Podcast appearances and mentions of Thomas Thompson

  Please hit Subscribe/Follow and leave a 5-Star revue. Leave a comment on your favorite Legend. Click here to go to our Patrion page. https://www.patreon.com/c/222ParanormalPodcast Click here to go to Jens Poshmark Closet. https://poshmark.com/closet/happie22 Click here to go to our website. Click here to get joe's book. https://a.co/d/4HqGDl5   On today's episode, we explore two tragic locations that form the heart of Ohio's greatest legend: the Gore Orphanage and the Collinwood School Fire. First, we take a deep dive into the story of the Gore Orphanage, an eerie site nestled in the woods of rural Ohio. The orphanage was the scene of countless untold horrors, with tragic fires, mysterious deaths, and reports of paranormal activity. Many believe the spirits of the children who perished there still haunt the land, making it one of the most notorious haunted locations in the state. Next, we recount the devastating Collinwood School Fire, a horrific tragedy that occurred in 1908 in Cleveland. A fire broke out during school hours, claiming the lives of 172 children and teachers. The disaster shocked the community and left a permanent scar in Ohio's history. These two locations, both marked by immense loss and tragedy, have become part of the dark folklore that continues to haunt Ohio to this day. On this episode, we delve into the stories, the legends, and the mysteries that surround these infamous sites, exploring how they've contributed to Ohio's most enduring ghost stories.   Please hit Subscribe/Follow and leave a 5-Star revue. Leave a comment on your favorite Legend. Click here to go to our Patrion page. Click here to go to Jens Poshmark Closet. Click here to go to our website. Click here to get joe's book. On today's episode, we explore two tragic locations that form the heart of Ohio's greatest legend: the Gore Orphanage and the Collinwood School Fire. First, we take a deep dive into the story of the Gore Orphanage, an eerie site nestled in the woods of rural Ohio. The orphanage was the scene of countless untold horrors, with tragic fires, mysterious deaths, and reports of paranormal activity. Many believe the spirits of the children who perished there still haunt the land, making it one of the most notorious haunted locations in the state. Next, we recount the devastating Collinwood School Fire, a horrific tragedy that occurred in 1908 in Cleveland. A fire broke out during school hours, claiming the lives of 172 children and teachers. The disaster shocked the community and left a permanent scar in Ohio's history. These two locations, both marked by immense loss and tragedy, have become part of the dark folklore that continues to haunt Ohio to this day. On this episode, we delve into the stories, the legends, and the mysteries that surround these infamous sites, exploring how they've contributed to Ohio's most enduring ghost stories. Discover the world of the supernatural with the 222 Paranormal Podcast, your ultimate source for spine-chilling tales and expert insights into the unknown. Each episode delves into a variety of paranormal phenomena, from ghostly hauntings and cryptid encounters to unexplained mysteries and psychic phenomena. Join us as we interview leading experts, investigate haunted locations, and share true stories that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Our podcast covers everything from the latest in ghost hunting technology to historical accounts of paranormal events. Whether you're a seasoned investigator or just fascinated by the supernatural, our content is designed to captivate and inform. Tune in to our Paranormal Podcast for engaging discussions, detailed investigations, and thought-provoking theories that challenge the boundaries of reality. We also offer practical tips for aspiring ghost hunters and reviews of essential paranormal equipment. Don't miss out on our exclusive episodes that explore the most haunted places and the most enigmatic phenomena. Subscribe now to stay updated with our latest content and join a community of paranormal enthusiasts eager to explore the mysteries of the beyond. Experience the thrill of the unknown with the 222 Paranormal Podcast today! Gore Orphanage info         The real name of the Orphanage was the Light of Hope (also referred to as the Light and Hope). It was built by the Reverend John A. Sprunger and his wife in 1903 after their orphanage located in Bern, Indiana was destroyed by fire in 1899. Three orphan girls were reported to have died in that fire. The name Gore Orphanage was adopted by young thrill seekers over the years because it apparently fired their collective imaginations of murder and mayhem at Sprunger's home for orphans. The belief is/was that the word "gore" was referring to that of a bloody wound. Thus it amplified, and seemed to substantiate, the ever evolving horror story about the place. But in fact the word actually referred to a topographical description of the land running the length of the road in Lorain County, Ohio where it is located. In brief, it was simply a triangular piece of land (hence the name "gore"). Prior to the orphanage being established along the road it was called Gore Road. The Collinwood Fire On 4 March 1908, a tragedy occurred that prompted changes in school safety across the United States. About nine o'clock in the morning on March 4, 1908, nine-year-old Niles Thompson jumped out of a window at Lakeview Elementary to escape a fire that had started in the basement of his school. Nearly two hundred children who had also been lucky enough to escape watched as flames engulfed the Collinwood school. Niles frantically ran among his schoolmates, searching for his little brother, Thomas. Once Niles realized his brother was not one of the safe children, he ran back into the school to save Thomas. Neither of the two Thompson boys walked out of their school again. Niles and Thomas Thompson were among the 172 children and two teachers who were trapped inside the school and died in the fire. Nineteen of these children could not be identified. That weekend, the entire Collinwood community mourned for those lost. According to Cleveland's Plain Dealer, "The village seemed to be one vast procession of hearses and carriages. . . . Scarcely did one funeral carriage pass before another came into sight wending its way with its sorrowful burden to the burying grounds. . . . Those who had no dead to mourn stood on the streets watching the grim procession as they passed. There was scarcely a dry eye in Collinwood." The following Monday, memorial and funeral services were held at Lake View Cemetery for all the victims of the Collinwood school fire. Businesses in the Collinwood neighborhood were closed for the day out of respect for the dead and their families. Lakeview Elementary children that survived served as pallbearers and other Cleveland school children made memorials in the shape of flowers.  

