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Michael Tippett
by Lynda C 01 Sep '24

01 Sep '24

We celebrate the completed life of service and care that Michael exemplified so powerfully. Although we were never directly assigned with the Tippetts we knew them through summer programs and councils and enjoyed a visit with them when they were traveling near Galax one summer, with Meg and her delightful helper who allowed Judith and Michael to visit with friends along the way. A special memory I have is of working with Michael in the Archives several years ago and hearing stories about the amazing feats of the Cleveland Metro , whose disciplined family lifestyles enabled RS-I proliferation immensely in those early years before Religious Houses. Families drove miles to get to their early morning cadre meetings before heading to their jobs and the children to school. I urged him to write up some of those stories for the Archives section on Religious Houses and Cadres. I wish I could remember the details of those cadre stories and the connection I heard from someone else about how Michael was the reason she had joined the order (can’t recall who it was.) She encountered him during an HDP setup or Town Meeting setup in NC. Hope others will help fill those stories out. Michael’s devotion and care for Meg for 38 years after her tragic accident serves as a role model for me and others dealing with caregiving. With Brook and Kit and their families, we celebrate the lives of Judith and Meg., and now Michael. What a family demonstration of care and service. For all the saints who from their labors rest. Alleluia. Well done, thy good and faithful servant. Lynda and John Cock

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Re: [Oe List ...] Judy Woodruff in North Lawndale, Chicago
by James Wiegel 29 Aug '24

29 Aug '24

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Judy Woodruff in North Lawndale, Chicago
by W. J. 28 Aug '24

28 Aug '24

Starting @ 28 minutes in.Comment: it is SO familiar!Marshall PBS News Hour live episode, Aug. 28, 2024 | | | | | | | | | | | PBS News Hour live episode, Aug. 28, 2024 | | |

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In Kenya, One Solution to Contaminated Water Comes From Above
by Lynda C 23 Aug '24

23 Aug '24

https://undark.org/2024/08/13/kenya-clean-water-aerial-piping-system/ Was there an ICA project by this named Kibera out side Nairobi? The spelling is a bit different than I remember. An article from Reasons to Be Cheerful! Celebrate. Lynda

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FW: [Earthrise] BoDHI LEAVES
by Lynda C 20 Aug '24

20 Aug '24

Judi White has joined the rank of women OE authors in her recent book Bodhi Leaves. I hope you will order yours below. I think you will appreciate it. Lynda Cock From: Earthrise <earthrise-bounces(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> on behalf of Judi White via Earthrise <earthrise(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> Date: Friday, August 16, 2024 at 10:19 AM To: Earthrise <earthrise(a)wedgeblade.net> Subject: [Earthrise] BoDHI LEAVES Bodhi Leaves: An unfolding journey of depth reflection https://a.co/d/ad84cma

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weather report
by W. J. 13 Aug '24

13 Aug '24

It's almost, but not quite, hot as Hell down at Mar-a-lago.But its most famous resident seems to be having a total meltdown.Even Rupert Murdock's Wall Street Journal took note: Trump Is Looking Like a Loser Again About one third of his remarks at last week’s press conference were false, obtuse or lunatic. —Gerard Butler >From here it looks like a big, stinkin', orange puddle that even his diaper can't contain.When I began to realize the depth of Donald Trump's spiritual suffering/malaise, and the awfulness of the unconscious self-hate that he projects onto others and elicits with his god-awful behavior, I could finally experience some compassion for the man in his sickness. Maybe like Billy Graham felt for Richard Nixon in his agony.Not any more.Mr. Trump's hidden suffering is minuscule in comparison to the spiritual suffering of the American people, especially those who experience remorse for voting for Trump, and those diehards who insist on living in the delusion that he's just wonderful. They are suffering so deeply that they cannot see and hear the truth that will set them free. That's called 'demon possession.'And so at last, my most painful prayer and most fervent hope is that The Donald will bring about the utter destruction of what's left of the Repugnant Party.When John Dean told Richard Nixon that "there is a cancer on the presidency" a half century ago, that was just the first act of a long, slow tragedy of self-destruction.Just think, folks: this was the Party of Lincoln!Marshall Jones :

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Re: [Oe List ...] fake candidate
by Isobel and Jim 10 Aug '24

10 Aug '24

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Fwd: The Israelis defending Palestinian shepherds
by Isobel and Jim 10 Aug '24

10 Aug '24

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fake candidate
by W. J. 09 Aug '24

09 Aug '24

Remember Donald Trump? Well, as of today, he's still running! Sort of.So just why did The Donald give an emergency press conference yesterday from the Mar-a-lago ballroom? Where Trump would normally never be in the immediate wake of an August hurricane, no less?Short answer: it's ALL fake, folks!Unlike Trump's Bedminster golf club, Mar-a-lago is gold-plated and palatial, evoking subliminal Presidential vibes. Trump can't commandeer the White House, but he desperately needs to project maximum Presidential impact. So--back to Florida, instead of hitting the campaign trail.The short version of Trump's meandering, unscripted, off-the-cuff political diatribe: Trump projects a fake Presidential authority within his peculiar House of Cards that's structured as a fragile bubble of intersecting lies.At the center of his shocking, defensive display of unacknowledged angst is Trump's mental dysfunction of which he is unaware. In other words, Trump's denial of his mental illness, and his inability to see clearly that his propensity to live within a fake, constructed reality serves only his perceived self-interest, is a significant dimension of his mental illness.In short, it's self-destructive, malignant, delusionary narcissism propped up by political sycophants who do know better and armies of gullible MAGA worshippers who would rather believe Trump's Repugnant lies than confront their own personal truth.Trump's not exactly what anyone else would call a "stable genius."Fasten your seat belts, folks! It's already a bumpy election.Marshall Jones

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Donald Trump
by Randy Williams 09 Aug '24

09 Aug '24

Susan, Donald Trump is many things, including a politician. But my issue with him is moral, not political. I don’t consider him to be a conservative, Republican, rightest, Democrat, liberal, progressive, or any other political label. At one time or another he has presented himself as almost all of those and more. He is a self-serving opportunist. But more than that, he is, in my opinion, the most immoral character to ever walk across the stage of American history. I first came to that conclusion when I saw him mimic and mock a reporter with physical disabilities at a political rally on national TV in 2016. He has confirmed many times since then that that’s who he is. For me, to compare him to anyone — Democrat, Republican, Independent or whatever — is a false equivalency. And now that he’s a convicted criminal, he doesn’t belong on any ballot for any office in any jurisdiction. The fact that he can run for President of the United States is, I believe, due to an oversight in the U.S. Constitution. I suspect the Founders simply could never imagine anyone like him ever coming on the scene. He is a pariah who despoils everything he touches, and he deserves to be treated as such. In my 85 years I’ve never seen anyone else in public life who comes even close to being what he is. Respectfully, Randy Williams

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