From Friday May 22, 2015 \u2013\u00a0\u201cBalancing Our Economic Realities with Our call to the Margins\u201d\u00a0– – 2015 Heartland-Delta Virtual Conference<\/p>\n
\u201cLast evening 33 UDM women and men gathered in the Lansing Reilly front parlor area for a 3 hour conversation. \u00a0We came to prepare for next Thursday\u2019s Virtual Heartland-Delta Conference. \u00a0 Our invitation process included consultations from all three campuses. \u00a0We looked for a group that looked & sounded as much like UDM as possible. \u00a0We had faculty from most of the colleges, staff from all three campuses, some senior administrators, some old timers and some people very new to our world, some Mercy and Jesuit representation too.<\/p>\n
After some schmoozing over a light supper \u2014 sandwiches and salads, beer, wine, coffee, tea, soda, icy water, and cookies \u2014 we introduced ourselves by name and budget area. \u00a0I don\u2019t think anyone in the room knew everyone. \u00a0We had arranged people in 6 tables looking ahead to next Thursday and used last night to begin a communal life for the people of each table. \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cEvery person\u2019s stories are worth the listening. \u00a0Story listening is maybe more important than story telling.\u201d We suggested the following focus questions.<\/p>\n
No one, as far as I could see, wanted to stop. \u00a0When we gathered as a whole group for the last 20 minutes, body language said a lot: conversations in twos, in threes, in fours, people leaning toward each other in a room lively with listening.<\/p>\n
I woke this morning with the feel of the room in those closing minutes, and looked for a strong poem. \u00a0 \u00a0Readers of this list will probably recognize today\u2019s post as one of my soul poems. \u00a0 \u00a0Denise Levertov wrote this about the love between a woman and a man but last evening got me feeling that it works for a group of people who share life in a challenging university and a challenging city suffused with the beauty of kinship.\u201d<\/p>\n
Best to read the poem out loud, with pauses.<\/p>\n
Have a great weekend,<\/p>\n
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john sj<\/p>\n
Today\u2019s Post \u2013\u00a0\u201cPrayer for Revolutionary Love\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n That a woman not ask a man to leave meaningful work to follow her That no one try to put Eros in bondage That our loyalty to one another and our loyalty to our work That our love for each other give us love for each other\u2019s work That our love for each other\u2019s work give us love for one another. That our love for each other, if need be, That we endure absence, if need be, Denise Levertov From Friday May 22, 2015 \u2013\u00a0\u201cBalancing Our Economic Realities with Our call to the Margins\u201d\u00a0– – 2015 Heartland-Delta Virtual Conference \u201cLast evening 33 UDM women and men gathered in the Lansing Reilly front parlor area for a 3 hour conversation. … Continue reading
\nThat a man not ask a woman to leave meaningful work to follow him.<\/p>\n
\nBut that no one put a cudgel in the hands of Eros.<\/p>\n
\nnot be set in false conflict.<\/p>\n
\nThat our love for each other\u2019s work give us love for one another.<\/p>\n
\nThat our love for each other give us love for each other\u2019s work.<\/p>\n
\ngive way to absence.\u00a0 And the unknown.<\/p>\n
\nwithout losing our love for each other.
\nWithout closing our doors to the unknown.<\/p>\n
\n1923-1997<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"