Jeff talks about how COSILoveYou is supporting our city and how to ignite the Church to love Colorado Springs. Joining him are guests Pastor Greg Lindsey, Thomas Thompson, and Pastor Matt Hotzman. Lets live our faith and help others as Christians both in and outside the Church.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is the role of AI in education taking shape? I talk with Thomas Thompson, who believes grounding in strong pedagogy and instruction design, enabled by generated AI, provides a powerful tool for educators. Thomas is a recently transitioning social studies teacher and now full time CEO/Co-founder for Eduaide.AI, an AI instructional design tool for educators.  Thomas shares his perspectives on the role of AI in schools, AI for students, AI detectors, and developments on AI in education. I've partnered with Fobizz on two AI in education courses! Check out my course on AI Detectors and share with colleagues!

Summary Thomas Thompson, co-founder and CEO of EduAid, discusses his background as a teacher and the inspiration behind creating a tool for instructional design that uses generative AI. He emphasizes the importance of evidence-based practices in education and how AI can support teachers in creating more efficient and effective lessons. The EduAid platform allows teachers to integrate various tools and resources into one workspace, making lesson planning more streamlined and personalized. The team at EduAid aims to provide accessible and affordable AI tools for teachers, focusing on the quality of instruction rather than just saving time. Thompson also discusses the challenges and opportunities in the education technology landscape and the need for thoughtful adoption of AI in schools. In this conversation, Thomas Thompson discusses the adaptation of eduAID to different states' regulations and the importance of data privacy. He explains how eduAID avoids collecting personally identifiable information and focuses on instructional design elements. Thomas also talks about the lack of AI tools specifically focused on teachers and education. He mentions the need for discussions with policymakers to further develop eduAID and the challenges of integrating AI into the education system. The ultimate goal of education, according to Thomas, is sustainability and the development of basic literacy, numeracy, and interdisciplinary thinking skills. Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Background 03:47 Thomas Thompson's Journey into Teaching 06:01 The Intersection of AI and Education 09:12 Best Practices in Education and AI's Role 14:00 Introduction to AI and the Genesis of EduAid 17:12 Transition from Teaching to Starting an AI Company 23:44 Exploring the Components of EduAid 28:38 Enhancing Teaching and Planning with EduAid 31:24 Feedback and Value of EduAid for Teachers 34:33 Affordable AI Tools 38:15 The Role of a Small Distributed Team 46:08 The Slow Pace of Policy Development 51:21 Developing Frameworks and Policy 57:10 Diversity of Opinions Among Teachers 01:01:52 The Future of Education 01:03:50 The Foundation: Basic Literacy and Numeracy Skills 01:12:28 The Goal of Education: Sustainability 01:22:01 The Decline in Basic Numeracy and Literacy Skills 01:27:06 Building and Growing in the AI Space: Caution and Research Connect with Thomas

Crazy times.Thank you to Thomas and Chris for joining us.Follow us:https://linktr.ee/goldennonsenseVaya con Dios

