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Re: [Oe List ...] Fw: Colorado Wildfires
by Del Morril 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

It is really awful for so many people. We just got word that one of our friends, an old neighbor, who now lives in Colorado Springs, had her entire house and every possession go up in flames. The police gave her no chance to collect anything - "just take your dog and get out of here, NOW!" _____ From: oe-bounces(a)lists.wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of Janice Ulangca Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 7:28 PM To: Order Ecumenical Community Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Fw: Colorado Wildfires Del - This was pretty personal for me, as my sister (only sibling), her daughter, son and his family, including 2 grandchildren, all live in the Denver area. I just talked to her on the phone, and she was telling about people being bused into their burned-out Colorado Springs neighborhoods and how hard it was to realize that all they owned was now rubble. My sister and husband and my niece live in Littleton, on the south side of Denver, the side toward Colorado Springs. My niece babysits for a family whose father is a fireman in Colorado Springs. He's been working constantly - and the firemen feel so bad that they can't do more. My sister says, " People are finally starting to talk about global warming!" My comment: Thank goodness for that! We all need to work together to care for the planet. Thanks for sending this. Janice ----- Original Message ----- From: Del Morril <mailto:delhmor@wamail.net> To: Del Morril <mailto:delhmor@wamail.net> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 6:03 PM Subject: [Oe List ...] Fw: Colorado Wildfires With what's going on now with the dire weather some are experiencing in the USA, it seems timely to send this on. Del I am sending photos and comments on the fire near Colorado Springs from a friend who got the photos from another friend. I've removed their emails and names. The photos are frightening. We flew into Denver today near Fort Collins and that fire, which is not in the photos below, can be seen from the air, and smoke hangs in the air there and in Denver. Let's all hope for rain for Colorado asap and that these fires are under control soon. E-mail received: A friend of ours sent these to us. I would guess that they were shot on Tuesday night when all hell broke loose on the foothills in Colorado Springs. There is no accurate count yet but it's estimated that there were over 300 homes that were lost and when you review the pictures, you'll see why. The forest is just like gasoline. Nothing can stop the monster, although winds have slowed today and the temperatures are little cooler. The danger today seems to be in the northwest quadrant of the fire which is burning towards Woodland Park, a mountain community. Things have gotten a bit better since these were taken, but you can see the extent of damage in just this one fire. We have close to 8 like this burning now. They think some were started by arsonists. This one they think was a lightening strike, as most have been. Waldo Canyon Fire (Colorado Springs). That's the Air Force Academy in the foreground. (It's evacuated now. 32,000 people in the area have been evacuated.) Several consecutive days of 105-degree heat, low humidity and high winds. Denver under the smoke cloud from the Flagstaff Fire near Boulder: Flagstaff Fire as seen from Longmont: And none of these photos are of the 90,000-acre High Park Fire near Fort Collins or any other dozen other major fires in our state. Pray for everyone who's affected by them. (JX2601ID: [21624]) _____ _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE(a)lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net

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Re: [Oe List ...] Wedding announcement
by KarenBueno＠aol.com 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

Congratulations, also, Jon! May you and Grace be blessed. The email below reminded me: A clergy couple ( male and female) always refer to one another as "partners", in order to call attention to the GLBT controversy. It's a good "short course" as we used to call it in RS1. Karen Bueno In a message dated 7/4/2012 8:38:38 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, george.packard1(a)rcn.com writes: Jon Elise and I wish you the best of interactive love and understanding between you and your new partner, Grace Elizabeth Bell. I am sure tony and Ellery would wish their presence with and beside you as you ritualize this relationship. I wish we could be their as well to support you in person. But rest assured that our prayers are with you and for your fulfillment as a couple and family. If by chance your future journey leads you through Santa Fe (perhaps on a next visit to your folks) please plan to stop and let us be your wayside in for whatever time you can take. Blessings to You and Grace Elizabeth. George and Elise Packard From: oe-bounces(a)lists.wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of jonzondo(a)juno.com Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2012 11:17 PM To: oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net Subject: [Oe List ...] Wedding announcement For those of you who know me (Jon, son of Tony and Ellery Elizondo) I am sharing the following announcement... I'm getting married. At this time, due to health concerns, it looks like my mother and father will not be able to make the wedding. We are honored to have some Order/ICA friends... I'm grateful for everyone's prayers and wishes. Especially for my mother and father. Wedding Celebration of Love Grace Elisabeth Bell and Jon Mark Elizondo July 7, 2012 Leavenworth, Washington, Planet Earth If you are interested in correspondence, my address is: Grace Bell and Jon Elizondo 17102 Brentwood PL NE Lake Forest Park, WA 98155 By request, I'm adding our Wanderable website address. _www.wanderable.com/hm/GraceAndJon_ (http://www.wanderable.com/hm/GraceAndJon) Walk in Beauty, Jon ____________________________________________________________ _Credit Company Breach LifeLock Ultimate™protects your identity from the effects of data breach. _ (http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3142/4fdd68b2eb0055c3b41st02vuc) _LifeLock.com_ (http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3142/4fdd68b2eb0055c3b41st02vuc) _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE(a)lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net

