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Learning and Leading: November 2014
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Monday, November 10, 2014. Thomas Swann shares his thoughts on. Earlham School of Religion’s 2014 Ministry of Writing Colloquium. Featuring Father John Dear:. Dear was the keynote speaker at the Colloquium and seemed truly delighted by the opportunity to speak with a group of fellow "holy writers". We were not his typical audience coming to hear his strong call for a more radical life of justice for all. The talk is recorded,. Http:/ new.livestream.com/enten/ESR-Writing2014/videos. Deep Thoughts - Michae...
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Learning and Leading: June 2014
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Tuesday, June 17, 2014. ESR student Susan Flynn delivered the following message during ESR Worship on May 1, 2014:. My first exposure to prayer was when I was a little girl. At night my Dad would tell me stories he would make up. Sometimes I would tell him my own, (it was easier than searching for a book to read). After our stories were told, we would always recite the Lord’s prayer together before I fell asleep. I considered our prayer time sacred and special. 8221; “This too shall pass.”. Before I gave...
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Learning and Leading: An Old Testament Scholar reviews "Exodus: Gods and Kings"
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Wednesday, January 7, 2015. An Old Testament Scholar reviews "Exodus: Gods and Kings". Regarding the new Bible move, Exodus: Gods and Kings. All I can say is, Not only "no," but "hell no." Even as a generic fantasy movie (along the lines of Lord of the Rings. Since the movie begins when Moses is already an adult, it entirely omits chs. 1-2. One of my objections to most movies about Exodus is that they fail to establish why. The actions of Moses' mother and sister are recounted to Moses by Joshua's father...
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Learning and Leading: Steve Angell answers a Quaker Questionnaire
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Wednesday, December 10, 2014. Steve Angell answers a Quaker Questionnaire. College student Samantha Siebert reached out to ESR's Leatherock Professor of Quaker Studies Stephen Angell to complete a questionnaire on Quakerism for a project in her religion class. Below are her questions and his responses. Do you think he got all of the answers right? Thank you for taking the time to do this questionnaire. Please fill out each question to the best of your knowledge. The middle of the 17. The Quaker religion ...
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Learning and Leading: The Gift of Blessing
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Thursday, April 30, 2015. The Gift of Blessing. ESR Dean Jay Marshall delivered the following message during. Earlham School of Religion Worship on April 29, 2015:. Maybe she had overdosed on Janis Joplin! That week she had seen a Mercedes that could have been hers and she was about to claim it as her own when she remembered - - she had wished for a red. Mercedes, and this one was blue. Clearly this was a test of her trust in God to bless her with what she had requested. Having enough of everything.
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Learning and Leading: April 2015
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Thursday, April 30, 2015. The Gift of Blessing. ESR Dean Jay Marshall delivered the following message during. Earlham School of Religion Worship on April 29, 2015:. Maybe she had overdosed on Janis Joplin! That week she had seen a Mercedes that could have been hers and she was about to claim it as her own when she remembered - - she had wished for a red. Mercedes, and this one was blue. Clearly this was a test of her trust in God to bless her with what she had requested. Having enough of everything.
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Monk in the World guest post: Angela Doll Carlson
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Learning and Leading: July 2015
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Wednesday, July 15, 2015. ESR's Steve Angell reviews "Go Set a Watchman". Harper Lee, Go Set a Watchman. Harper Collins Publishers, 2015). By Stephen W. Angell. Harper Lee's new book, " Go Set a Watchman. From this historian's viewpoint, “Watchman” contains a penetrating and accurate portrait of the American South in the mid 1950s. It illuminates the important role of the Citizens' Councils. We know in retrospect that this novel, based on a manuscript completed in 1957, was looking forward over a series ...
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Learning and Leading: Sabbath Timeliness
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Thursday, February 5, 2015. Bethany Theological Seminary and. Earlham School of Religion's Seminaries Librarian Jane Pinzino. Delivered the following message in ESR worship on Tuesday, February 3, 2015:. As your librarian I recommend four books, all of which I draw upon for my own spirituality and for this message: 1) the classic work by Abraham Heschel, entitled “ The Sabbath. 8221; 2) a work by Wayne Muller, “ Sabbath: Finding, Rest, Renewal and Delight in our Busy Lives. 8221; The Orthodox Jewish comm...