Episode 282: Pedagogy First, AI Second with Eduaide.AI Join me as I interview Thomas Hummel and Thomas Thompson, the founders of Eduaide.Ai, for a great discussion about Generative AI in education. In this episode, we talk about the potential and challenges of AI tools for teachers, the importance of pedagogy-first AI development, data privacy considerations, and what the future holds for EduAide.AI. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:17 - Thomas Hummel's introduction and background 3:12 - Thomas Thompson's introduction and background 5:22 - Thomas Hummel reflects on the past year in education and AI 10:06 - Thomas Thompson shares his perspective on the past year 16:25 - Data privacy and how EduAide.ai handles student and teacher data 24:53 - Concerns about tech chauvinism and passive AI use in education 31:40 - Evaluating the efficacy of AI tools and EduAide.ai's research plans 37:04 - What Thomas Hummel sees for the future of EduAide.ai 41:35 - Thomas Thompson on EduAide.ai's plans for community and administrative tools 48:11 - Edu-kryptonite: Lack of consensus on best instructional methods 48:58 - Edu-kryptonite: Blaming students instead of engaging them better 49:42 - Billboard message: "I'm exhausted" after 8 years of teaching 50:17 - Billboard message: "Know thyself" 51:21 - Scholarships available for free EduAide.Ai accounts 51:46 - Wrap-up To learn more about EduAide.Ai and their mission to empower teachers with transparent, pedagogy-first AI tools, visit their website at eduaide.ai. As always, be sure to like, share and subscribe to the My EdTech Life channel for more great interviews with edtech innovators! Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://lnkd.in/gT26WpvK --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/myedtechlife/support

Hope you will enjoy this great chat I had with the team from Eduaide! Check out the earlier episode where I spoke with Thomas Thompson! Thomas Hummel is a middle school science teacher and soccer coach. He is the Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder of Eduaide. Thomas Thompson is an educator and the Chief Executive Officer of Eduaide.ai. His research background examined Open Educational Resources, concept mapping and procedural argumentation, and distributed communities of practice. Beyond instructional and research experience, Thomas led Muckraker Media, a non-profit organization focused on expanding access to the auditory public domain. Additionally, he has experience in multimedia instructional design and distance education. Currently, his work focuses on integrating Generative AI into the lesson-planning workflow to eliminate points of friction and unlock teachers' time and creativity. Check out Eduaide.Ai Instagram: https://instagram.com/Eduaide.AI Twitter:  https://twitter.com/EduaideAI Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/eduaide-ai/ Subscribe to my newsletter: bit.ly/pothnews1

Are things like lesson planning eating up all your time? Do you want to get your time back? Today's guest, Thomas Thompson may just have what you're looking for!Thomas Thompson is an educator of five years and is the co-founder of Eduaide.Ai, a fully integrated platform for instructional planning and design. He sits down with Ali and JoDee to discuss what Eduaide.Ai is, how it can assist teachers in their lesson planning, and the future of AI in education. Connect with Thomas:Eduaide.aiFacebookInstagramTwitterLinkedInConnect with Ali and JoDee:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teachershiftFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/teachershiftTeacher Shift LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/teacher-shiftAli's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisimon/JoDee's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jodeescissors/Websitehttps://www.teachershiftpodcast.com/ Episode Transcriptions https://www.teachershiftpodcast.com/blog

I had the chance to have a chat with Thomas Thompson all about artificial intelligence and how he got started with the work that he is doing with Eduaide.Ai. We talked about a lot, and I hope you will enjoy the conversation and also check out all of the resources that they provide for educators. Thomas Thompson is an educator and the Chief Executive Officer of Eduaide.ai. His research background examined Open Educational Resources, concept mapping and procedural argumentation, and distributed communities of practice. Beyond instructional and research experience, Thomas led Muckraker Media, a non-profit organization focused on expanding access to the auditory public domain. Additionally, he has experience in multimedia instructional design and distance education. Currently, his work focuses on integrating Generative AI into the lesson-planning workflow to eliminate points of friction and unlock teachers' time and creativity. Connect with Eduaide Sign up today! Eduaide.AI Instagram: https://instagram.com/Eduaide.AITwitter:  https://twitter.com/EduaideAILinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/eduaide-ai/

