[Oe List ...] Salmon: Reflections on "Discernment"

[Margaret Helen Aiseayew]

Bill, et. al.

I want to give thanks for the dance.

Then I feel it is important to point out that unless I Really Awaken, Jesus gets nailed again to the cross., and when I REALLY AWAKEN I get nailed to the cross again.  Isness is not generally appreciated in our society, it is offensive.  I have discovered in the past few weeks that most of my congregants would prefer to keep the stone sealed in place, some are willing to have it rolled away to let in a little light, a few are willing to walk out of the tomb and only a one or two are willing to dance.  Last Sunday, I told them flat out that the Good News and the Bad News is:  You are the Messiah.

Love you all, Margaret

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bill Salmon 
  To: Order Ecumenical Community 
  Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 10:41 PM
  Subject: [Oe List ...] Salmon: Reflections on "Discernment"


  Roxanna and Weigle --
      Doesn't it work both ways? Luther called us "little Christs," and unless Christ is risen in me, I'm not all that I'm called to be; i.e., to live the life for which I am created as servant and as sacrifice.        
      Unfortunately, unless I Really Awaken, Jesus gets nailed again to the cross. The unfortunte part is that when I elect to stay in bed, I'm not all the Is-ness that I am, and those lives that I elect to call forth from their tombs sleep on, and they do not live abundantly in their Is-ness.
      Isn't this the motivation of emphasizing the Human Factors in Human Development? Wasn't this the motivation for getting me up every morning? 
      Inner Peace, ya'all. Bill 
      
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: James Wiegel 
    To: Order Ecumenical Community 
    Cc: oe at wedgeblade.net 
    Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 9:43 PM
    Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Salmon: Reflections on "Discernment"


    So, if I push the "snooze" button . . . Jesus does too??

    "foxy-rox at juno.com" <foxy-rox at juno.com> wrote: 
      How about 'Praise the Lord, Christ is Risen!' --and instead of 'He is risen indeed!' it should be 'He is risen in me!' Now THAT is a shaking of the foundations.
      Shalom, Roxana



      From: "Bill Salmon" 
      To: "Ecumenical Order" 
      Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:47:47 -0500
      Subject: [Oe List ...] Salmon: Reflections on "Discernment"

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      Colleagues on the Journey --
          I enjoyed Mark Phillips' Earthrise reflections about the discernment of God. It made me stop to reflect on similar episodes when I've been asked to help someone discover the presence of God in their life. My first question is quite existential. How do we know a cow is a cow, or a tree is a tree? Of course, it is its "IS--NESS" that is discerned.    
          The same is true for us as humane and gracious creatures working for justice and mercy -- it is as we awaken to our "is-ness" that we discover the experience, or presence, of God. Well, at least we are one manifestation of the Mystery. Um-m-m-m, it seems to me this is the similar message Moses claimed from the Great "I Am!" 
          Isn't it fun to wake up to what we already are, but to which we spend most of our time asleep or in denial? Isn't this the demonstration of the Christ Event. Mark is right, Zorba experience it in quarter-time: Ah' ! - 2 - 3 - 4, and'a 1 - 2 - 3 - 4. Thank God for Kaz. I suppose it is appropriate to thank God for Tillich as well. Once awakened, it is necessary to accept our awakenment as the gift it already is, already has been, and always will be. Isn't this The Way It Is (TWLI)?
          Come to think about it, isn't this the purpose of that damn wake up bell: "Praise the Lord, Christ is Risen." "He [or she, as the case may be] is risen indeed!" Now, if my feet can find that cold winter boards on the 3rd floor of the Brussels convent. Oh, that's cold. Yep! That'll wake up anyone. 
          Inner Peace!
          Bill Salmon
          
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