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

Wed Apr 2 15:27:49 EDT 2008

Margaret --  
      May I cut in? This Rumba is now my Numba. 
      The offence of the Gospel is what got Jesus in trouble in the first place. 
    Several years ago I worked with a summer intern from Illif School of Theology. That summer we studied Bonhoeffer's "Life Together," and JWM's paper on "The Everyman Christ."  One of the sermons he preached was titled, "Don't wait for your ship to come in, it's already in." Now, that's that the Gospel too, isn't?
    Thanks for sharing. "Excuse me for stepping on your feet, but I just have two left feet. But, what the hell, I'm gonna dance right outa my shoes."
     Bill
PS: You know, I keep asking the Lord for a rest; after all I'm now retired for eight years. However, the Lord keeps telling me, "Salmon, I've got a long rest planned for you, so keep your nose in the base drum and bang away."  Bill 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Margaret Helen Aiseayew 
  To: Order Ecumenical Community 
  Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 1:21 PM
  Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Salmon: Reflections on "Discernment"

  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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