We do not really know Jim personally very much. We heard snippets about him earlier but when we came here at the end of 1984 you were in distance to the ICA/O:E/EI - and we only met him both on occasions here and there, not the least at Pitt Street Uniting Church for worship or other related events. Whatever we learned from the encounters and what people said about Jim and Isobel we were so moved by their vision and courage in starting the first O:E House in Australia, in your parish manse in Paddington and group engagement to work with churches and the community at large of living out justice and caring for one another, including the Aboriginal people. Jim in particular always seemed very committed and serious, private and longing for a larger or universal whole, based on the gospel and maybe also grounded in an Irish soul and upbringing, which might have also given him a twinkle in his eye or a touch of humour. He seemed to be interested in many things and made so much happen locally and many places overseas. I picture that he has contributed much depth and understanding to the RSI courses and related ones in Australia and beyond and opened many minds and hearts to a deeper and broader way of looking and thinking, including through the eyes of the "Urs" which prepared the way to much of the later changing multicultural realities in Australia. I bet there were many jewels from living in community in the ICA and its risky large scale visioning, research, methods and practical development that Jim later passed on in some ways in his prison and other ministries and engagements. We also know of the ambiguities and bitter pills that some of the experiences of global communal living brought with them and for the family and share in that ourselves, along with many others. We give thanks for all he (and of course also you) did, for his steadfastness and determination to stand together and be clear on what you stand for and what not, it seems, and remain in awe of his whole long life lived in humility and courage. These were the two qualities that Dietrich Bonhoeffer always referred back to in his own life and struggles in challenging times and held up as basic for the Christian witness.  (We just participated last week in much of an International Bonhoeffer Congress here in Sydney right down the street from the church). Maria with Richard