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Re: [Oe List ...] [Dialogue] Current social and ecological initiatives
by robertsonwork100＠gmail.com 03 Aug '22

03 Aug '22

Thanks, Jo! Looking forward to hearing from David Patterson about this initiative. Maybe you can ask him to reply to this string. Robertson Work Earth activist and author Books and bio: https://www.amazon.com/Robertson-Work/e/B075612GBF ________________________________ From: Dialogue <dialogue-bounces(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> on behalf of Jo Nelson via Dialogue <dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2022 5:16 PM To: Colleague Dialogue <dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> Cc: Jo Nelson <jo.r.nelson(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Dialogue] Current social and ecological initiatives How about David Patterson’s Common Earth study and the spin-off projects from that? From the mobile desk of Jo Nelson On Aug 2, 2022, at 5:14 PM, Robertson Work via Dialogue <dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: Thank you, Sharon! These two initiatives sound great. Looking forward to hearing from Patricia Newkirk and the D'Souza's about their initiatives and their presentations. Alan and I thought that we might call this series: Sharing Approaches that Work, Part 2! Robertson Work Earth activist and author Books and bio: https://www.amazon.com/Robertson-Work/e/B075612GBF<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazo…> ________________________________ From: Dialogue <dialogue-bounces(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> on behalf of Sharon Fisher via Dialogue <dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2022 5:04 PM To: Colleague Dialogue <dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> Cc: Sharon Fisher <saf1220(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Dialogue] Current social and ecological initiatives Rob, Songaia's regenerative gardening practices and reforestation experiment. (Patricia Newkirk) D'Souza's reforestation project around their school in India. Thanks, Sharon On Tue, Aug 2, 2022, 1:32 PM robertsonwork100--- via Dialogue <dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net<mailto:dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net>> wrote: Dear colleagues, Alan Gammel, of the ICA SRC Global Calendar group, asked me if I might host a Zoom conversation on current social and ecological initiatives of OE/EI/ICA folks in this critical time. I would like to do that. Would you please share any initiatives that you are doing or that you know that others are doing that should be documented for the archive's website on a Zoom conversation series? Here are just a few of which I am aware: 1) Abbey North's programs by the Patterson's, 2) Vida Health Center in El Paso by the Schlesinger's, 3) Human Community Network in Oklahoma with Bill Parker and others, 4) Climate action forums in Denver and Redlands with Sunny Walker, Linda Hamilton, and others, 5) Swannanoa Watershed Doughnut Economics Initiative in NC, with our local group, 6) Social artistry training in Asia with Jan Sanders and others, 7) Caring for the Albuquerque homeless by Kaze Gadway. Once we see how many initiatives that would be involved, we will decide how long each presentation will be, how many Zoom events it would take to do this, and what kind of discussion we would have after a presentation or series of presentations. Looking forward to hearing from you this week! Rob Robertson Work Earth activist and author Books and bio: https://www.amazon.com/Robertson-Work/e/B075612GBF<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazo…> _______________________________________________ Dialogue mailing list Dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net<mailto:Dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.wedg…> _______________________________________________ Dialogue mailing list Dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net

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Re: [Oe List ...] [Dialogue] Current social and ecological initiatives
by Robertson Work 02 Aug '22

