,  after a period peace blooms,  slowly and always  irregularly. Spaces fill  with a kind of  soothing electric vibration.  Our senses, restored, never  to be the same, whisper to us.  ”They existed. They existed.  We can be. Be and be  better. For they existed.” ― Maya Angelou Grace and peace, Nancy TraskNLT462@gmail.comNancy50273@centurylink.net515 505 0456_______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE(a)lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net

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Maya Angelou Poetry - another try
by Nancy Trask 13 Jan '20

13 Jan '20

When Great Trees Fall by Maya Angelou When great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants lumber after safety. When great trees fall in forests, small things recoil into silence, their senses eroded beyond fear. When great souls die, the air around us becomes light, rare, sterile. We breathe, briefly. Our eyes, briefly, see with a hurtful clarity. Our memory, suddenly sharpened, examines, gnaws on kind words unsaid, promised walks, never taken. Great souls die, and our reality, bound to them, takes leave of us. Our souls, dependent upon their nurture, now shrink, wizened. Our minds, formed and informed by their radiance, fall away. We are not so much maddened as reduced to the unutterable ignorance of dark, cold caves. And when great souls die, after a period peace blooms, slowly and always irregularly. Spaces fill with a kind of soothing electric vibration. Our senses, restored, never to be the same, whisper to us. "They existed. They existed. We can be. Be and be better. For they existed." Sorry for the earlier version -- very hard on the eyes! Nancy Trask

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Sunday, daughter Eva update
by Ellie Stock 12 Jan '20

12 Jan '20

Hi dear Friends, Greetings from Pittsburgh where I have spent the last week with Eva and her family. Thank you for your emails, cards, calls, thoughts, prayers and lit candles--we are so grateful for all of these expressions of love and concern, and we are riding on all of them. So here's a Sunday update on Eva... Eva continues to improve each day: strength, mobility, stamina and use of left side of her body. Her leg is fully functional, just a slight balance issue. Her arm, hand and fingers still have some numbness, and function is continuing to improve. The left side of her face has a slight asymetry and some words are still slightly slurred. All in all, however, she has had an amazing recovery. Her first physical and speech therapy sessions were Friday, and she did well in both. Earlier in the week she met with the neurosurgeon who was pleased with her progress and rescheduled her surgery (endoarterectomy--unclogging 99% blocked right carotid artery) for Wednesday, January 22. Eva is able to do a number of things around the house now and sees the activity as a form of physical therapy. We went grocery shopping yesterday and today we will go to church. She just goes slower and needs more rest to help her body heal. But what a difference from two weeks ago! Next week she has a consultation with the stroke dr and has physical, occupational and speech therapy sessions. I return to St Louis Monday 1/13 for a week and then fly back to Pittsburgh Monday 1/20 before her surgery and stay for another week. Post surgery she will be in ICU a day or two and then return home for a 4-6 weeks' recovery time. We will feel better after this surgery is successfully completed. This surgery is necessary to prevent another stroke. So, we invite your continued prayers and emails, all of which I have read to her. Some have asked about cards--they may be sent to Eva at her home address: 446 Union Avenue; Pittsburgh, PA. 15205. Will keep you updated after surgery. Grace and peace,blessings and love, Elinor/Ellie/ EJ :)

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Re: [Oe List ...] [Dialogue] Birthday Witness. Now the New York Times chimes in . ..
by Ellie Stock 11 Jan '20