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7/5/12, Spong: "Think Different-Accept Uncertainty" Part XIII: Miracles As Signs to Be Interpreted
by Ellie Stock 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

HOMEPAGE MY PROFILE ESSAY ARCHIVE MESSAGE BOARDS CALENDAR "Think Different—Accept Uncertainty" Part XIII: Miracles As Signs to Be Interpreted Today, as a part of the overall series entitled “Think Different–Accept Uncertainty,” I want to begin to press this mini-unit on the miracle stories of the gospels toward a conclusion. My concern has been to show modern readers that these miraculous narratives found in the gospels were always symbolic, interpretive stories rather than supernatural accounts arising out of the lack of knowledge present in that pre-modern world, filled as it was with fear and superstition. The first thing we noted was that the miracles attributed to Jesus in the New Testament fell into three distinct categories: nature miracles, raising of the dead miracles and making people whole miracles. Our next insight came from looking at the miracle stories found in earlier traditions in the Hebrew Scriptures. There we noted that, for the most part, miracles in the Bible were centered in three cycles of stories. First, there was the Moses-Joshua cycle where the miracle stories all seemed to involve power over the forces of nature. Here we found such things as the plagues on Egypt, the splitting of the Red Sea to allow safe passage across the water for the fleeing slaves and the raining down of heavenly bread called manna. These “natural miracles” dominate the Moses cycle of stories. When we arrived at the Joshua cycle we found additional feats of natural power that included the splitting of the waters of the Jordan River, the collapsing of the walls of Jericho and the stopping of the sun in the sky in its journey around the earth to allow more daylight for Joshua’s troops to massacre more of his enemy’s soldiers on the battlefield. Then looking at the nature miracles attributed to Jesus in the gospels we saw in them echoes of these Moses-Joshua stories. Jesus also was said to have had power over water. He did not split seas and rivers, but he could calm the storm and walk on the water. Like Moses, Jesus could also feed the multitude in the wilderness with finite amounts of food, which could expand to any needed dimensions and the supply never be exhausted just like manna in the wilderness. The power of nature was thus depicted in the gospels as subservient to the power of Jesus. Like Moses, Jesus could command the forces of nature to do his will. The second cycle of miracle stories in the Bible was found in the accounts that gathered around the persons of Elijah and Elisha, who were thought of as those who started the prophetic movement. Here most of the miracles were once again nature miracles. Both Elijah and Elisha could part the waters of the Jordan River and they could both expand the food supply so that it did not give out. They could also control the weather and even call down fire from heaven to serve their purposes. Two dramatically new miraculous powers, however, were added to the accounts of Elijah and Elisha. Both were said to have been able to raise the dead. Elijah raised from the dead the only son of a widow. Elisha raised from the dead the twelve-year-old daughter of a wealthy woman who had befriended him. Elisha was also the first person in the Bible who was said to have performed a healing miracle. He healed the leprosy of a foreigner, a man named Naaman the Syrian. We looked earlier in this series at the relationship between these Elijah-Elisha stories and the gospel narratives and began to see the close connections. Jesus, like Elijah, raised from the dead a widow’s only son, a story told only in Luke. Jesus, like Elisha, raised from the dead a child in a narrative recorded in Mark, Matthew and Luke. I might also add that Luke alone told the story of Jesus cleansing the leprosy of ten people, but that story turned on the fact that one of them was a foreigner, a Samaritan, and he, like Naaman the Syrian, was the only one to recognize the source of healing power. The Elijah-Elisha stories appear to have shaped these gospel narratives dramatically. Most of the best-known miracle stories in the gospels that surround Jesus, however, had to do with healing individuals or making them whole. Jesus was portrayed with some frequency as being able to give sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, the ability to leap and walk to those with lame or withered limbs, and to enable the mute to speak or sing. What do we make of these stories? Well, the fact is that they too grow out of the Hebrew Scriptures and were presented in the gospels as signs that Jesus was the appointed messiah. For this analysis, we have to go to I Isaiah (Isaiah 1-39). Someone must have asked this eighth century BCE prophet how people would