[Oe List ...] [Dialogue] What the heck did we mean with "Contentless"??
Gordon Harper
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Tue Dec 20 16:22:59 EST 2011
I rather like the dictionary definition you came up with, Jim. Weren't
most of us always a bit discontented and dissatisfied??
In addition, to be slightly more serious, it's related in my mind to the
little short course I suspect many of us use when training or
facilitating strategic thinking and planning. The one around
Eisenhower's famous statement, "The plan is nothing. Planning is
everything."
Gordon
On 12/20/2011 12:58 PM, Wayne Nelson wrote:
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> We say that the method is contentless; so the focus is on process.
> That makes sense.
>
> I think we can also legitimately say that the medium (method) is the
> message. It is the methodology that enables people to vision,
> discover and come to terms with limits, act out of freedom and
> responsibility etc. Those messages are entirely transparent and
> embodied in practical processes. We don't go around saying stuff like,
> " you are a free person", but people discover their existential
> freedom in these facilitated situations.
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> On 2011-12-20, at 3:32 PM, PSchrijnen at aol.com
> <mailto:PSchrijnen at aol.com> wrote:
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>> Dear Jim,
>> In meetings these days we refer to balancing focus on content and
>> process. Maybe 'contentless' has to do with focusing on process: the
>> way things are done rather than what is done. I suspect it must have
>> been more complicated than that....
>> Paul
>> In a message dated 20/12/2011 19:55:18 GMT Standard Time,
>> jfwiegel at yahoo.com <mailto:jfwiegel at yahoo.com> writes:
>>
>> Looking on the internet, it comes up as
>>
>>
>> Con`tent´less: Discontented
>> <http://www.webster-dictionary.net/definition/Discontented>;
>> dissatisfied
>> <http://www.webster-dictionary.net/definition/dissatisfied>
>>
>>
>> What did we mean? What might be synonyms?
>>
>> Jim Wiegel
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>> --- On *Sat, 12/17/11, Ellie Stock /<elliestock at aol.com
>> <mailto:elliestock at aol.com>>/* wrote:
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>> From: Ellie Stock <elliestock at aol.com
>> <mailto:elliestock at aol.com>>
>> Subject: Re: [Dialogue] Advent song: In the Fullness of
>> Earth's Time
>> To: dialogue at wedgeblade.net <mailto:dialogue at wedgeblade.net>
>> Date: Saturday, December 17, 2011, 1:55 PM
>>
>> Hi Jack--
>> There is a tune, but it's not written down. Our son, who is
>> a musician, is visiting this weekend and is going to write it
>> down--can send it then. Til then it's in my head and on
>> tape...the tune is reminiscent of a madrigal melody. It's
>> part of series called New World Madrigals.
>> Grace and peace,
>> Ellie
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jack Gilles <icabombay at igc.org <mailto:icabombay at igc.org>>
>> To: Colleague Dialogue <dialogue at wedgeblade.net
>> <mailto:dialogue at wedgeblade.net>>
>> Sent: Sat, Dec 17, 2011 2:45 pm
>> Subject: Re: [Dialogue] Advent song: In the Fullness of
>> Earth's Time
>>
>> Ellie,
>>
>> Is there a tune with this song? The words and images are
>> terrific!
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Grace & Peace,
>>
>> Jack
>> On Dec 17, 2011, at 2:21 PM, Ellie Stock wrote:
>>
>>> Advent and Christmas blessings...
>>> IN THE FULNESS OF EARTH'S TIME
>>> In the fullness of earth's time
>>> In the silent desert night
>>> Unfolds a rose and lifts its head
>>> To the wonder of dawn's light
>>> Praising life's strange plight
>>> Creation's timing is perfect
>>> Its Mystery rebirth
>>> In the stillness of earth's space
>>> In a crowded city place
>>> Awakes a soul and lifts his head
>>> To the wonder of his fate
>>> Called to lead life's race
>>> Creation's timing is perfect
>>> Its chosenness rebirth
>>> In the fullness of earth's time
>>> Across five thousand lands
>>> Stretch the arms of woman and man
>>> To build the earth again
>>> Joined in life's strange dance
>>> Creation's timing is perfect
>>> Its Mystery rebirth
>>> Creation's timing is perfect
>>> Its chosenness rebirth
>>> ejhs
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