11 Jan '20

Hi Isobel. Prayers for Australia. Hope the monsoon rains make it to the southeast. Ellie :)elliestock@aol.com -----Original Message----- From: isobeljimbish--- via OE <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> To: Order Ecumenical Community <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> Cc: isobeljimbish(a)optusnet.com.au <isobeljimbish(a)optusnet.com.au> Sent: Thu, Jan 9, 2020 11:09 PM Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] [Dialogue] Birthday Witness. Now the New York Times chimes in . .. Thanks Judi, we are struggling through another very hot day with various fires at ‘watch and act’ stage in NSW and Victoria. The monsoon season has begun in the North west of Australia. This may probably bring some moisture to us in the South east, by and by.We are grateful for all the international firefighters who have come down here, so thank you to yours !👏👏🐨🌏🌠Our summer will be long and different now. Greetings and love,Isobel Bishop Sent from my iPhone On 10 Jan 2020, at 3:45 pm, Dawn Collins via OE <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: Birthday Witness Capturing the moments spent tending to mom during her final transition, I find I owned my death... At 92 on August 15, 2015, mom rode the train to glory after being unconscious for several days before her demise. She spent her last days at home cared for 24/7 by my younger sister, Janet, my oldest daughter, Traci and myself. Since Traci and Jan worked, I was with mom for greater stints of time. Mom received the word from her heart specialist in the hospital after suffering a second stroke and heart attack. He relayed to her that the medicine he was prescribing would only temporarily prolong her life and to get her affairs in order. "You know what that means?" "Yes", she replied, I'm going to die soon." I still have her hospital lunch menu from March of that year. We watched the movie (cartoon), Brave on the mounted TV together and I commented from time to time as we silently joined in viewing the entire film. (I saw the cartoon, Frozen earlier and like Brave better). After her release to home, we tended her body and spirit with certain duties being given to the three of us. I was helping her with breakfast when she suddenly upchucked a bit and went to sleep. She was breathing markedly and her right side was paralyzed. I crawled in behind her on the bed and rested a bit while listening to her breaths filling the room. I received the call at my home that mom's last breath was at 3 a.m. that August morn. And the three of us gathered together and so began the mourning and practical preparations for what had become her journey's end. And now approaching my 80th year I'm conscious of the ashes I was apportioned in a small urn on my altar, and mark the times I pause and fill the moment with a desire to call her on the phone or share with the family the remembrance of that precious soul with, "As granny used to say." I wonder, will I be remembered thusly in a moment of shared humor or soberness? Kindfully yours, dawn We love the Creator/Source/Spirit because the Final Reality loved us first.1 John 4:19 On Wednesday, January 8, 2020, 08:08:56 PM MST, isobeljimbish--- via OE <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: Thank you Del and all of you who have emailed and Fb us. The country is on fire indeed. We hope that leadership will prevail and that those former Fire Commissioners who asked to meet the Prime Minister in March last year, to discuss preparations for what conflagration they predicted was coming in the summer- that now he and his colleagues will listen, at last. Another positive outcome I believe, is that the First Peoples will have a platform to share their own skills and fire management strategies, thousands of years old. Already their wisdom is being sought. I live with hope in my heart that these two drives forward will happen. We do much appreciate your concern. Thank you all.Grace and peace and love be yours,Isobel Bishop Sent from my iPhone On 9 Jan 2020, at 10:43 am, Del Morrill via OE <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: #yiv7062216328 -- filtered {} #yiv7062216328 filtered {} #yiv7062216328 filtered {} #yiv7062216328 p.yiv7062216328MsoNormal, #yiv7062216328 li.yiv7062216328MsoNormal, #yiv7062216328 div.yiv7062216328MsoNormal {margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;} #yiv7062216328 a:link, #yiv7062216328 span.yiv7062216328MsoHyperlink {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;} #yiv7062216328 a:visited, #yiv7062216328 span.yiv7062216328MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple;text-decoration:underline;} #yiv7062216328 p.yiv7062216328msonormal0, #yiv7062216328 li.yiv7062216328msonormal0, #yiv7062216328 div.yiv7062216328msonormal0 {margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;} #yiv7062216328 span.yiv7062216328EmailStyle18 {font-family:sans-serif;color:#1F497D;} #yiv7062216328 .yiv7062216328MsoChpDefault {font-size:10.0pt;} #yiv7062216328 filtered {} #yiv7062216328 div.yiv7062216328WordSection1 {} #yiv7062216328 With these disastrous fires in Australia our thoughts are often with our friends there, and more than a bit worried. Del (and Justin too) From: OE <oe-bounces(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> On Behalf Of isobeljimbish--- via OE Sent: Saturday, January 4, 2020 12:17 PM To: Judi White <sophiacircle(a)gmail.com> Cc: isobeljimbish(a)optusnet.com.au; Order Ecumenical Community <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] [Dialogue] Birthday Witness. Now the New York Times chimes in . .. Thank you Judi for this reflection. Yesterday Elaine Telford celebrated her 80th Birthday in style ! Family and friends gathered with the vast network of people Elaine has touched with her extraordinary life.! I A happy moment, in the midst of our raging bush fires. With love, Isobel Bishop Sent from my iPhone On 5 Jan 2020, at 2:54 am, Judi White <sophiacircle(a)gmail.com> wrote: http://m.dailygood.org/story/2236/the-joy-of-being-a-woman-in-her-seventies…. Yessterday was the funeral for a friend. She and I and five others in our local social group reached 75 this year. She found out 3 months ago that her days were incurably numbered. She prepared for yesterday in extensive detail and spent all her remaining time loving being near her family. In the one conversation I had with her she shared that she was at peace with deeply acknowledging that the upcoming final moment is a natural conclusion, from which she was not exempt. She also said that each day of decline was presenting a new challenge for her to embrace. She said she was grateful for these challenges which gave her an opportunity to ask her resilience to support her. I imagine that she, a long time 5th grade teacher, did not pass up one opportunity to role model and share her perspective with her family as they remained close to her. The happiness that she brought to their lives and ours reigned throughout yesterday's celebration of Beverly Phillip's life now completed. On Sat, Jan 4, 2020, 4:19 AM isobeljimbish--- via OE <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: Dear Randy, Thank you for this reflection. I appreciate it very much as it occasioned me to remember how my Dad and I spent a month in preparation for his death. With love Isobel Bishop Sent from my iPhone On 4 Jan 2020, at 6:39 am, Randy Williams via OE <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: My mother died in March of 2001 at age 90. I spent every waking hour of her last five days with her. She was conscious and cognizant until about the last eight hours before she died. We had some incredible conversations on: What is death? What is it like to die? What will it be like after we die? I attribute the quality of the dialogue to, one, neither of us acted as if we actually knew the answers to the questions but we were both willing to struggle for some clarity. And two, neither of us tried to kid the other about the fact that she was dying. This freed us both up to share honestly and from the depths. I feel certain we both had our lives changed and our love for each other deepened during those five unforgettable last days for her. I would love to talk with a loved one about those same questions when my time nears. Randy On Jan 3, 2020, at 12:39 PM, James Wiegel via Dialogue <dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/03/nyregion/ruth-willig-oldest-death.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20200103§ion=longRead?campaign_id=9&instance_id=14935&segment_id=20013&user_id=505cb1dd7896a746e64ebf529d31e095®i_id=77723647ion=longRead With Respect, Jim Wiegel _______________________________________________ Dialogue mailing list Dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE(a)lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE(a)lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE(a)lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE(a)lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE(a)lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE(a)lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net

