[Magdalen] From +Georgia

[Ginga Wilder]

Yes, I saw that too.  I knew Bp Benhase had written it.  My mistake was in
transposing the + that went along with Georgia in the title from before to
after...in my crazy mind.  I imagined that Georgia DuBose had sent this to
Lynn...didn't even register the onnection between my misfire and the Bishop
of Georgia.

Whenever I forward an article, etc. I prefer to include a link to the
original post, if possible.  Cady covered that for me.

Thanks everyone.  Sorry to be confusing.
Ginga

On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 2:34 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> This is from the bishop of Georgia (see bottom 'signature'). He does a
> mail out weekly. I'm on 'the list' because I've displayed at their
> convention.
> Lynn
>
> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>
> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not
> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
> attributed to Erma Bombeck
> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk
> by Richard Rohr
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Ginga Wilder" <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2017 12:05 PM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] From +Georgia
>
>
> This is how to tell the truth.  Lynn, did Georgia send a link to the
>> article?  I would love to share it but don't think that I will do that
>> without also including its origin.  (DT might accuse me of putting out
>> fake
>> news.)
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ginga
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 12:20 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> There's a scene in the 1977 film, "A Bridge Too Far," that's stayed in my
>>> memory. The scene is of a thousand wounded British soldiers spread out on
>>> the ground awaiting boats to take them to safety after an epic battle
>>> during WWII. The camera pans over these soldiers lying there exposed and
>>> helpless and a lone soldier stands and begins singing the hymn, "Abide
>>> with
>>> me." Soon all the soldiers join in forming a great choir:
>>> Abide with me, fast falls the eventide: The darkness deepens, Lord, with
>>> me abide:
>>> When other helpers fail, and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, O abide
>>> with me.
>>>
>>> Eventually, they make it back across the river safely. This film is about
>>> an actual military battle called Operation Market Garden. In 1944,
>>> British
>>> Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery believed the Allies could parachute
>>> nearly
>>> 35,000 soldiers behind enemy lines, cut off the enemy's supply lines, and
>>> change the course of the war. He convinced himself that the paratroopers
>>> would face little resistance, only youth and old men with guns, even
>>> though
>>> reconnaissance photos provided by his subordinates and reports from the
>>> Dutch underground showed two German tank divisions and front line troops
>>> present. The operation was a disaster and Allied soldiers paid the price.
>>> Of the 10,000 British paratroopers sent, history reports only one in five
>>> returned.
>>>
>>> This film isn't about a military battle or even military strategy,
>>> really.
>>> That's merely the dramatic container for an important history lesson.
>>> It's
>>> rather about the hubris of leadership and the consequences when leaders
>>> don't listen to those who may know more than they do. Montgomery failed a
>>> basic test of humility with respect to leadership. Believing something
>>> doesn't make it so. And failing to listen to divergent voices, especially
>>> provided by the "rank and file," often leads to disastrous decisions.
>>>
>>> The real hubris in this situation (and in others since then) is the
>>> leader's willingness to actively ignore facts that don't fit what he
>>> wants
>>> to believe. So, we witnessed over 400,000 dead Americans and Iraqis over
>>> non-existent weapons of mass destruction that UN Inspectors had said
>>> clearly didn't exist. We get the near collapse of the world economy
>>> caused
>>> by banks' institutional hubris even though there were plenty of warning
>>> signs everywhere about the housing bubble. And today we see refugees, who
>>> are vetted for 18-24 months before entering this country legally, denied
>>> entry. None of them come from countries, like Saudi Arabia and Egypt,
>>> that
>>> have produced terrorists on American soil and not one refugee vetted and
>>> brought to America has engaged in terrorist acts.
>>>
>>> Once again, we're witnessing the hubris of leadership, which demands a
>>> circular logic that goes something like this: "Because I'm the leader
>>> and I
>>> believe something is so, then it must be so, because I'm the leader." The
>>> cost of leadership hubris is rarely paid for by the leader. It's most
>>> often
>>> the weak and helpless or those who are bound to follow orders that pay
>>> the
>>> price. Wanting to believe something doesn't make it so. Willfully
>>> ignoring
>>> the facts isn't a leadership virtue.
>>>
>>> Help of the helpless, O abide...
>>>
>>>
>>> The Rt. Reverend Scott A. Benhase
>>> Bishop of Georgia
>>>
>>>