recognize and know just when the Kingdom of God on earth was beginning. In Jewish mythology to inaugurate the Kingdom was the primary role assigned to the figure they called the messiah. I Isaiah wrote his response to this question in the 35th chapter of his book in beautiful and poetic language. You will know that the Kingdom of God is at hand and that the messianic age is beginning, he said, when these things occur: First, water will begin to flow in the desert enabling the crocuses to bloom there and the gift of life will be celebrated from Mt. Carmel to Sharon. The second sign will be just as dramatic: Human wholeness will begin to replace human brokenness. “The eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; then shall the lame man leap like a hart and the tongue of the dumb sing for joy” (Is. 35:5-6). That specific messianic tradition was lifted out of I Isaiah quite intentionally by the interpreters of Jesus and its content placed into the gospel tradition by the authors of both Matthew and Luke when they re-introduced John the Baptist into their narratives. According to this story, John had been imprisoned by Herod for his preaching against Herod’s illegal marriage. While John was in prison, these two gospel writers tell us, John’s confidence began to waver as to whether or not Jesus really was “the one who was to come,” that is, the expected messiah, or whether John and his followers must begin to look for another. With these doubts motivating him, John the Baptist sent messengers to Jesus asking him to clarify his messianic status. Jesus did not answer John’s question directly. Instead he told the messengers to return to John and tell him what they had seen and heard and let him draw his own conclusions. Then, he referred them quite specifically to this Isaiah text. The blind that came in touch with Jesus were enabled to see; the deaf were enabled to hear; the lame could walk and leap, and the mute could talk and sing. The signs of the messianic age were in fact breaking out all around Jesus. In this narrative, Matthew and Luke were making specific claims about Jesus as messiah and they were quoting this passage from Isaiah to demonstrate that Jesus indeed was the expected one, “the one who was to come.” If healing were to accompany the inauguration of the Kingdom of God and if Jesus was believed to have been that promised one, then he had to be portrayed as the bringer of wholeness. This means that miracle stories had to be attached to the memory of Jesus in all three of the Old Testament categories: Moses stories, Elijah- Elisha stories and messianic expectation stories. Jesus was messiah was their claim and for supporting data for this claim they cited stories that demonstrated that he commanded the forces of nature, he raised the dead and he was the one who could and did bring wholeness to the brokenness of human life. That is what those miracle stories were employed to communicate and that is why they need to be read as interpretive symbols, not as supernatural acts. That was also why no miracles were connected with the memory of Jesus until the eighth decade. It took that long for this interpretive process to get established. That is why Paul seems to know nothing of Jesus as a miracle worker. Miracles were an eighth decade addition to the Jesus story, introduced first by Mark, then copied within a decade or so with no additions by Matthew. By the time Luke wrote in the late 80’s to early 90’s, more Elijah-Elisha stories were added to the memory of Jesus. That is why only in Luke did Jesus like Elisha, heal not one, but ten lepers. Only in Luke did Jesus raise from the dead the only son of a widow just as Elijah did. When Luke arrived at the climax of his gospel he once again adapted an Elijah story, magnified it and then retold it as a Jesus story. That is why, only in Luke, did Jesus ascend into heaven, just as Elijah did, except that Luke says that Jesus did it without the help that Elijah received from a magical, fiery chariot drawn by magical fiery horses and propelled by a divine whirlwind. Jesus, as the new Elijah, could ascend without any supernatural aids. After Elijah ascended, he was said to have poured out a double portion of his powerful, but still human spirit on his single disciple, Elisha. In Luke’s climactic narrative, Jesus, the “new Elijah, poured out the enormous gift of God’s Holy Spirit in sufficient quantities to transform the entire community and to last throughout the centuries. In the telling of these Ascension and Pentecost stories, Luke tipped his hat overtly to the Elijah source from which he was drawing his material. He even took the whirlwind that propelled Elijah’s chariot heavenward and he turned it into the mighty rushing wind that filled the upper room on the day of Pentecost. He took the fire from the magical chariot and horses and turned it into tongues of fire that were said to have lighted on the heads