02 Aug '22

Good to hear from you, Bill. I know that you are doing much to care for many people. Each initiative could be invited, for example, to share 1) What you are doing, 2) How you are doing it, 3) What has been the impact, and 4) How can others learn from you. Could you do that in a ten-or-fifteen-minute presentation? We are still trying to see what is feasible, what is the best way to share with others and to document current initiatives on the archive's website. Please share any of your suggestions or other questions. For example, if we had four fifteen-minute presentations, each followed by ten minutes of Q&A, ending with twenty minutes of cross-initiative discussion, that would be a two hour Zoom meeting. We could repeat that a few times until we had covered all of the initiatives. Your thoughts? Robertson Work Earth activist and author Books and bio: https://www.amazon.com/Robertson-Work/e/B075612GBF ________________________________ From: Dialogue <dialogue-bounces(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> on behalf of Bill Schlesinger via Dialogue <dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2022 4:35 PM To: 'Colleague Dialogue' <dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> Cc: w.schlesinger(a)pvida.net <w.schlesinger(a)pvida.net> Subject: Re: [Dialogue] Current social and ecological initiatives Rob – We’re very much on the doing pole in the Project Vida world – not sure what is the direction for the conversation? Are there some questions that might give a clue? Thanks, Bill and Carol Schlesinger, Co-Directors Project Vida 3607 Rivera Avenue El Paso, TX 79905 Office (915) 465-1191 ext. 207 Cell (915) 490-6148 FAX (915) 503-1014 From: Dialogue <> On Behalf Of robertsonwork100--- via Dialogue Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2022 2:32 PM To: Order Ecumenical Community <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net>; ICA Dialogue <dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> Cc: robertsonwork100(a)gmail.com Subject: [Dialogue] Current social and ecological initiatives Dear colleagues, Alan Gammel, of the ICA SRC Global Calendar group, asked me if I might host a Zoom conversation on current social and ecological initiatives of OE/EI/ICA folks in this critical time. I would like to do that. Would you please share any initiatives that you are doing or that you know that others are doing that should be documented for the archive's website on a Zoom conversation series? Here are just a few of which I am aware: 1) Abbey North's programs by the Patterson's, 2) Vida Health Center in El Paso by the Schlesinger's, 3) Human Community Network in Oklahoma with Bill Parker and others, 4) Climate action forums in Denver and Redlands with Sunny Walker, Linda Hamilton, and others, 5) Swannanoa Watershed Doughnut Economics Initiative in NC, with our local group, 6) Social artistry training in Asia with Jan Sanders and others, 7) Caring for the Albuquerque homeless by Kaze Gadway. Once we see how many initiatives that would be involved, we will decide how long each presentation will be, how many Zoom events it would take to do this, and what kind of discussion we would have after a presentation or series of presentations. Looking forward to hearing from you this week! Rob Robertson Work Earth activist and author Books and bio: https://www.amazon.com/Robertson-Work/e/B075612GBF<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.googl…> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE TO RECIPIENT: This transmission may contain confidential information belonging to the sender that is legally privileged and proprietary and may be subject to protection under the law, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are prohibited from sharing, copying, or otherwise using or disclosing its contents. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently delete this e-mail and any attachments without reading, forwarding or saving them. Thank you

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Re: [Oe List ...] [Dialogue] Current social and ecological initiatives
by robertsonwork100＠gmail.com 02 Aug '22

02 Aug '22

Thanks, Nancy! Looking forward to hearing from Lesley and Karen and learning more about this important initiative. Robertson Work Earth activist and author Books and bio: https://www.amazon.com/Robertson-Work/e/B075612GBF ________________________________ From: Nancy Trask <nlt462(a)gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2022 5:07 PM To: Colleague Dialogue <dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net>; robertsonwork100(a)gmail.com <robertsonwork100(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Dialogue] Current social and ecological initiatives Carbon-Free Building Initiative in Uptown, by ICA-USA, led by Lesley Showers & Karen Snyder. I’m looking forward to participating! Nancy Trask On Tue, Aug 2, 2022 at 3:32 PM robertsonwork100--- via Dialogue <dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net<mailto:dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net>> wrote: Dear colleagues, Alan Gammel, of the ICA SRC Global Calendar group, asked me if I might host a Zoom conversation on current social and ecological initiatives of OE/EI/ICA folks in this critical time. I would like to do that. Would you please share any initiatives that you are doing or that you know that others are doing that should be documented for the archive's website on a Zoom conversation series? Here are just a few of which I am aware: 1) Abbey North's programs by the Patterson's, 2) Vida Health Center in El Paso by the Schlesinger's, 3) Human Community Network in Oklahoma with Bill Parker and others, 4) Climate action forums in Denver and Redlands with Sunny Walker, Linda Hamilton, and others, 5) Swannanoa Watershed Doughnut Economics Initiative in NC, with our local group, 6) Social artistry training in Asia with Jan Sanders and others, 7) Caring for the Albuquerque homeless by Kaze Gadway. Once we see how many initiatives that would be involved, we will decide how long each presentation will be, how many Zoom events it would take to do this, and what kind of discussion we would have after a presentation or series of presentations. Looking forward to hearing from you this week! Rob Robertson Work Earth activist and author Books and bio: https://www.amazon.com/Robertson-Work/e/B075612GBF _______________________________________________ Dialogue mailing list Dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net<mailto:Dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net -- “If you love it enough, anything will talk with you” ~George Washington Carver