This episode is part of the Summer of AI Series, brought to you by SchoolAI, Scrible, and FocalPointK12. Perhaps large language models could solve some challenges in schools.  Teacher attrition - how can you build excellence if you can't keep teachers? Time is not enough to do deep work, which is required for effective planning.  The AI can't do everything (nor should it).  Source it, shape it, share it. AI as a creative collaborator - Lesson seed Look at generative content like a sculptor would look at a block of marble.  Elaborative explanation is a best practice in education.  Prefer to pull methods from cognitive sciences Students engaging in essay evaluation rather than essay writing.  Artificially intelligent tutors - Khanmigo and others.  Training against chess bots.  Chess is a closed system, so perhaps not the best idea.  Proficiency vs aptitude vs  Hard to get quality feedback -  What are the parameters you need to be in to access the highest level of success?  Embedding best practices into our  One-shot prompt vs. leading the language model into learning.  Unit plans - 4-6 weeks of instructional planning.  Distributed & interleaved practice Assessments & quizzes.  AI lowers the cost of evolution.  Open Educational Resources compared to Teacher Pay Teachers.  Things open up in ways you couldn't imagine simply because you did something. Foundational models are not particularly useful in their basic form for what we're trying to do in education.  Having granular control that teacher can make changes in the workspace How to take Smart Notes Obsidian note taking app You learn in relation to what you already know.  The intersection of Ai, instructional design, and backend classroom administration—opportunities and tradeoffs. The limits of the technology, boundary conditions Broad institutional implications - Foundational flaws in education Ludwig Wittgenstein - blue and brown books. The Wittgensten Reader, the tractatus About Thomas ThompsonThomas Thompson is the founder and CEO of eduaide.ai, which boasts over 100,000 users. Eduaide is an AI tool to help eliminate teacher burnout and make high-quality teaching resources universally accessible.Thomas has a Master in Educational Technology from Johns Hopkins School of Education and is still a teacher in the Maryland area. Martin Gurry - Public2001 data produced more in one year than we've every produced before.  Support our SponsorsSchoolAI: The Classroom Operating System: Help your teachers save 10 hours a week. Sign up for a free account and see new AI-generated experiences that will change the way you teach.Scrible: Worried about AI Plagiarism? Take the high road and improve your students' skills before they feel the need to cheat with this modern research and writing platform for schoolFocalPointK12: Manage student portfolios that they can take with them with blockchain technology and AI assisted grading. Listen to our interview with the founder and chief learning officer here.

Dr. Bob talks with Thomas Thompson, community affairs advisor to the Colorado Springs mayor Yemi Mobolade.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This month Dean and leadership coach, Thomas Thompson, discuss the startling research that revealed 70% of Christian leaders today fail to finish well.  There are SIX BARRIERS that stand in the way of finishing strong and Dean and Thomas get very practical on how to PREVENT a leadership crash.

I speak with Thomas Thompson, co-founder of Eduaide.ai, about the responsible integration of AI in education. We explore whether AI could make teachers obsolete, as well as AI's potential to enhance teaching and learning.Key Topics DiscussedHow Eduaide empowers teachers to become stronger instructional designersExamples of using AI ethically to supplement teaching, not replace teachersThe importance of developing proactive policies around classroom AI useCommon pitfalls to avoid when implementing education technologyPrinciples for leveraging AI to boost human flourishing in schoolsWrestling with existential questions posed by advances in AIKey Quotes"What AI does is it exposes teachers to techniques they may not have previously considered.""AI is not a panacea. It's not gonna solve all of our problems.""Skepticism is good. But you cannot allow skepticism to be paralysis.""If you prohibit something, students will find ways around it.""The goal is to create a collaborative human-AI model.""AI can provide personalized and differentiated resources.""AI is not the end of the world. Use it to support your mission."If you found this episode useful, please share your experience. You can find me online on Twitter, LinkedIN and Instagram: @leaningshane

In this episode, we sit down with Thomas Thompson, a co-founder of Eduaide and a Social Studies teacher in Anne Arundel County Public Schools. Thomas shares his insights on the latest trends in educational technology and how AI can be integrated into the classroom to support learning and instruction. He explains how Eduaide's generative educational resources allow for flexible and personalized lesson planning, including modular design, open sharing, and personalization features. Don't miss this fascinating conversation about the future of AI in education. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/myedtechlife/support

Sometimes, the best advice can come across as the most trite and insincere. When you're walking through a tough season of life, and some well-meaning believer encourages you to “Trust Jesus”, though the advice is sound, the path may remain unclear. How? What does it really mean? What does it require? What does it look like to trust Jesus? We were joined by Mr. THOMAS THOMPSON today hear one perspective on this age-old question.

Philip Scott spoke today from 1 Samuel 3:1-10 as part of our holiday bible service (plus a memory verse from Sarah and Thomas Thompson!)

April 29th: Delays in Thomas Thompson's Execution Ended (1998) Some criminals go to the grave proclaiming their innocence. On April 29th 1998 delays in a man's execution were put to an end and he, in turn, was sent to the execution chamber. A man who, until his last breath, believed he was an innocent man.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Martin_Thompson, https://murderpedia.org/male.T/t1/thompson-thomas-martin.htm, https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/capital-punishment/inmates-executed-1978-to-present/thomas-m-thompson/, https://innocenceproject.org/california-man-executed-in-1998-likely-innocent-according-to-federal-judge/, http://www.lairdcarlson.com/grip/Thompson%20Case%20Summary.htm, https://www.kcrw.com/news/articles/did-an-innocent-man-go-to-his-death-at-san-quentin, , https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-death-penaty-thompson-prop-62-prop-66-20161020-snap-story.htmlhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163341805/thomas-martin-thompson

