<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Hi Brendan,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Good to see you on line and receive your greetings and be reminded of the pearls of wisdom from our OS colleagues!! Please pass on to Michael thanks and appreciation of his sharing 😊 May all go safely and well as we travel through these challenging times!!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Gail</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 9:42 AM Brendan McKeague via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div style="border-style:solid none none;border-top-width:1pt;border-top-color:rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0cm 0cm"><div style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Greetings to all Open </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px">Space</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> colleagues and friends</span></font></div><div style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm"><br></div><div style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm"><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:14.6667px">“</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt">Whenever space is opened, peace breaks out"</span></i><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><b>….</b></span></font><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt">Harrison Owen</span></div><div style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">I</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px">’</span><span style="font-size:11pt">m pleased to pass on the news that </span></font><a href="https://www.michaeljohnwood.com/about-michael-wood" target="_blank">Michael Wood</a><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">, one of our Australian OST colleagues, has just published an </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px">exciting</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> new book emerging from his many years experience with Open Space and other </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px">forms</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> of Circle Work.</span></font></div><div style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">The book is </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px">titled </span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px">‘</span><span style="font-size:11pt">Practicing Peace: Theology, Contemplation and Action</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px">’</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> and will be useful for church </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px">study</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> groups </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px">and</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px">leadership</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> programs. </span></font></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;border:none;padding:0cm"><br></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div style="border-style:solid none none;border-top-width:1pt;border-top-color:rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0cm 0cm"><div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;border:none;padding:0cm">This book is about the practice of peace in daily life. We talk
about the importance of peace but often struggle to embody it. Someone
annoys us and suddenly we are embroiled in a vortex of conflict. We may
ask ourselves, “How can we live with greater integrity? How can we make a
positive difference in the world without diminishing others or
ourselves?” The author proposes that practicing peace is not something
that we do by heroic effort. Christ, by pure grace, breaks through to us
when we least expect it. Christ is both received and hosted in an open
space of God’s creation. This book invites readers on a journey which
interweaves theology, contemplation, and action in intensely practical
ways. Containing numerous anecdotes and thought-provoking questions, the
book will be a useful resource for church study groups and leadership
programs. As we explore this embodied spirituality, we may discover that
the Christlike God’s restorative love is transforming us into a people
of peace.: </div></div></blockquote><div style="border-style:solid none none;border-top-width:1pt;border-top-color:rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0cm 0cm"><div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;border:none;padding:0cm"><br></div></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#0000ff"><a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/Practicing-Peace-Theology-Contemplation-Action/dp/1666735302/ref=sr_1_2?crid=30WLQVGWV0MJG&keywords=practicing+peace+michael+wood&qid=1650841342&sprefix=practicing+peace+michael+wo,aps,469&sr=8-2" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com.au/Practicing-Peace-Theology-Contemplation-Action/dp/1666735302/ref=sr_1_2?crid=30WLQVGWV0MJG&keywords=practicing+peace+michael+wood&qid=1650841342&sprefix=practicing+peace+michael+wo%2Caps%2C469&sr=8-2</a></font></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Michael is currently unable to access the OS Listserve and sends us all this message….</div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I’m happy to announce that my book has been published and is now available on Amazon. I will be organising a book launch in Melbourne where copies will be available at a considerably reduced rate. I will send you an invitation to the launch then the date is set – most likely towards the end of May - should you happen be in the area.</div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">In the meantime, could you please forward this email to anyone you think might be interested. </div></blockquote><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I will also be very happy to do visits (zoom assisted) to churches or other groups to talk/listen around the topic of the book. </div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px">With peace</span></font><div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><br></span></font><div style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Michael Wood</span></div><div style="margin:0cm"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><a href="mailto:spacemaker62@gmail.com" target="_blank">spacemaker62@gmail.com</a> </span></font></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.michaeljohnwood.com/" style="color:blue" target="_blank">www.michaeljohnwood.com</a><u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Ph. (+61) 435 065326</div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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