of the disciples as a sign of the presence of the Holy Spirit. A close examination of the miracle stories of the New Testament thus reveals that they were not written as the memory of literal events. They were, rather, created as interpretive narratives presenting Jesus as the new Moses, the new Elijah and the expected messiah. They are to be read not as supernatural tales, but as interpretive symbols. Suddenly the miracles begin to look very different and we are able to read the gospels in a new manner. To see this, however, we must “think different” and “accept uncertainty.” We will continue this series next week. ~John Shelby Spong Read the essay online here. Bishop Spong's Summer Session at the Pacific School of Religion! Re-Claiming the Bible in a Post-Christian World Instructor: John Shelby Spong Dates and Times: One week: July 16-20, 9am - 1pm Description: Can the Bible, written 2000-3000 years ago, speak in any meaningful way to the 21st century? If it cannot, then is Christianity at an end? If it can, will Christianity look anything like what we have known in the past? Since creeds and doctrines are all constructed on the basis of what was believed to be "Biblical Truth," can any of the current formularies stand? Since liturgy is based on biblical definitions of sin, salvation and God, none of which make much sense to 21st century people, can Christianity tolerate the revolution that it faces? This class will be taught by one who has been a priest and bishop for 56 years with one foot in the institutional church and the other in the academic world of new insights. It is specifically designed for clergy and questing lay people. Course Credits & Cost: 1.5 credits - $990; audit - $495; 2.0 CEUs - $350 Course Number: BS-2117 (credit); BS-0003 (CEUs) Required Text: John Shelby Spong, Re-Claiming the Bible for a Non-Religious World, 2011 HarperCollins, San Francisco. Purchase here. Syllabus: Re-Claiming the Bible in a Post-Christian World Register Question & Answer Juan, from San Diego, writes: Question: I just finished reading a book, Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith by Barbara Brown Taylor, formerly a priest of the Episcopal Church. She left her church just the way you left the Episcopal Church. After reading her book, this is what I wrote on the last page of her book “Barbara Taylor is free as a bird now after she left the Episcopal Church and took a teaching job at Piedmont College. She left the Episcopal Church but never left her God.” My question is: Is this the direction you want your readers to follow? Answer: Dear Juan, You really don’t know much about me if you think I have left the Episcopal Church. I treasure my church. Every Sunday that I am home, I am at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Morristown. I frequently teach an adult class there. I fill in for our wonderful clergy whenever they need help. The largest portion of my charitable giving goes to that church. I am still a bishop with seat, voice and vote in the House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church. I believe very deeply that Christianity itself needs to be reformed radically if it hopes to live into the 21st century, but I do not believe it can be reformed except by those who love it, who are deeply part of it and who are committed to it. I know and admire Barbara Brown Taylor who, it seems to me, still practices her ministry and her Christian faith in very creative ways. What she has said no to are some of the structures and formulations of traditional Christianity. I have no sense that Barbara has abandoned her love for the Christ. So, I don’t know how to answer your question except to say that I want my readers to join the reformation, to help make the Christian Church live again as the light of the world. For that is what we were created to be. ~John Shelby Spong Announcements Read what Bishop Spong has to say about A Joyful Path Progressive Christian Spiritual Curriculum for Young Hearts and Minds: "The great need in the Christian church is for a Sunday school curriculum for children that does not equate faith with having a pre-modern mind. The Center for Progressive Christianity has produced just that. Teachers can now teach children in Sunday school without crossing their fingers. I endorse it wholeheartedly." Subscribers, please remember that your subscription is automatically renewed. You can unsubscribe at any time. Simply login to access your profile page and cancel your account. Login to be able to comment directly on the website. Join in the discussion! Look for Bishop Spong on Facebook and LIKE the Facebook page for ProgressiveChristianity.org! You can also follow Bishop Spong on Twitter. Thank you for taking this journey with us! 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Report on Carol Fleischman --Cycles of Life legacy Retreat
by George Packard 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