3 people stranded on a boat in the middle of the ocean.  1 of them has lied to the others. The truth will have deadly consequences.  1 of them is hiding a big secret from the others. A secret she doesn't want to get out.  And only 1 will survive the 70 day ordeal.  Book Rec: “Lost” - by Thomas Thompson (one of my fave authors) it's so good you'll read it all in one sitting especially if it's a rainy day. Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com

HOW ARE YOU ADDRESSING YOUR WORKPLACE VIOLENCE CHALLENGES? On this episode we are joined by Kelly Austin and Thomas Thompson KLA Risk Consultants. We discuss their approach to addressing workplace violence in healthcare settings, the importance of a Gap Analysis, Metrics and Training. Sponsors and Collaborators: 3D Network Technology, Genetec, The Change Execution Group and 360 LIFE TRANSFORMATIONS, Canadian Security and Omnigo. For more places to listen, to be a guest on the podcast, become a sponsor or follow our social media pages check out: https://linktr.ee/brinehamilton

Thomas Thompson was a pastor for decades. Through his many years of experience, he has gained a plethora of knowledge and wisdom that he now uses in his career as a transition coach. This episode covers many of the things Thomas has learned in his life, such as: - If we are not intentional with our minds, we will give our focus to whatever demands our attention.  Where am I going to direct my attention, time and mind? Be intentional with it.  - You become the average of the 5 things you most put in your mind.  - What activities or people are most critical to help you focus on the life you want? - Say no to good things so that you can say yes to the great things.   - If you want to lead others well you must first lead yourself well. - People have intention but they are not always intentional.

ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS Council Bill No. 2021-072 A Resolution Reappointing Kim Nystrom to the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners in the City of Champaign Council Bill No. 2021-073 A Resolution Appointing Daniel Iniguez to the Champaign Center Partnership Board of Directors in the City of Champaign Council Bill No. 2021-074 A Resolution Reappointing Alicia Beck to the Champaign County Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors in the City of Champaign Council Bill No. 2021-075 A Resolution Appointing Thomas Bruno to the Champaign County Regional Planning Commission in the City of Champaign Council Bill No. 2021-076 A Resolution Reappointing Katie Blakeman and Trisha Crowley, and Maryka Trent Baraka and Appointing Michael Foellmer to the Champaign Public Library Board of Trustees in the City of Champaign Council Bill No. 2021-077 A Resolution Reappointing Ed Scopel, Thomas Thompson, and Keith Brandau to the Code Review & Appeals Board in the City of Champaign Council Bill No. 2021-078 A Resolution Reappointing Joe Zalabak to the Historic Preservation Commission in the City of Champaign Council Bill No. 2021-079 A Resolution Appointing Taylor Dent, Joseph Gamez, Dr. Lisa Liggins-Chambers, and Montez Dubose to the Human Relations Commission in the City of Champaign Council Bill No. 2021-080 A Resolution Appointing James Fielder to the Citizen Review Subcommittee of the Human Relations Commission in the City of Champaign Council Bill No. 2021-081 A Resolution Reappointing Laurie Reynolds and Marty Carlson, and Appointing Dan Wakefield to the Plan Commission in the City of Champaign Council Bill No. 2021-082 A Resolution Appointing Vanna Pianfetti to Visit Champaign County Board of Directors in the City of Champaign Council Bill No. 2021-083 A Resolution Reappointing Bridgett Wakefield to the Zoning Board of Appeals in the City of Champaign Council Bill No. 2021-084 An Ordinance Approving and Adopting the Annual Budget for the Fiscal Year Commencing July 1, 2021, and Ending June 30, 2022 Council Bill No. 2021-085 A Resolution Adopting Financial Policies for the Development, Adoption and Execution of the Annual Budget Council Bill No. 2021-086 An Ordinance Establishing Rates of Compensation for Employees of the City of Champaign and Approving the Annual Position Control Report for the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Council Bill No. 2021-087 An Ordinance Establishing Rates of Compensation for Employees of the Champaign Public Library and Adopting the Annual Position Control Report for the Champaign Public Library for the Fiscal Year 2021/22 Council Bill No. 2021-088 A Resolution Adopting the Ten-Year Capital Improvement Plan for Fiscal Years 2021/22 – 2030/31 and Adopting the Capital Improvement Policies Council Bill No. 2021-089 An Ordinance Amending Section 29-401(a) of the Champaign Municipal Code, 1985 Council Bill No. 2021-090 A Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Continue Administration of a COVID-19 Employee Leave Policy Council Bill No. 2021-091 A Resolution Accepting a Bid and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Agreement for Janitorial Services for the Champaign Police Department Council Bill No. 2021-092 A Resolution Accepting a Bid for Refuse Collection Services for On-Street Receptacles and City Facilities Council Bill No. 2021-093 A Resolution Approving a Change Order with Allied Waste Transportation, Inc. d/b/a Republic Services of Urbana for Refuse Collection Services for On-Street Receptacles and City Facilities Council Bill No. 2021-094 A Resolution Approving a 10-Year Intergovernmental Agreement with the Illinois Department of Transportation Outlining Responsibilities for Maintenance and Energy Costs for Traffic Signals on State Routes

