These responses again raise the question for me in the Archives of EI,EO,and ICA of What can the Archives do? So many people are encouraging us but their responses never seem to figure out - What should we do? I hope there are more responses to this particular "subject." Marge Philbrook in Chicago. On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 5:49 AM, H. A. Tillinghast via OE < oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
I am another of those local church people who was greatly changed by RSI and PMC. You might remember that I joined this list some time ago saying that something like RSI is needed today in the church. The Alpha Course with its rigid evangelicalism is no substitute. Living the Question can’t get beyond discussing on the belief level. Cursillo is too individualistic and pietistic.
I’m coming up with something I call “The New/Old Model of the Church". I use the bug model and two recent movements in Biblical studies. But, out of necessity, I am doing it on my own because I lack a community and consensus that was behind E I. https://budtillinghast.wordpress.com/
And I still mourn your decision to ‘turn to the world’.
Bud Tillinghast
On Jun 24, 2015, at 11:32 AM, RICHARD HOWIE via OE < oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
WHAT A WITNESS! Love, Ellen On Jun 23, 2015, at 4:48 PM, Richard via OE wrote:
RS-1’s Amazing Staying Power
I am sitting here in Washington DC at the Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL) Conference preparing to visit Congress people about a low carbon economy or as we talk about it as a ‘carbon fee and dividend, solution’ to Climate Change. We are about 800 people from around the US (just saw David Zahrt- back from his Climate March and setting up CLL chapters).
So I am at the faith leaders’ dinner last night with my significant other/ partner Sally Stovall (Dick is the faith leader and Sally is the green leader). So across the table is an elder man with white hair and a full beard. His name tag says “Father John Forney, Episcopal priest from Southern California”. It turns out he is the associate pastor at the largest Episcopal Church in the US with over 4,000 members.
In the midst of chatting, he asked, “ Well, what do you do or have done?” Sally says we are retired but still work with the Institute of Cultural Affairs and (brilliantly adds) which use to be the Ecumenical Institute…
Immediately John’s face lights up and he Blurts out, “ RS-1!....Yes!, and I would not be here in the church if it were not for RS-1…and Joseph Mathews! In the late 60s he came to Claremont and spoke to 600 young Methodist.. just amazing!”
And then the conservation gets serious about all the exciting things John is doing or has started….
The length and depth of RS-1 is exciting.. and the people out in the world engaged and making a difference because of RS-1 is wild..the Archive project should go out and find these people and see what they have done with their lives… and the word.
Dick Alton, still trying to figure out the implications of RS-1 for our times
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