Dear Marilyn and Joe, It is almost three weeks now since Carol Fleischman delivered "Cycles of Life Legacy Retreat" here in Santa Fe. We are sorry that you could not come as you had hoped, but here is a brief report. I am sending this to you on dialogue believing others Who know Carol may also be interested. We had a very engaging retreat that provided a formal setting for Carol to beta test the construct which she has done as living room gatherings or for church groups before. Carol was pleased with the results. Elise and I were very excited for ourselves for the opportunity to take stock and reassess our lives. We were even more excited for the other participants (22 friends and colleagues with whom we have worked). The 4-hour process-driven format was done in one day, 9:30Am - 4:00 PM with lunch. It enabled each of us to find and give voice to a deeper and alternative perspective of our lives looking through the 7 year cycles rather than the usual decades or open timeline of broader phases we have lived. The format was crisp and tightly timed. Carol has produced a small participant journal booklet with a beautiful artistic and contemplative picture -- moon over reflecting water on the cover and in half tone on the inner pages. There is one page for each 7 year cycle (0-7-14-21-28-35-42-49-56-63-70-77-84-98 ---). The structure is to pass 4 times through the 7 year cycles, personalized ahead of time with each of our specific dates in the booklet, 1) for memories, 2) for doing and being experiences, 3 ) for a summary narrative (with a partner), and 4) for a declaration of effects and influences on the world (with same partner). The fifth brief exercise is to intuitively declare the incompletes to date and the intents for the future. Some did next steps, some did affirmations. Some did their "being plan" (vs an "action plan"). WOW!!! --- All in 4 + hours. I would say "wow" was the response of all or most the group - an amazement and appreciation for a process and direction which would allow going beyond the usual paradigm of youth and education, work and career, and ultimately retirement. Three things became very apparent. First, the governing of time and the focus on the cycles as the point of reference allowed us to cover our whole life rather than just the parts to which we tend to go (successes or crisis). Second, The work with the partner is essential to get beyond our subjective prejudice (prejudice?, subjective?, who me?) It was unbelievable how much I had or was ready to dismiss and edit out as transitory that my partner responded to with amazement as we crafted our declarations. Third, while we all would have loved a two or three day retreat, the one day and the 4 + hours made it possible for many to participate who wouldn't have been able to invest a longer time. If we would have done two days, my guess is we would have had 6-7 of the 22 and maybe none. Though many expressed the desire to go back and spend more time on particular cycles and tease out additional themes it was clear that desire was a good basis for a new decision to invest solitary time or to meet with another member to engage in further work. So, we are now planning some cluster follow-up with these participants and probably a second staging of the retreat itself for a date yet to be confirmed. So let me know if you are still interested and I will send the flyer as soon as we have it. We will have accommodations for 5-6 in colleague housing and also access to the cheap hotels. We will be using the recommendations of the first participants to follow up for the next retreat. We strongly sense that it still needs to be one day, but with another 45 minutes to occasion more reflection. Carol is even designing a little reflection booklet for in between each exercise. You may have already heard directly from Carol, but I have to say it was an experience of great value for Elise and I and for all our participants. Sincerely, George and K. Elise Packard Bridging Futures LLC, Santa Fe 505-660-7070

