lin-, here in Southern Baptist Texas (and Oklahoma), all Southern Baptist children have Bible memorization competitions called Bible Drills. There are multiple levels of competition.
My favorite episode of The West Wing show the danger of rote application of ancient laws to today’s people.
lin-, here in Southern Baptist Texas (and Oklahoma), all Southern Baptist children have Bible memorization competitions called Bible Drills. There are multiple levels of competition.
My favorite episode of The West Wing show the danger of rote application of ancient laws to today’s people.
Memorization is a good start. But only a start. When we moved from NYC to Carlinville, Illinois (where public school children were given Bibles and taken to an infamously antisemitic Oberammergau passion play) my partner, who taught Milton's Paradise Lost thought, at least they'll have a good grounding in the Bible. Nope. Back in NYC, at Fordham, he hoped the same of lock step parochial school students. No luck. The Jesuits would be ashamed.
lin-, I was raised on Teilhard de Chardin’s discussions of theology. My mom, who introduced me to them, once attended Oklahoma Baptist University, which required 2 religion classes for graduation (she was Catholic and St. Gregory’s university didn’t offer a Biology degree). After she converted the professor to Catholicism, the allowed her to take her second course at St. Gregory’s—the Jesuits would have been proud.
I had the same rabbi as Ruth Bader (Ginsburg.) He had a long career. And was involved in education and civil rights. These things stick. For better or worse.
Civic and moral duty seems to be a family tradition. Have you thought of writing your mother's story? Maybe for a local historical society? Or the National Museum of African American History? Maybe you already have done? In these days when religion is put to the worst uses, it is good to be reminded of stories like your mother's.
lin! -- Thanks for the link to one of my favorite (maybe my favorite) scenes in "West Wing". WW was and still is my favorite all-time television series. If you or anyone knows how it can be watched now, please advise. (But I'll investigate.)
One of my All-Time Favorites, too. Try Googling West Wing. There are lots of choices, some free like on youtube.
Also, try your local libraries. If they don't have it in their collection or via streaming, they should be able to get it for you on Inter-Library Loan.
There are DVD's of the series around, for purchase on amazon and on ebay - some fairly inexpensive.
Martin Sheen is a Dayton, OH guy and a big supporter of Sherrod Brown. I heard Brown tell a story on Lawrence O'Donnell's MSNBC program the night he won the Primary that Sheen was fired from his first job at a Dayton golf course for trying to unionize his fellow caddies. My kind of guy!
lin-, here in Southern Baptist Texas (and Oklahoma), all Southern Baptist children have Bible memorization competitions called Bible Drills. There are multiple levels of competition.
My favorite episode of The West Wing show the danger of rote application of ancient laws to today’s people.
https://sbtexas.com/event/national-bible-drill-dallas/
https://youtu.be/S1-ip47WYWc?si=a08DpzDNRkJS784u
Memorization is a good start. But only a start. When we moved from NYC to Carlinville, Illinois (where public school children were given Bibles and taken to an infamously antisemitic Oberammergau passion play) my partner, who taught Milton's Paradise Lost thought, at least they'll have a good grounding in the Bible. Nope. Back in NYC, at Fordham, he hoped the same of lock step parochial school students. No luck. The Jesuits would be ashamed.
lin-, I was raised on Teilhard de Chardin’s discussions of theology. My mom, who introduced me to them, once attended Oklahoma Baptist University, which required 2 religion classes for graduation (she was Catholic and St. Gregory’s university didn’t offer a Biology degree). After she converted the professor to Catholicism, the allowed her to take her second course at St. Gregory’s—the Jesuits would have been proud.
ThankYou.
I had the same rabbi as Ruth Bader (Ginsburg.) He had a long career. And was involved in education and civil rights. These things stick. For better or worse.
My mom also marched (the only white person in the group) to integrate the Oklahoma City schools. She considered it her moral duty.
Civic and moral duty seems to be a family tradition. Have you thought of writing your mother's story? Maybe for a local historical society? Or the National Museum of African American History? Maybe you already have done? In these days when religion is put to the worst uses, it is good to be reminded of stories like your mother's.
lin! -- Thanks for the link to one of my favorite (maybe my favorite) scenes in "West Wing". WW was and still is my favorite all-time television series. If you or anyone knows how it can be watched now, please advise. (But I'll investigate.)
One of my All-Time Favorites, too. Try Googling West Wing. There are lots of choices, some free like on youtube.
Also, try your local libraries. If they don't have it in their collection or via streaming, they should be able to get it for you on Inter-Library Loan.
There are DVD's of the series around, for purchase on amazon and on ebay - some fairly inexpensive.
Martin Sheen is a Dayton, OH guy and a big supporter of Sherrod Brown. I heard Brown tell a story on Lawrence O'Donnell's MSNBC program the night he won the Primary that Sheen was fired from his first job at a Dayton golf course for trying to unionize his fellow caddies. My kind of guy!
Thanks, Angela. (I'm on it now.) I just finished watching a YouTube collection of top 10 Jed Bartlett scenes. Very powerful!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XShV1LDRW4o
Good Luck! Please see my edited addition about Martin Sheen that I just remembered.
The West Wing is on Prime Video, but regretfully not available for us in Canada to watch.