3 of some of my favorite people. We are planning a sequel very soon. intro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_XbtYfrNYI Outro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh3dNJIYO2M --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-villegas/support

Thomas is the homie. He was the host at my very first open mic and many after that. He is great on a microphone and has a knack for poetry. He has been on a lot of episodes in the past, and we needed to catch up. Links below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWaqFcMPG9M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us3pCHd8PLs --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-villegas/support

Temple University's Klein College of Media and Communication sponsors this report from the KYW Newsradio Newstudies Program which teaches broadcast journalism to high school sophomores, juniors and seniors from throughout the area. From our 2020 graduating class, here is: Thomas Thompson from Souderton High School. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Jeff visits with Kelsey Karper, Co-Founder of Current Studio and Factory Obscura and Thomas Thompson, a Co-Founder of Factory Obscura as well. We begin by hearing from Kelsey about Current Studio and how they provide opportunities for various artists-in-residence at their facility. She then speaks about the inspiration and the origins of Factory Obscura and how it came into being as well as how she and Romy Owens, her partner at Current Studio, decided to house the first Factory Obscura exhibition, SHIFT, at their facility. Kelsey then gives us an overview of how they created a vision for this group and how they brought area artists together to be a part of this first project at Current Studio. We transition into an overview about SHIFT and how it is the first fully-immersive and experiential art installation in the OKC area and what makes it so unique. Kelsey then shares with listeners about where they can find more information about SHIFT, and all of this information is at the bottom of this summary for those who are interested. After this, we hear from Thomas Thompson about his motivation for being involved in this project as he has an interest in human consciousness and in helping lead a project that will be providing both children and adults with the opportunity to have a full-sensory art experience that is so unique. He then reflects upon other art exhibits in other states that are somewhat similar to SHIFT. After this, we hear some details about SHIFT from Kelsey as well as an overview of what people can expect, and it is really exciting that each person will have their own unique experience We continue the conversation as Kelsey speaks about how it is very possible that people who feel that they aren't necessarily interested in art will find that they are partaking of it while interacting with the various full-sensory aspects of SHIFT as they progress through it. We wrap things up by hearing from Thomas as he reflects about how this exhibit really focuses on providing people with an opportunity to experience something genuine and authentic as they interact with it in numerous ways. Kelsey then shares an overview of the future vision of Factory Obscura as they plan to grow this project and ultimately have their own facility that will house larger-scale exhibits in the future. Lastly, we hear from Kelsey about the various opportunities for volunteers to help be a part of Factory Obscura, and the link to sign up and indicate how they want to help in the future. Visit the Current Studio website to learn about how to support Factory Obscura. Donations fund the creation of SHIFT at Current Studio including supplies and most importantly, paying the artists. Plus, donors will be the first to experience the fully immersive installation. 

Tune in this week to listen to our exciting conclusion to the Charles Sobhraj Saga. We follow Charles's cons and murders in India in the late 70s, his capture, his trial, his escape from Tihar, his recapture and much much more! Sources :  Books : 1. On the Trail of the Serpent : The Life and Crimes of Charles Sobhraj by Richard Neville and Julie Clarke https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B07TSBG7FK?ie=UTF8&tag=khoonithepodc-21&camp=3638&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=B07TSBG7FK 2. Serpentine : The True Story of a Serial Killer’s Reign of Terror from Europe to South Asia by Thomas Thompson https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B01N5EQU2D?ie=UTF8&tag=khoonithepodc-21&camp=3638&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=B01N5EQU2D 3. Charles Sobhraj : Inside the Heart of the Bikini Killer by Ramesh Koirala https://www.amazon.in/Charles-Sobhraj-Inside-Bikini-Killer/dp/9353332621 Others : 4. https://www.noted.co.nz/currently/currently-crime/the-serpent-charles-sobhraj-my-encounter-with-serial-killer  5. https://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war  6. https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/pathways-between-child-maltreatment-and-adult-criminal-involvement  7. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pg7nek/does-withholding-sex-make-your-partner-want-you-more  8. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3151655/  9. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1967/09/the-flowering-of-the-hippies/306619/ 10. https://www.history.com/news/vietnam-war-hippies-counter-culture