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Re: [Oe List ...] Fw: Colorado Wildfires
by LAURELCG＠aol.com 04 Jul '12

04 Jul '12

When I flew from LA to Denver last Thursday on my way to Lubbock, TX and my mother's interment, there were many firefighters on board. Jann In a message dated 7/3/2012 7:28:30 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, aulangca(a)stny.rr.com writes: Del - This was pretty personal for me, as my sister (only sibling), her daughter, son and his family, including 2 grandchildren, all live in the Denver area. I just talked to her on the phone, and she was telling about people being bused into their burned-out Colorado Springs neighborhoods and how hard it was to realize that all they owned was now rubble. My sister and husband and my niece live in Littleton, on the south side of Denver, the side toward Colorado Springs. My niece babysits for a family whose father is a fireman in Colorado Springs. He's been working constantly - and the firemen feel so bad that they can't do more. My sister says, " People are finally starting to talk about global warming!" My comment: Thank goodness for that! We all need to work together to care for the planet. Thanks for sending this. Janice

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David's and Burna's telephone number change
by David M Dunn 04 Jul '12

04 Jul '12

Hello friends and family. Burna and I have discontinued the 720-221-4661 number listed in the current directory. Please zap that old number and add a new number Skype telephone number: 720-381-1515. Burna's cell phone (720-314-5987) and my cell phone (720-314-5991) are both active. Thanks for tracking us. David David Dunn 740 S Alton Way 9B Denver, CO 80247 -- dmdunn1(a)gmail.com 720-314-5991

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Pastor to the homeless #2
by KarenBueno＠aol.com 04 Jul '12

04 Jul '12

(This is an addition to the first email) A United Methodist pastor (a woman) accepts the assignment to minister to the poor and homeless, and is currently living on the streets. I've been studying the life of St. Francis, and I'm impressed! I sure couldn't do it! _http://www.umc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content.aspx?c=lwL4KnN1LtH&b=5847613&ct= 11178177_ (http://www.umc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content.aspx?c=lwL4KnN1LtH&b=5847613&ct=…) and now she is in jail _http://www.woai.com/news/local/story/Homeless-pastor-on-mission-arrested/k9 NhqvrIBUS5OTd6i8Agww.cspx?rss=68_ (http://www.woai.com/news/local/story/Homeless-pastor-on-mission-arrested/k9…) Karen Nelson Wright Bueno

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by KarenBueno＠aol.com 04 Jul '12

04 Jul '12

A United Methodist pastor (a woman) accepts the assignment to minister to the poor and homeless, and is currently living on the streets. I've been studying the life of St. Francis, and I'm impressed! I sure couldn't do it! _http://www.umc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content.aspx?c=lwL4KnN1LtH&b=5847613&ct= 11178177_ (http://www.umc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content.aspx?c=lwL4KnN1LtH&b=5847613&ct=…) Karen Nelson Bueno

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Fw: Colorado Wildfires
by Del Morril 03 Jul '12

03 Jul '12

With what's going on now with the dire weather some are experiencing in the USA, it seems timely to send this on. Del I am sending photos and comments on the fire near Colorado Springs from a friend who got the photos from another friend. I've removed their emails and names. The photos are frightening. We flew into Denver today near Fort Collins and that fire, which is not in the photos below, can be seen from the air, and smoke hangs in the air there and in Denver. Let's all hope for rain for Colorado asap and that these fires are under control soon. E-mail received: A friend of ours sent these to us. I would guess that they were shot on Tuesday night when all hell broke loose on the foothills in Colorado Springs. There is no accurate count yet but it's estimated that there were over 300 homes that were lost and when you review the pictures, you'll see why. The forest is just like gasoline. Nothing can stop the monster, although winds have slowed today and the temperatures are little cooler. The danger today seems to be in the northwest quadrant of the fire which is burning towards Woodland Park, a mountain community. Things have gotten a bit better since these were taken, but you can see the extent of damage in just this one fire. We have close to 8 like this burning now. They think some were started by arsonists. This one they think was a lightening strike, as most have been. Waldo Canyon Fire (Colorado Springs). That's the Air Force Academy in the foreground. (It's evacuated now. 32,000 people in the area have been evacuated.) Several consecutive days of 105-degree heat, low humidity and high winds. Denver under the smoke cloud from the Flagstaff Fire near Boulder: Flagstaff Fire as seen from Longmont: And none of these photos are of the 90,000-acre High Park Fire near Fort Collins or any other dozen other major fires in our state. Pray for everyone who's affected by them. (JX2601ID: [21624])

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Re: [Oe List ...] Fw: Daily Meditation: Power and Powerlessness / Right and L...
by KarenBueno＠aol.com 03 Jul '12

