[Dialogue] Judging

[W. J.]

Today I finally got that 'judging' is about discerning what issue is worth my life; that is, worth putting my life on the line. Clearly there are many painful, disturbing issues that don't have my name on them.
   
  The deed that has become necessary, and for that very reason is free, is the deed with my name on it. But after weighing up all the options, including the option of not-doing, the free deed emerges as significant only when we grasp the power to decide in a context that is history-long, global, and futuric.
   
  How long have I been teaching this paper?
   
  Marshall
   
  Thank you, Marilyn! I'm ready to go back to pedagogy. 
   
  And I'm glad I'm not the only one wielding a sharp blue pencil (or red pen) around here!
   
  When I was a student at Union back in the 60's, there was a very small Bonhoeffer Room that was actually in a new wing. It was a tiny basement chapel, almost like a closet, that didn't exist in Bonhoeffer's time. But it always reminded me of his agonizing, solitary decision to return to Nazi Germany. Clearly he sweated that one out at Union before finally boarding ship. His Gethsemane: 'if there's any way out of this, show me!'
   
  

John Cock <jpc2025 at triad.rr.com> wrote:
      Thanks, Marilyn, for pointing this out. Sorry, Dietrich.
   
  Will correct it on daily blog and in forthcoming book.
   
  John
  

    
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  From: dialogue-bounces at wedgeblade.net [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
> <<<<<
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 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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