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Carrie Ann Golden wrote 11 hours ago: Can a person who has only one leg or one arm become a competitive athlete? Can a girl who is hearing … more →

Tags: writing, Writing #2, Artist, Disability, Disabling, athlete, singer, limitations

FINDING GOD IN A CHEOM DRIP by Tami Groth, 2nd Year Diaconal Ministry Student

kmwoolf wrote 4 days ago: Recently Pastor Jeff Giles, WTS, 1994, visited the Wartburg Seminary campus and shared his time, pre … more →

Tags: Feature Articles, healing, terminal illness, chemo, Leukemia, Courage, faith and illness, Why me?

INVESTING IN EDUCATION TO ELIMINATE HUNGER by Christa Fisher, 2nd year M.Div.

kmwoolf wrote 4 days ago: Hunger is the result of an inadequate income.  People with money are able to purchase food while peo … more →

Tags: Feature Articles, Education, poverty, Hunger, Income Gap, faith and feeding

Prayers for Sexual Assault Awareness at Wartburg Seminary by Mary Wiggins, 2nd Year M.Div

kmwoolf wrote 2 weeks ago: The community of Wartburg Seminary, during the week of April 25th 2013, prayed for those impacted by … more →

Tags: Signs of the times, Prayer, Justice, Sexual abuse, Liturgy, sexual assault, healing

Is Writer's Block For Real???

Carrie Ann Golden wrote 1 month ago: [polldaddy poll=7034821] … more →

Tags: writing, Poll, writers, Writing #2, poll #2, Writers, Writer's Block

TO PROTEST BY PERSISTING IN REMAINING by Paul Andrew Johnson, 2nd year M.Div.2 comments

kmwoolf wrote 1 month ago: This article has remained unwritten for far too long. Despite encouragement from classmates, there a … more →

Tags: Feature Articles, Spirited Action, leadership, Homosexuality, Boy Scouts of America, Eagle Scout, GLBT Issues, Protest

BOOK REVIEW: THE NEW JIM CROW Reviewed by Alan Berndt-Dreyer

kmwoolf wrote 1 month ago: Alexander, Michelle. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, (New York: T … more →

Tags: Reviews, colorblindness, Criminal Justice, incarceration, New Jim Crow, Prison System, Racial Profiling, racism, reacial caste system

THE OPPOSITE OF INVISIBLE by Tera Lowe, 2nd year M.Div3 comments

ncookeverist wrote 1 month ago: How many times did I hear “Oh, you’re getting married in Jamaica? How exciting!” No, not exciting at … more →

Tags: Global Scene, Family, Jamaica, difference, invisibility, lonliness, American, female, white privilege

SORTING THROUGH HUNGER MYTHS by Christa Fisher, M.Div. Middler

kmwoolf wrote 2 months ago: This past summer, while hosting the ELCA World Hunger Table at the Dane County Farmer’s Market, I me … more →

Tags: Global Scene, ELCA, poverty, Hunger, Myths, food insecurity, Abundance

THROUGH A DIFFERENT LENS: A Poem by Tammy Barthels, M.Div. Middler

kmwoolf wrote 2 months ago: Through a Different Lens My lens is different from those around me, I see beauty in the snow While a … more →

Tags: Poetry, Beauty, Struggle, Diversity, Worldview

PIPELINED by Mary Wiggins, M.Div. Middler

kmwoolf wrote 2 months ago: One of my mentors, someone very dear to me, my campus pastor, holds the theory that we aren’t fully … more →

Tags: Signs of the times, SEMINARY, Youth, ageism, pipeliners, ability to serve

Writers and Madness

Carrie Ann Golden wrote 3 months ago: Here we are ,well over halfway through February already, and I really haven’t written as much … more →

Tags: writing, writers, Writing #2, Writers, Madness, insane, Crazy

"THE BIKE RIDE": A POEM by Carina Schiltz, MDiv student

kmwoolf wrote 3 months ago: AUTHOR MINI-BIO: Carina was inspired to write this poem by her work at a local elementary school. … more →

Tags: Poetry, Challenge, Children, poverty, privilage, Seperation, change, Love

LECTURE BY DR. KAREN BLOOMQUIST, Wartburg Theological Seminary

kmwoolf wrote 5 months ago: Dr. Karen Bloomquist spoke November 14, at Wartburg Theological Seminary on “Seeing, Remembering, Co … more →

Tags: Feature Articles, church, Transformation., Karen Bloomquist, Remembering, Connecting, Economics, Cultural Crises, Idolatry

A POETIC REFLECTION ON KAREN BLOOMQUIST'S LECTURE by Tammy Barthels, M.Div. Middler

kmwoolf wrote 5 months ago: A poetic reflection on Karen Bloomquist’s  lecture By Tammy Barthels, M.Div. Middler Guide me O God … more →

Tags: Poetry, Solidarity, Tranformation, Truth, connection, Karen Bloomquist

A FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE by Tammy Barthels, M.Div. Middler

kmwoolf wrote 5 months ago: A group of Wartburg women students met with Dr. Arnfriður Guðmundsdóttir, professor at the Universit … more →

Tags: Global Scene, Arnfridur Gudmundsdottir, Bishop, Solidarity, Theology, experience?, Controversy, partnership

Tidbits

Carrie Ann Golden wrote 5 months ago: Christmas season is upon us and I’m not ready for it.  Could I have another month, please? I … more →

Tags: writing, NaNoWriMo, Writing #2, Christmas

LIVING IN COMMUNITY WITH OUR ABILITIES AND DISABILITIES

kmwoolf wrote 6 months ago: The following comments were perspectives presented at a Wartburg Seminary Convocation on November 8, … more →

Tags: Feature Articles, Spirited Action, Community, Challenge, disabilities, abilities, Friendship, Dignity, Accessibility

INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE: INTRODUCTION by Rev. Dr. Gwen Sayler, Professor of Bible

kmwoolf wrote 6 months ago: This post and the three that follow it are articles derived from the 2012 Inclusive Language Convoca … more →

Tags: Feature Articles, Community, identity, Inclusivity, language


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