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Revising the Story of the First Thanksgiving

November 26, 2015

how can we receive the gifts history offers and use them to practice moral reflection, rather than judgement? Here’s the story we read as part of our celebration of an American Thanksgiving with church family and strangers from other shores.

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Tagged With: History, Holidays, Thanksgiving
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The First Thanksgiving: Eight Lessons for Learning from History

November 14, 2013

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series The First Thanksgiving

Putting together a coherent story from evidence is hard work. No wonder we reach for story first and evidence after, unless the discipline of History can teach us better habits!

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Tagged With: History, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Pilgrims, Evidence
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A Thanksgiving Book Club

November 10, 2013

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series The First Thanksgiving

An invitation to read with me through The First Thanksgiving: What the Real Story Tells Us About Loving God & Learning from History .

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Tagged With: History, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Pilgrims, Wheaton College
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Seven Books of Fools & Sacred Folly

April 1, 2011

What makes a fool’s day happy? And what — if anything — makes us wise?

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Shelved with: The Reading Life|| Reading the Word|| Word in the World
Tagged With: April Fool, Bible, Civility, film, History, Holidays, Liturgy, Shakespeare
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Bugs Bunny Stole My Cognitive Surplus!

July 27, 2010

Bugs Bunny’s first appearance, July 27th, 1940, was nominated for an academy award.

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Tagged With: Bugs Bunny, Cognitive Surplus, Culture, History, Holidays, Psychology, Television
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Remebering Labor, Entering Rest

September 7, 2009

To truly make this a holiday, to truly rest in praise of the goodness, truth, & beauty of Labor Day, requires contemplation.

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Tagged With: Visual Arts, Canada, Economics, History, Holidays, Mind & Society, Science & Technology, Slavery, Work
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Hello world!

July 31, 2009

E Pluribus Excerpt! Vivamus faucibus, lorem a elementum sodales, felis mi sagittis lorem, in vestibulum ipsum turpis eu elit.

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Tagged With: Civil Rights, Community, Democracy, History, Prejudice, Race
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A National Day of Listening

November 27, 2008

Only connect. Don’t let the mundane stand in the way. Make the time. Be curious and honest, and keep an open heart. Find others to encourage and support you in this practice. It’s simple, but it can mean the world.

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Tagged With: Dialog, History, Holidays, Marriage, Marriage Encounter, National Day of Listening, NPR, Questions, Radio, Stories, Thanksgiving, Traditions
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Studs Terkel, 1912-2008

November 1, 2008

Studs Terkel, that great & generous soul, has passed on. For me, the voice of Studs Terkel will always symbolize a combination of passionate curiosity, prophetic conviction, and deeply generous, fatherly love. He delighted in the people of the world, and shared his delight with us.

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Tagged With: Biography, Chicago, Community, History, John Steinbek, Memoir, Mike Royko, Nelson Algren, Richard Wright, Social Justice, Studs Terkel, Theodore Dreiser, WFMT
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August, 1945

August 8, 2008

Sixty-three years ago this week, the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The enormity of the event, the inhuman scale of both this power and its consequences, is nearly impossible to communicate. How can one understand the power of a thousand suns unleashed upon whole cities? It became one of the defining stories for generations […]

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Tagged With: Books, Ellen Klages, Engineering, Girls, Hiroshima, History, Holidays, Keiji Nakazawa, Los Alamos, Math, Nagasaki, Reviews, Stories, Trinity, War & Peace
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Black History in June

June 19, 2008

Celebrating Juneteenth and Loving Day: freedom marches on.

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Tagged With: Civil Rights, History, Holidays, Juneteenth, Loving Day, Marriage, Race
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On Manifestoes

May 24, 2008

So here are some manifestos of the present day on books, education, faith, and civic life. Though their weight for good or ill, for much or little, is as yet unknown, these are some of the words that will shepherd us into our shared future.

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Shelved with: Community & Time|| Hearts & Minds|| Mind & Society|| The Reading Life|| Reading the Word|| Education|| Civic Life
Tagged With: Aristotle, Barack Obama, Book Publishing, Civil Rights, Classics, Clay Shirkey, Danielle Allen, Democracy, Education, Faith, History, Homeschooling, John Taylor Gatto, Manifesto, Michael Pollan, Politics, Race, Ralph Ellison, Religion, Richard Harwood, Sara Lloyd, Writing
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