Week Six February 25th to March 1st

Due : Contemporary Christian Women Paper (hard copy) &  PowerPoint sent vie email. This week we will conclude our Hebrew Scripture Review with a short test. on Thursday (Day 4) On Wednesday you will have a review day and work to complete 2 more Beauty Shop Letters by Friday. Lady Gaga was 'blown away' by Bradley Cooper's voice for 'A Star Is Born' Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdjNm9UzjoY Ezekiel 36:26

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. Go to Week Four for the Following Videos as part of our Hebrew Scripture Review Three important Jewish concepts: Tzedakah Proverbs 31: 8-9 Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves,     for the rights of all who are destitute. 9 Speak up and judge fairly;     defend the rights of the poor and needy. Hesed Psalm 110 :5  For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations. Halakhah.... Deuteronomy 10:12-13 "Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require from you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the LORD'S commandments and His statutes which I am commanding you today for your good? and a fourth...Tikkun Olam

Week Five February 19th to February 22nd

Due this Friday, 2/22 is your Contemporary Women Project!

This week in class we will be conducting a Hebrew Scripture Review. A test on this material will not be given until Day 4, 2/27. Please refer to last week's posts on Micah 6:8, that is, videos on three important Jewish concepts:
Tzedakah
Hesed
Halakhah....and a fourth...Tikkun Olam


In your notes distributed in class (last page), write a brief description of each of the above concepts.

Depending on time and weather, we will begin our viewing of "How to Make an American Quilt."

Tuesday- Advice related to Divestment papers
Cognitive Behavior Therapy

Week Four February 11 to February 15

Due today (extended) - 3 Beauty shop letters 
Friday 2/15 - Two more Beauty Shop letters due. (Minimum 1 page!)

Divestment
During this week we will conclude our discussion on "divestment" and allow for class time on completing  the following:
Choose one of the areas of divestment that you would like to concentrate on for the remainder of the semester (in particular for the season of Lent which starts March 6th). In one typed page (double spaced, Times New Roman, 12 point font):

 1. State the area you would like to divest from offering some input from the author (page 7); 2. Describe why you chose this area;      3. What is your hope in divesting from this area. Due Friday, 2/15

Call on the Spirit

We will continue with beginning our class with the "Call on the Spirit of..." prayer.

Contemporary Christian Women Project

Library time will be given Wednesday, 2/13, to finalize your work on your Contemporary Christian Women Project. NEW DUE DATE!  Friday,February 22nd



Beginning Thursday....

Scripture Review - Please read

As this course is a "bookend" to your years in Theology as well as a course in Spirituality, you will have a review of Holy Scripture beginning with the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) . This review can be found starting on page 79 of your binder. Additional notes will be given. In the upcoming week, there will be a short test on the material. After the Hebrew Scripture review, there will be a Christian Scriptures review also followed by a short test. These are the only objective/short answer essay tests in the course. Again, this is all to emphasize the importance of religious literacy and study.

Hebrew Scripture Review - The following videos are meant to compliment class lectures. Not all of them will be used in class.

The importance of Religious Literacy

Why is Religious Literacy Important?

Misunderstandings About Religion

A helpful overview by the authors of the Bible Project

A. Tzedakah Defined - Do Justice

B. Hesed. "Loving Kindness" "Steadfast Love" "Mercy" This idea will be allegorically "woven" in our film "How to Make an American Quilt.". This will make sense later. 

C.  Halakhah - "You shall walk in God's ways..."

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/halakhah-the-laws-of-jewish-life/

Tikkun Olam - "repair of the world"

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/tikkun-olam-repairing-the-world/

Rabbi Sacks on Tikkun Olam

Week Three February 4th to February 8th

Please Note: Be attentive to the due dates located on the right margin of the blog.
 Due this week:
 Monday (2/4) I call on the Spirit of
(Kairos participants and leaders have until Wednesday to submit their work.)
Friday (2/8) - 3 Beauty Shop Letters (1 point each)

This week in class we will begin our class with someone leading us with their "I Call on the Spirit of..."  You will continue working on your Contemporary Women Project but on your own time. In class, we will discuss the idea of "divestment."  I will provide time to complete and assignment relate to  the Spirituality of Divestment - Divestment : A Spiritual Process (See article distributed in class as well as binder pages 6 & 7)

Romans 6:11-13 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

11 So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

12 Therefore, do not let sin exercise dominion in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions. 13 No longer present your members to sin as instruments[a] of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and present your members to God as instruments[b] of righteousness.