Join us this week, as we look at what Charles got upto after he fled Mumbai. Today's episode takes us from India in the 70s, to the Hippie Trail and we spend some time in Chiang Mai, Pattaya, Hua Hin and Bangkok. Tune in as we discuss among many many things including the Hippie movement, Passport forgery back in the day, With-holding Sex and ofcourse Murder! Sneha's Spotify Playlist : https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0Fd9y3n4Z5mAwGHi3qpUbm?si=c3zELhCiQNGxhBUv5hgMXA Sources :  Books :  1. On the Trail of the Serpent : The Life and Crimes of Charles Sobhraj by Richard Neville and Julie Clarke https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B07TSBG7FK?ie=UTF8&tag=khoonithepodc-21&camp=3638&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=B07TSBG7FK 2. Serpentine : The True Story of a Serial Killer’s Reign of Terror from Europe to South Asia by Thomas Thompson https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B01N5EQU2D?ie=UTF8&tag=khoonithepodc-21&camp=3638&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=B01N5EQU2D 3. Charles Sobhraj : Inside the Heart of the Bikini Killer by Ramesh Koirala https://www.amazon.in/Charles-Sobhraj-Inside-Bikini-Killer/dp/9353332621 Others: 4. https://www.noted.co.nz/currently/currently-crime/the-serpent-charles-sobhraj-my-encounter-with-serial-killer 5. https://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war 6. https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/pathways-between-child-maltreatment-and-adult-criminal-involvement 7. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pg7nek/does-withholding-sex-make-your-partner-want-you-more 8. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3151655/ 9. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1967/09/the-flowering-of-the-hippies/306619/ 10. https://www.history.com/news/vietnam-war-hippies-counter-culture [Night in India by Shamil Elvenheim is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License]

How did a boy who was born in Saigon in the middle of a war become one of the most ingenious Criminals on the Hippie Trail in the 70s? Join us this week as we begin to try and understand the myth and the man that is Charles Gurumukh Sobhraj! Sources :  Books :  1. On the Trail of the Serpent : The Life and Crimes of Charles Sobhraj by Richard Neville and Julie Clarke https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B07TSBG7FK?ie=UTF8&tag=khoonithepodc-21&camp=3638&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=B07TSBG7FK 2. Serpentine : The True Story of a Serial Killer’s Reign of Terror from Europe to South Asia by Thomas Thompson https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B01N5EQU2D?ie=UTF8&tag=khoonithepodc-21&camp=3638&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=B01N5EQU2D 3. Charles Sobhraj : Inside the Heart of the Bikini Killer by Ramesh Koirala https://www.amazon.in/Charles-Sobhraj-Inside-Bikini-Killer/dp/9353332621 4. https://www.noted.co.nz/currently/currently-crime/the-serpent-charles-sobhraj-my-encounter-with-serial-killer 5. https://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war 6. https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/pathways-between-child-maltreatment-and-adult-criminal-involvement

JM DeFoggi and Thomas Thompson explore how they have shifted from spiritual maturity towards spiritual formation. The post E23 – What is Spiritual Formation? – Part 1 appeared first on Pulpit Rock Church in Colorado Springs.

