[Oe List ...] Book: Get the Point, The Life and Times of Dick Kroeger, by Amelia Kroeger

[Herman Greene]

Thanks for this review Ellie. 

 

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From: oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net] On Behalf
Of Ellie Stock
Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 11:43 PM
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Subject: [Oe List ...] Book: Get the Point,The Life and Times of Dick
Kroeger, by Amelia Kroeger

 

Hi folks,

 

This afternoon I finished reading Get The Point, The Life and Times of Dick
Kroeger, by Amelia Kroeger.  Many will remember that Dick and Amelia are
OE/EI/ICA colleagues who served in the Rochester House, were priors of the
Seattle House, and organized the consultation for and served in Inyan
Wakagapi (Cannonball).  Dick also was the one who sent out the weekly Spong
emails and Center for Progressive Spirituality newsletters.  Prior to his
death in 2008, Dick had planned to write his memoir for his family, but was
not able to that.  Fortunately for their family and those who read it,
Amelia sustained that vision as she penned Get the Point.  It is
beautifully, simply, honestly, humbly, and imaginally written--a great
tribute to Dick and the many dimensions of his passions, adventures,
creativity, and compassion as well as to their forty-six years of
partnership, friendship, and marriage. 

 

Two chapters, "A Turn to the World" and "Hallowed Ground" focus on their
journey with OE/EI/ICA.  

The back cover states: Get the Point recalls the life and times of Dick
Kroeger, as he journeyed into and through his vision as a newspaper man, an
insurance broker, a VISTA volunteer, a wilderness traveler and guide, a bird
dog trainer and hunter, and a school bus driver.

 

At a Kroeger family reunion in 1982 Dick's sister, mary, pronounced the
family "visionaries, not missionaries".  In 2005, shortly after Mary's
death, Dick, remembering back to the essay Mary read, wrote a reflection he
named "The Vision Thing".  Here are some excerpts:

 

Clearly understand your vision.  Thent ake the necessary action.  Then trust
the vision will be realized, although not on your schedule, andperhaps not
in ways you expected.  But you must:

     - Create the vision

     - Do the actions

     - Expect to realize the vision

     - Be patient

 

During Dick's life he revised his vision many times, always giving
consideration to how his vision might impact the lives of those whom he
cared for and had responsibility for.

The book was just published by Outreach Press, Denver, CO.  Amelia is not
marketing GTP; but, for those who may be interested, it is available on
Amazon and Barnes and Noble. The best purchase price is at Outskirts Press -
<http://outskirtspress.com/bookstore/9781432784768.html>
http://outskirtspress.com/bookstore/9781432784768.html . 

 

Grace and peace,

Ellie Stock

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