[Oe List ...] Intro/ need for New Course for Progressive Christians

[Michael May]

Bud,

Thank you for the inquiry on the OEListserv.

I am responding regarding a direction some of the Ecumenical Institute
alumni are taking.  RS-1 was the critical depth "awakenment tool" of the
Ecumenical Institute in the 1960's and 1970's.  Many of us were nurtured
and journeyed within this context.

In the 1970's the Institute shifted focus toward a more dominant social
orientation and the ICA (Institute of Cultural Affairs) became the banner
under which we primarily worked.  This social development orientation and
focus has continued to be primary for many who still carry on with the
good work of the institute.  However, there have been fewer continuations
and expansions upon the initial depth-awakenment tools the Institute
created in the form of curriculum like RS-1, the Odyssey, the
comprehensive curriculum of the Academy, the New Religious Mode, etc.  Two
notable exceptions include the work of Gene and Joyce Marshall and the
Realistic Living Institute (www.realisticliving.org) and John and Lynda
Cock and  the Profound Journey Dialogue
(http://johnpcock.homestead.com/Profound-Journey-Dialog--PJD-.html.  Both
of these programs have done some excellent pioneering work and you may
wish to check them out for your purposes.

I wish to also bring your attention to the work some of us are doing in
extending the legacy of RS-1 with the curriculum of Interior Mythos
Journeys. Our effort is to package the same universal and unchanging
message of Truth in a global, 21st Century, contemporary, quantum
scientific package.   I will not attempt to expand upon this effort here
but will simply invite you to visit www.storywarrior.net click on
"Introduction" and watch the short opening video.  This will orient you to
the site and you should be able to navigate from there.  If you are
so-motivated, please register.  You may also appreciate some of the
exchanges taking place on the Discussion Forum (including "the New
Religious Mode" and "Why a New Myth?" and "Contemporary Mythic Language").

I will also include you on future notifications regarding developments
with the material of Interior Mythos Journeys.

I hope this is helpful.  Please feel free to communicate regarding other
questions.

Best regards,

Michael

Michael D. May
Interior Mythos Journeys
Nurturing the Infinite Addiction
www.storywarrior.net
210 East Gilbert Drive
Bloomington, IN 47408
(812)606-7152  cell
michael at storywarrior.net






On 10/14/11 2:53 AM, "Bud Tillinghast" <rev.bud at mac.com> wrote:

>I've just joined the list, so let me introduce myself. I'm Bud
>Tillinghast. I first met Ecumenical Institute in its absence. That is, I
>showed up in Austin TX in April of 1961 to discover that most of the
>Faith and Life Community weren't there. They had gone to Chicago.
>
>After the initial course in Sacramento CA I was among a group from
>California that attended Summer '66. In 1969 I helped do the groundwork
>for the first RS I in Britain, held in Rochdale, Lancashire. In the early
>'70s I was back in California and, pastor of Laurel United Methodist
>Church, Oakland. We were part of the East Bay Galaxy of the Local Church
>Experiment.
>
>I dipped into the OE archives and ran across George Holcombe's report of
>the death of Carlos Zervagon. I remember Carlos. During the MLK march in
>Summer '66 he carried our three year old daughter on his shoulders. She
>remember it to this day. A caring man was Carlos.
>
>I'm joining the list missionally. I'm interested in helping to create a
>course for progressive Christians that is transformative. In the U S and
>England and beyond conservatives have such a course or courses: Cursillo
>and Alpha. I've been spending half the year in the U S and half in
>England. I'm near Oxford where I've been in relation to two settings
>where they are using the Living the Questions videos. It's good material,
>but very much of a head trip. And they don't know how to run a
>conversation!
>
>Over the years I have not discovered anything with the transformative
>power of R S I. I see it as the keystone of such a course for which I see
>the need. I'm not sure where R S I has gone since my involvement in the
>'70s. I've a link to give more historical setting and rationale if you
>are interested:   
>http://need-for-progressive-christian-course.wikispaces.com/
>
>I would be interested in you comments and input.
>
>Bud Tillinghast
>"I am a stranger here, within a foreign land..."
>
>In England now
>In Pittsburgh PA in two weeks.
>In California in December
>
>Skype: budtill
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