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Re: [Oe List ...] [Dialogue] Current social and ecological initiatives
by Robertson Work 02 Aug '22

02 Aug '22

Thank you, Sharon! These two initiatives sound great. Looking forward to hearing from Patricia Newkirk and the D'Souza's about their initiatives and their presentations. Alan and I thought that we might call this series: Sharing Approaches that Work, Part 2! Robertson Work Earth activist and author Books and bio: https://www.amazon.com/Robertson-Work/e/B075612GBF ________________________________ From: Dialogue <dialogue-bounces(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> on behalf of Sharon Fisher via Dialogue <dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2022 5:04 PM To: Colleague Dialogue <dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> Cc: Sharon Fisher <saf1220(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Dialogue] Current social and ecological initiatives Rob, Songaia's regenerative gardening practices and reforestation experiment. (Patricia Newkirk) D'Souza's reforestation project around their school in India. Thanks, Sharon On Tue, Aug 2, 2022, 1:32 PM robertsonwork100--- via Dialogue <dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net<mailto:dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net>> wrote: Dear colleagues, Alan Gammel, of the ICA SRC Global Calendar group, asked me if I might host a Zoom conversation on current social and ecological initiatives of OE/EI/ICA folks in this critical time. I would like to do that. Would you please share any initiatives that you are doing or that you know that others are doing that should be documented for the archive's website on a Zoom conversation series? Here are just a few of which I am aware: 1) Abbey North's programs by the Patterson's, 2) Vida Health Center in El Paso by the Schlesinger's, 3) Human Community Network in Oklahoma with Bill Parker and others, 4) Climate action forums in Denver and Redlands with Sunny Walker, Linda Hamilton, and others, 5) Swannanoa Watershed Doughnut Economics Initiative in NC, with our local group, 6) Social artistry training in Asia with Jan Sanders and others, 7) Caring for the Albuquerque homeless by Kaze Gadway. Once we see how many initiatives that would be involved, we will decide how long each presentation will be, how many Zoom events it would take to do this, and what kind of discussion we would have after a presentation or series of presentations. Looking forward to hearing from you this week! Rob Robertson Work Earth activist and author Books and bio: https://www.amazon.com/Robertson-Work/e/B075612GBF<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazo…> _______________________________________________ Dialogue mailing list Dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net<mailto:Dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.wedg…>

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Current social and ecological initiatives
by robertsonwork100＠gmail.com 02 Aug '22

02 Aug '22

Dear colleagues, Alan Gammel, of the ICA SRC Global Calendar group, asked me if I might host a Zoom conversation on current social and ecological initiatives of OE/EI/ICA folks in this critical time. I would like to do that. Would you please share any initiatives that you are doing or that you know that others are doing that should be documented for the archive's website on a Zoom conversation series? Here are just a few of which I am aware: 1) Abbey North's programs by the Patterson's, 2) Vida Health Center in El Paso by the Schlesinger's, 3) Human Community Network in Oklahoma with Bill Parker and others, 4) Climate action forums in Denver and Redlands with Sunny Walker, Linda Hamilton, and others, 5) Swannanoa Watershed Doughnut Economics Initiative in NC, with our local group, 6) Social artistry training in Asia with Jan Sanders and others, 7) Caring for the Albuquerque homeless by Kaze Gadway. Once we see how many initiatives that would be involved, we will decide how long each presentation will be, how many Zoom events it would take to do this, and what kind of discussion we would have after a presentation or series of presentations. Looking forward to hearing from you this week! Rob Robertson Work Earth activist and author Books and bio: https://www.amazon.com/Robertson-Work/e/B075612GBF

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7/31/22 PHOTOS
by Frank Knutson 01 Aug '22

01 Aug '22

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URL for today's Zoom on the neighborhood climate action forums
by Robertson Work 01 Aug '22