03 Jul '12

I just finished a book "St. Francis of Assisi" by G.K.Chesterton. I don't know when it was written, as I got it on my kindle and I can't retrieve the title page! My main insight: At Francis' time the church was involved in Adoration of Christ. Francis introduced Imitation of Christ. Karen Bueno In a message dated 7/2/2012 2:07:24 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, cfhahn30(a)gmail.com writes: Hey Rod, Thank you for passing this wonderful piece along. Reminds one of the strength and power we experienced in the OE. Charles On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 10:22 PM, Rod Rippel <_rodrippel(a)cox.net_ (mailto:rodrippel@cox.net) > wrote: From: _Pauline_ (mailto:peacepwr@cox.net) Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 4:45 PM To: _Rod Rippel_ (mailto:rodrippel@cox.net) Subject: Fw: Daily Meditation: Power and Powerlessness / Right and Left -- July 1, 2012 you will like this, I think. P From: _Center for Action and Contemplation_ (mailto:cac@cacradicalgrace.org) Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 11:09 PM To: _peacepwr(a)cox.net_ (mailto:peacepwr@cox.net) Subject: Daily Meditation: Power and Powerlessness / Right and Left -- July 1, 2012 Having trouble viewing this message? _Click here to view as a webpage_ (http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001JWrBfQvQQdHG1eDu1saZPc4zgjtJU0XaE-xRJOMAHErS… fw8qfUCblnj2ymqyeNIDPOuka5EZrpLwYvKP2POPRB2ykYnAwjJK5ggVOP6cdGxvotwXVw==) . Image courtesy of Aaron Reddin, _aaronreddin.com_ (http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001JWrBfQvQQdFGBkii78m jJA-P9LjQdTA1Hnmk8vweeUj5k6WTEZ3Lla4mmfPteL8Crp-aZEFZuOVvyvAKiKlXvPxcRcTB9EHVMJhDU8NG-VmUDxuKRmjvjQ==) POWER AND POWERLESSNESS / RIGHT AND LEFT Lenin is supposed to have said, shortly before he died, that if he had to do his Russian revolution over again, he would have asked for ten Francises of Assisi rather than more Bolsheviks. He realized that something imposed by domination and violence from above only creates the same mirrored response from below. It is just a matter of time. He realized that the only communism that would ever be helpful to the world was the voluntary and joyous simplicity of a Francis of Assisi. (As a Franciscan, I am indeed a “ communist” as we share all things equally and from a common purse.) That element of the practice of the early church (_Acts 2:44_ (http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001JWrBfQvQQdF_nVDBEuS-UzpqLXV9l5w0GO9DVJAnLi0C… 4pD2BTn3BFCf1i04B8vNzZJv60ql8xOv1HYTfqan4A-943MX2iCgZ42Fjdtdu_wlJOd8K7GBlU_y HrNZSTYelqbA1yRlJWKx676JxaNHDDDmia1LbiHOFOCcMqio2gmeRrU4qr_1Mcc6uGwi0g==) ) and of Jesus (_John 13:29_ (http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001JWrBfQvQQdHO6J3XoANRWO5EVyHXWT8AdOnaIAHrlANJ… 9vs7tBqcgpqgQvRcv9pUFnAjUmX6KomP4qZx2GKGqrviohMTYsurPhA9pM1p1MKp0AzmZfZlTbZ6 HcjyJFtCF73S2pXMM9bb0pvBMVjC17ADQAjOQR_l-czjA==) ) was never taught with any great seriousness. It was never expected of the clergy—certainly not of the higher clergy—and therefore why would we, or could we, ask it of the rest of the church? Jesus was training the leaders, because you can only ask of others what you yourselves have done first. He was initiating them as spiritual elders, much more than ordaining them as “priests” (which is an Old Testament word never used for his apostles). Once we saw the clerical state as a place of advancement instead of downward mobility, once ordination was not a form of initiation but a continuation of patriarchal patterns, the authentic preaching of the Gospel became the exception rather than the norm—whether Orthodox, Catholic or Protestant. The first human “demon” that normally needs to be exposed is the human addiction to power, prestige, and possessions. These tend to pollute everything. Once we preach the true Gospel, I doubt if we are going to fill the churches. 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