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Written By: Alexander Carpenter

September 23, 2021

Harvard's Elisabeth Schüssler...
In this Sabbath School commentary for Sept. 25, 2021: "Read as resistance poetry, the apocalypse challenges the symbolic discourse of the hegemonic...
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Written By: Beverly Beem

September 15, 2021

See Jonah Run: Comic Narrative in the...
In this Sabbath School commentary for Sept. 18, 2021: "The real prophet of the book is not Jonah at all, but the narrator."
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Written By: Alexander Carpenter

September 08, 2021

Reinterpreting a Jewish Holy Day
In this Sabbath School commentary for Sept. 11, 2021, Rabbi Nicole Auerbach speaks on how the sabbatical tradition calls us to experience the earth...
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Written By: Alexander Carpenter

September 01, 2021

Sigve Tonstad on Sabbath and Wholeness
In this Sabbath School commentary for Sept. 4, 2021, Dr. Sigve Tonstad lectures on Sabbath and wholeness, focusing on its theological expression as...
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Written By: Alexander Carpenter

August 25, 2021

Three "Retro" Resources for...
A book, a short Spes Christiana review, and a video presentation make up some alternative resouces for Sabbath School discussions on August 28, 2021...
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Written By: Alexander Carpenter

August 16, 2021

Yale's Nancy Berlinger Presents...
This video Sabbath School commentary for discussion on August 21, 2021, explores difficult but important questions about health, care, and failure.
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Written By: Jennifer Butler

August 11, 2021

The Quest for Rest: The Radical Nature...
In this Sabbath School commentary for discussion on August 14, 2021, a reminder that rest—or Sabbath in scripture—is a form of resistance to tyranny.
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Written By: Alexander Carpenter

August 04, 2021

Finding Rest in Family Ties and in a...
This week's Adult Bible Study Guide meanders through the classic plot points of the Joseph story in this Sabbath School commentary for discussion on...
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Written By: Alexander Carpenter

July 29, 2021

The Rest Is Radical
The Pope, Paul Tillich, and a Rabbi wander into this Sabbath School commentary for discussion on July 31, 2021.
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Written By: Alex Aamodt

July 21, 2021

The Golden Art of Critical Forgiveness
In this video chat Sabbath School lesson commentary, Alexander Carpenter and Bonnie Dwyer discuss the prophet Nathan, the novel The Secret Chord,...
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