01 Aug '22

Today at 4 pm, EDT, Thursday, July 28, there is a Zoom meeting concerning the neighborhood climate action forums held by ICA and ToP in Colorado and California. Those of us in the Swannanoa watershed of North Carolina will be seeing how we can use this approach here. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89867959874?pwd=MjlFdWRCdTlaNXlJbGhBWEZ4bHNNdz09 Join us! Robertson Work Earth activist and author Books and bio: https://www.amazon.com/Robertson-Work/e/B075612GBF

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8/1/22 PHOTOS
by Frank Knutson 01 Aug '22

01 Aug '22

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Re: [Oe List ...] 7/31/22 PHOTOS
by James Wiegel 01 Aug '22

01 Aug '22

Third picture is first Human Development Training School in Maliwada late November / early December of 1976. Next, I believe, is PT James Jim Wiegel “We are all time travelers journeying into the future. But let us make that future a place we want to visit. “ Stephen Hawking > On Jul 31, 2022, at 10:51 AM, Frank Knutson via OE <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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] WHO WE WERE
by James Wiegel 01 Aug '22

01 Aug '22

Two perspectives from Joe Slicker on what was going on around the turn — particularly pertinent to Bill Schlessinger’s comment We saw the rise in RS-1’s go over the hill — https://youtu.be/yfUS8VPpKn4 The 70’s came https://youtu.be/xz4xJbdRChY Jim Wiegel “We are all time travelers journeying into the future. But let us make that future a place we want to visit. “ Stephen Hawking > On Jul 29, 2022, at 8:07 AM, James Wiegel via Dialogue <dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: > 2 items > > 1. Follow this link to a transcript from 1970 that contains a drawing “the first operating image of our group … drawn in 1956”. https://wedgeblade.net/files/archives_assets/521.pdf > The drawing sort of frames the discussion and Sunny’s remembrance. It also illustrates for me that we were an early example of an organizational development / transformation intervention. One of the current leaders in the ToP network recently completed his doctoral thesis on us titled something like Caring as Radical Organization Development. > > 2. How about we invent / schedule a couple of ZOOM COLLEGIUMS and pursue this intriguing topic? > > Jim Wiegel > “…the long work > of turning their lives > into a celebration > is not easy. Come and let us talk“. > > The Sunflowers. Mary Oliver > > >> On Jul 28, 2022, at 11:06 PM, Karen Snyder via Dialogue <dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: >> >> >>> On Jul 28, 2022, at 3:20 PM, Nancy Lanphear via Dialogue <dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: >>> >>> This is one of the most relevant questions I think we can try to navigate. In the Midst of all the crisis and chaos of these days? It seems to me mush of the awakening and challenge is happening right now. Is it within the church, doesn’t feel like it. Great quest for thought and dialogue. I’m open, are you all? >>> >>>> On Jul 28, 2022, at 11:43 AM, Randy Williams via Dialogue <dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> Sunny, >>>> >>>> That has been my understanding as well. But the speech I referenced, which Wiegel provided the link to, is Joe’s opening address at the Summer ‘72 Research Assembly. That’s sure not what he was saying. His direct quote is, “As you look back across these fifty-five years (of church renewal), it is clear that in terms of what the renewal forces which began about the middle of World War I intended to accomplish, the Church has been renewed.” >>>> >>>> He said that “the effort to renew the People of God” was done “and that the theoretical job…had been accomplished.” He then said it was time “to shift from the emphasis on the theoretical…to the practical.” He seemed to say that meant the task was now for us to be the practical demonstration of the church renewing the secular world. >>>> >>>> That seems to be what he meant by the “Great Turn.” “Therefore, there is no more need for the forces of renewal in the Church since their job has been accomplished.” Then he said, “What the Church needs are demonstrations in the concrete arenas of society of what it means to be mission in the civilizing process.” >>>> >>>> I can send you the link to the whole speech if you’d like. >>>> >>>> Randy >>>> >>>>> On Jul 28, 2022, at 2:14 PM, Sunny Walker via Dialogue <dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Randy, I came into the Order shortly before the turn to the world and always heard it was an end run around the church, directly to the world. >>>>> >>>>> Sunny Walker >>>>> She/her/hers >>>>> On Arapaho, Cheyenne, Núu-agha-tʉvʉ-pʉ̱ (Ute), and Očeti Šakówiŋ (Sioux) tribal land >>>>> >>>>> Certified Facilitator (Also Certified ToP Facilitator) >>>>> ToP Methods Mentor Trainer - Upcoming Courses >>>>> Virtual Facilitation Collaborative Senior Facilitator >>>>> sunny.sunwalker(a)gmail.com >>>>> 303-587-3017 >>>>> >>>>> For virtual facilitation inquiries: >>>>> sunny(a)virtualfacilitationcollaborative.com >>>>> www.virtualfacilitationcollaborative.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 3:20 PM Randy Williams via Dialogue <dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: >>>>>> Frank, >>>>>> I think I asked this question a few years ago but will do so again. Around about 1972 some declaration was made that “the church is renewed,” and we did the “turn to the world.” My question is, did we do the “turn” because we thought our work with the church was done, or because we thought the attempts to renew the church were proving fruitless, so we did an “end run” around the church directly to the world? I have absolutely zero axes to grind here, but if we did think the church had been renewed, what was the evidence? What did we point to as the signs of renewal, and to what degree has it been sustained? I do believe this question is relevant to “who we were.” >>>>>> Randy >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Jul 26, 2022, at 12:04 PM, Frank Knutson via Dialogue <dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Colleagues, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> For me, the most radical was self support (not depending on anyone else for our support thus not being beholden to anybody) and poverty—in the U.S. $84/month. WOW! