For several months, I have been doing some writing, the intention of which was to spur some self-critical reflection about the Order. I had been thinking I might send it to the archives, but the last couple of days, as David, Shelley, and others have raised challenging but important topics, made me decide to go ahead and share it in this forum. If memory serves, one of the original purposes of this listserv was to create a space for inter-generational dialogue. There hasn't been a lot of that, but here we are.

 It's a little too long to include in the body of an email, so I'm attaching a PDF.

Hoping it's a helpful contribution to this conversation. 

In love and respect,

Marsha