[Dialogue] For Brian and Jeanette Stanfield

[Priscilla H. Wilson]

Brian and Jeanette,
I tried to send this to the Stanfield address, but it wouldn't go so I 
am sending it to the whole Dialogue list...and hope someone gets it to 
them.
I've been thinking of you both a lot since we heard of Brian's bump in 
the middle of the road. During worship yesterday it occurred to me that 
when I think of either of you...but particularly Brian...I think of 
written and spoken words that shed spirit on all who hear or read. My 
prayers for your good health focus on that possibility that many more 
words will come from your mouth and pen for years to come.

We have Walter Bruggeman, a renowned Old Testament scholar, here at our 
church for a series of four lectures this week. Last night was the 
first lecture...a focus on Jeremiah ... and then what that text can say 
for the church today in a post 9/11 world. He pushed on the necessity 
to change the way we do things...and to shift people's imaginations to 
see the world differently...to understand open possibility.  We have so 
many of the radical right and their "blue prints" for life here in the 
US that it is crazy. He objected strongly to that...but also to the 
liberal emphasis on just social action. He was calling for there to be 
more processing of imagination.
I'm looking forward to the next three lectures. We have an amendment to 
the Kansas Constitution on the ballot tomorrow. It is calling for the 
ban on gay/lesbian marriages or civil unions. Unfortunately it will 
probably pass. (our country has gone nuts on this subject). Someone 
asked Bruggeman about it last night and he just stated that it is an 
evil amendment. We need holiness in our community...care for all God's 
people. Revolutionary thought for some.
We'll continue to pray for your health, but if you are interested in 
all this stuff I may write again and let you know another arm of 
thinking that isn't in the news.
I also remember your gracious hospitality when you took me to lunch in 
Toronto...much fun.

Much love,
Priscilla
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Priscilla Wilson
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Mission Hills, KS 66208
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