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The decision to Renew the Church. That war was won when the 3 strategies were decided & Imaginal Education methods were brought online. Everything flowed from that. And I agree with Sarah—Spirit Re-motivation was the glue without which nothing would happen. It’s the story of CF&LC & O:E/EI/ICA that is the important story for the world. That’s how it all came about—it was people making the impossible, possible. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This is a diagram I created for the Archive Project, circa 2016. Notice that Spiritual Re-Motivation embraces it all. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <3 STRATAGIES.png> >>>>>>> G-O-D Bless >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <cats-kitten.gif> >>>>>>> <clip_image002.png> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Jul 21, 2022, at 11:00 AM, Karenbueno via Dialogue <dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Dear colleagues, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'll add one daring thing we said to each other "back then". >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> "All time is assigned time!" >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Even at the age of 84, I cannot retire, but stay active in local church, women's group, climate action groups, and keep reading new books about our times! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Karen Bueno (formerly Mrs. Terrence Wright, Karen Wright) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>>> From: Robertson Work via Dialogue <dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> >>>>>>>> To: Order Ecumenical Community <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net>; ICA Dialogue <dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> >>>>>>>> Cc: Robertson Work <warkers(a)msn.com> >>>>>>>> Sent: Tue, Jul 19, 2022 5:19 pm >>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Dialogue] [Oe List ...] WHO WE WERE >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks to you, Frank, for sharing Gordon's wonderful reflections, and to Terry, and Randy for your reflections. I feel that you and I and many of us OE/ICA folk are a continuation of many of the ideas, visions, strategies, and actions of OE/ICA's past, and of course, many other sources as well. I find that I have continued to manifest many OE/ICA models and methods in other institutions and work over the past thirty years and continue to do so today. I agree that the most important question is: What are you and I doing today, each day, in this critical time of climate chaos, guns, threats to women, pandemics, war, and the decline of democracy? How can we take care of ourselves so that we can continue to care for those who care locally and globally? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Robertson Work >>>>>>>> Earth activist and author >>>>>>>> Books and bio: https://www.amazon.com/Robertson-Work/e/B075612GBF >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> From: OE <oe-bounces(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> on behalf of Randy Williams via OE <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> >>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 11:44 AM >>>>>>>> To: Order Ecumenical Community <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> >>>>>>>> Cc: Randy Williams <randycw1938(a)gmail.com> >>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] WHO WE WERE >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> In considering who we were and what we did as participation in some kind of continuum, I find myself thinking about what came before that gave rise to the part we played, and what has emerged, and is still emerging, as the result of our work. Saying this, I stand humbly before the reality that all change is the outcome of millions of relationships and interactions throughout time and space of which we, in the whole array, were but a momentary flicker, though I would trust, a necessary flicker. >>>>>>>> Randy >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Jul 19, 2022, at 11:20 AM, Terry Bergdall via OE <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Many of us continue to reflect upon those days, their significance, and, perhaps even more importantly, implications for our lives today. I know I do. I appreciated reading Gordon’s list, especially his comment about not trying to evaluate anything. It has more to standing before the wonder of it. I certainly have immense gratitude for being a part of the experience. Which, of course, in some form or another (even if it is just a listserv like this) continues today. Terry >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Jul 19, 2022, at 08:41, Frank Knutson via OE <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Colleagues, I ran across this document from Gordon Harper. I share it with you. He articulates what so many of us experienced in those extraordinary years. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> What Were We Thinking?? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> It’s MLK Day, 2015, and I guess I have to write this. My own fault for letting myself get drawn into this bloody archive project. I’m one of those who are currently in the process of “accessioning” their own files. Which is to say, registering in an online database the types and quantities of materials we have in our personal collections. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I found I had to sit down in the midst of reviewing these piles of file folders and reflect on what on earth it was that we thought we were doing "back then." As I tried restating for myself some aspects of that, I got sucked into that vortex of wonder that all of us who were around then experienced on more than one occasion. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I’m astounded once again at the audacity of what we set out to do--at the range and scope of even imagining that such an undertaking might be possible (and, knowing that it was humanly impossible, nevertheless committing ourselves to doing it). >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> What follows are a few of my wonderments. I’m inviting you to share yours. Your way of talking about this will be different from mine (of course: we didn’t agree on everything even back then). Here goes with some of what I’ve been ruminating about: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> · We set out to deeply understand and engage the historical moment in which we found ourselves, the global forces at work in that moment and the profound changes underway. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> · To do this, we studied and attempted to articulate for ourselves nothing less than the nature, the history and the dynamic relationships of the nations, regions, cultures and religions of planet Earth. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> · We created a framework that sought to capture and operate out of an essential knowledge of the key concepts not only of our own Western intellectual tradition but of Eastern and Southern thought as well. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> · We took on the challenge of discerning and daring to say what it meant to be fully human and the nature of the existential issues and decisions facing every human being in the twentieth century. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> · We undertook a massive crowdsourcing research effort in order to map and describe the nature of human social interaction and produced a model of the economic, political and cultural processes operating at every level of society. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> · We explored, reformulated and embodied ancient spiritual practices and created a variety of new ones in order to live spirit filled lives ourselves and to keep its presence at the forefront of everything we did. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> · We developed a corporate culture and form of intentional community that sought to hold the impossible tension between radical personal freedom and disciplined collective action. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> · We designed a strategy for building a global movement of decisional change agents and constructed a range of tools to awaken, engage, train and sustain them. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> · We sought to connect and integrate the interior spirit life and external structural dimensions of the profound changes we saw required in society >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> · We adopted, adapted and invented methodologies designed to give all people a place at the table and real voice in the decisions being made that affected their lives. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> · We formulated and implemented a strategy for catalyzing substantive change from the local level to the global that involved pilot project demonstrations, wide scale replication campaigns and a reconstituted system of education that provided people, communities and organizations with new and empowering images of possibility. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Clearly, only a start. Join in with what you’d say, how you’d say it. Not trying to evaluate anything here, just capture a bit of what it was that captured us. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> <ms-9jw0vC.gif><clip_image002.png> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>>> 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 >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> Dialogue mailing list >>>>>>>> Dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net >>>>>>>> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> Dialogue mailing list >>>>>>>> Dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net >>>>>>>> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Dialogue mailing list >>>>>>> Dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net >>>>>>> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Dialogue mailing list >>>>>> Dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net >>>>>> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Dialogue mailing list >>>>> Dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net >>>>> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Dialogue mailing list >>>> Dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net >>>> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Dialogue mailing list >>> Dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net >>> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net >> >> Karen >> Living on the land of the Council of the Three Fires: the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi with representatives from 100 nations living in what is now called Chicago. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Dialogue mailing list >> Dialogue(a)lists.wedgeblade.net >> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net

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