[Dialogue] FW: July 28th Reflection: Thy Will Be Done
John Cock
jpc2025 at triad.rr.com
Sun Jul 29 21:19:48 EDT 2007
Thanks, Marilyn, for pointing this out. Sorry, Dietrich.
Will correct it on daily blog and in forthcoming book.
John
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[mailto:dialogue-bounces at wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of Marilyn R Crocker
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 8:13 PM
To: dialogue at wedgeblade.net
Subject: Re: [Dialogue] July 28th Reflection: Thy Will Be Done
Dear colleagues,
I remember in a 1967 pedagogy session in Boston. Charles Moore accused me
of forever wielding my verbal "red pen." Whenever I do any kind of an
"editing" activity I think of this mini- Christ event in my life.
Nevertheless, I feel it important to note that Bonhoeffer wrote "observe,
judge, weigh up, decide and act." For me the "judging" is the most
challenging today, and likely critical to ultimately "discerning God' will.
For what it's worth,
Marilyn
Marilyn R. Crocker, Ed.D
Crocker & Associates, Inc.
123 Sanborn Road
West Newfield, ME 04095
(207) 793-3711
On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 16:39:04 -0600 J&OSlotta
<slottaglobalnews at earthlink.net> writes:
>
>
> On July 28, 2007, John Cock's daily reflection stated:
>
> >>>>>
> Thy Will Be Done
> >
> If your opponent has a conscience, then follow Gandhi and
> nonviolence.
> But if your enemy has no conscience, like Hitler, then follow
> Bonhoeffer.~attributed to Martin Luther King, Jr.
> >
> > "Observe, weigh up, decide and act": those words, written by
> > Bonhoeffer relative to discerning God's will, led to his
> execution,
> > because he "acted" by joining the plot on Hitler's life.~jpc
> >
> > "Thy will be done" can be a dangerous prayer.Namaste.
>
> comments/archives/links http://www.reJourney.blogspot.com
> <<<<<
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> We two huddled in front of John Cock's recent reflection. We found
>
> ourselves in agreement with MLK, and wanting to hear the social
> dialogue that would relate current moral dilemmas to Bonhoeffer's
> decision process: What actions are required of (us) relative to:
>
> (sample moral dilemmas)
>
> Global terrorists
> Healthcare CEO's and lobbyists
> Those who oppose the eradication of homelessness
> Sex offenders
> Those who would subpoena Michael Moore for his actions
> ...and something about uncare for Mother Earth
>
>
> Jim and OliveAnn Slotta
>
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