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Re: [Oe List ...] [Dialogue] Serving People & Planet: In Mystery, Love and Gratitude
by Janet Sanders 09 Jan '20

09 Jan '20

Have order my copy! What a great cover, look forward to reading. Jan Sent from my iPhone On Jan 9, 2020, at 9:52 AM, Robertson Work via Dialogue <dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: Dear OE/EI/ICA friends and colleagues, You might enjoy reading my just-published autobiography, SERVING PEOPLE & PLANET: In Mystery, Love and Gratitude, including my OE/EI/ICA, UNDP, and NYU journeys and reflections. Click here: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/peopleandplanet<https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lulu.c…> Here are some endorsements of the book: “In this book, Rob Work has narrated a fascinating story of his life, demonstrating his passion for humanity and the planet, and contribution to community and leadership development through the nonprofit Institute of Cultural Affairs, United Nations Development Program and the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.” - - G. Shabbir Cheema, PhD, senior fellow, Harvard Kennedy School; former director of UNDP Management Development and Governance Division “What a remarkable life! You show readers who might feel despair that it is possible to change the world.” - Catherine Whitney, nonfiction author of 50-plus books, including several best sellers “Robertson Work’s autobiography is an example of what it means to be a global citizen with heart—heart for his family and heart for all humanity.” - Nancy Roof, PhD, founder of Kosmos Journal “Rob’s autobiography is largely a love story—of Rob's love of the earth, his fellow earthlings and of life itself—but not without drama, tragedy and comedy as well.” - Martin Gilbraith, London UK, certified professional facilitator, trainer & consultant; International Association of Facilitators (IAF), chair 2011-12; and ICA International, president 2013-16 “Reading this book is like being held in a warm embrace, as we journey with this man in every turn of page, experiencing all his adventures around the world and diving deep into his reflections on identity, family, love, life, loss and purpose.” - Lowie Rosales Kawasaki, former United Nations Habitat program officer, Nairobi “At the heart of Rob’s life has been a ‘blessed unrest’ that for 75 years he has kept reflecting and acting upon two key questions: ‘What is humanness?’ and ‘How do I be of service?’” - Jan Sanders, founder/director, PeoplEnergy, Canada “This is a must-read autobiography for all of us to realize the compassionate life and virtues of noble humanity.” - Tatwa P. Timsina, PhD, professor, Tribhuvan University; author; founding chair, ICA Nepal; and former president of ICA International “Robertson writes of his mythic journey from growing up, a small-town boy, in Oklahoma, then as an adult working in rural villages in forsaken areas of the world and finally to the United Nations, where he was able to influence the governance of thousands of communities in the world.” - Joy Jinks, MSW, author of Dynamic Aging; community organizer “Grateful to read this wonderful book, which documents 75 years of living with poor people and serving many countries.” - Rev. Dr. Park Si Won, former pastor of Bo Moon Methodist Church and director of ICA Korea If you read it, please share your reflections and write a review. Click here: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/peopleandplanet<https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lulu.c…> In mystery, love and gratitude to you each! Rob ................................................................................................ Recent book: A Compassionate Civilization: The Urgency of Sustainable Development and Mindful Activism - Reflections and Recommendations https://www.amazon.com/dp/1546972617<https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazo…> Blog: https://compassionatecivilization.blogspot.com/<https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcompassio…><https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcompassio…><https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcompassio…> LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertsonwork/<https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linke…> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/compassionatecivilization/<https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.faceb…> <SPP cover 2020.jpg> _______________________________________________ Dialogue mailing list Dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.wedg…

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