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Nancy Dart

Julianne,

Now that you mention that conversation, I have the stirrings of the memory of it, 35 years later. I can hear him telling the tale in that mellifluous voice, with that great laugh of his. I love your recollections as well!

juliannechat

Yes, mellifluous is absolutely the word! (Thanks to Nancy for pointing out that the conversation I described was in the 70s, not the 90s. That's what I meant to say; those decades are whipping by so quickly...)

When I had a chance to hear Bishop Spong speak at the Common Dreams Conference in Sydney in 2007 it was a very different (and healing) experience, as if he and I had "made up" - agreeing to disagree but in a spirit of peace. (He and I have never met so this is all on my side.)

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  • The love of our neighbour in all its fullness simply means being able to say to them: “What are you going through?” ... it is enough, but it is indispensable, to know how to look at them in a certain way. This way of looking is first of all attentive. The soul empties itself of all its own contents in order to receive into itself the being it is looking at, just as they are, in all their truth. (Simone Weil + new pronouns)

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