Recorded on January 29, 2020 Book Talk starts at 33:30 Our next KAL will be a Poncho Knit Along. Start thinking about what you want to knit or crochet now.  We have a Poncho Bundle already!  Join the Chatter thread to join in on the fun of planning!!  This KAL will run from February 1 to May 1, 2020 Celia McAdam Cahill has given us three copies of her Zephyr cardigan pattern to give away - and one of them includes the yarn to knit it!   Please post a comment in this thread to be entered to win. We have our 200th episode coming up soon!  We are going to answer your questions during this episode.  Please go to this Ask Us Anything thread to post your questions. KNITTING Barb has finished 1.  Mother Bears 193, 194, and 196 2.  Bankhead Hat #9 using Caron Cake leftovers 3.  6 Knitted Knockers 4.  Multidirectional Scarf #8 using a Caron Cake in the White Truffle colorway Tracie has finished: 1.  Vanilla Socks in West Yorkshire Spinners Signature 4-ply in the Rum Paradise colorway 2.  5 Knitted Knockers 3.  Wurstwarmer by Pamela Wynne in High Fiber Diet in Mermaid Mess and Dizzy Blonde Studios Dizzy Color in Delete Barb continues to work on 1.  Sunnydale Cowl by Katy H. Carroll (Katinka Designs), using Malabrigo Yarn Arroyo in the Anniversario colorway 2.  Beech Hill by Leah McGlone, using Berroco Remix in the Strawberry color way And has cast on 1.  Be Kind Hat by Melissa Simpson, using leftover Caron Cake yarn 2.  Multidirectional Diagonal Scarf by Karen Baumer using a Caron Cake in the Key Lime colorway 3.  Rodeo Drive Poncho, using Blue Moon Fiber Arts Twisted in the Stormy Weather colorway Tracie continues to work on: 1.  The Stripe-on-Stripe Shawl by Fredi Baker in Speakeasy Yarns Shady Lady Gradient in Oasis and Malabrigo Sock in Light of Love 2.  Rachel by Josee Paquin in Fyberspates Vivacious 4-Ply in Slate 3.  Bellefluer Cardigan in Madelinetosh Silk/Merino in the Mill Pond color way BOOKS (ratings are out of 5 stars) Barb read 1.  Roommates Wanted by Lisa Jewell - 4 stars 2.  Blood and Money by Thomas Thompson - 5 stars Tracie read 1.  Poison Orchids by Sarah A. Denzil and Anna Taylor -  2 1/2 stars 2.  Persuasion by Jane Austen - 5 stars 3.  Chomp by Carl Hiaasen - 4 stars Barb recommends 2 True Crime podcasts: 1  Catch and Kill podcast with Ronan Farrow 2. Chasing Cosby podcast  

Two men are tried and convicted for the same crime by the same prosecutor. Is this an aberration? This podcast takes a closer look at two cases—Joseph B. Nichols and Thomas M. Thompson—and the fight for truth and justice. Does the criminal justice system focus on finality at the expense of justice?

Thomas Thompson is on Autocross Talk he runs the site National Autocross News NAXN.org and you can find them on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/autoxnews/ They are always looking for contributors who would like to write about autocross! He shares his stories and insights ranging from XP to STH. He would live to hear what you would … Continue reading "Thomas Thompson of Autocross News Network is on the show"

Recorded on January 24, 2019 Winners for our Sweater KAL are announced at the end of the podcast, after ThumbsUp/ThumbsDown.  The winner of Helen Stewart's book, The Shawl Society, Season 1 is announced also. Our 2019 Colorwork KAL will start on February 1, 2019, and will go until May 15, 2019.  Come join the Chatter Thread and make your plans... KNITTING Barb’s FOs 1.  Mother Bear #152 2.  Suburban Wrap by Joji Locatelli, using Lisa Souza Dyeworks Deluxe Sock and Hu made Made Twist 3.  Big Sister cardigan by Hinterm Stein, using Cascade Pacific in the Dark Blue colorway 4.  Whinstone Hat #3 by Chrissy Graham, using Berroco Vintage in the Forest Floor color way.   Tracie’s FOs 1.  Pinch Hat by Cecily Glowik-MacDonald in arkaik fibers swanky aran in Jealous Sea - she didn't like the finished product, so she ribbed it out and made a Pussyhat! 2.  Pony Tail Hat by Knikki Knits, using purple spirit Yarn 3.  Rib-a-Roni hat by Jane Tanner using spirit yarn in gold and purple 4.  Simonside Hat by Katya Frankle, using Big twist Yarns Premium Hombres 5.  Golden Gate Bridge Hat by Sophie Kurnik in blue and yellow for Will's friend   Barb is working on: 1.  Donner by Elizabeth Doherty, using Cloudborn Fibers Superwash Twist Sock in the Grey Heather color way 2.  Hazelnut Socks by Helen Stewart, using Desert Vista Dyeworks Viso in the Freud’s Dream color way - 1st pair for the #fifthannualdesertvistadyeworksmonthlysockclub.   Barb has cast on: 1.  Fox Paws by Xandy Peters, using a Craftsy Fox Paws Kit (utilizing Clouborn Highland Sport)  in the Winter Sky color combination.   2.  Shetland Peerie Mittens MKAL by Kathy Lewiniski, using Knit Picks Palette in the Pimento, Blush, Grey and White colorways 3.  Winter Dreamer Hat by Whiletheyplay Designs, using Misti Alpaca Chunky in the Pewter colorway   Tracie is working on: 1.  Sand Layers by Lisa Hannes in January Yarns Staple Sock in Lucky and Serendipidye Kings Mountain Sock in Acapandemonium 2.  Zephyr cardigan #2 by Celia McAdam Cahill, using Elemental Effects Cormo Sport in the Cypress colorway 3. Fiddly Bits #7 by Jane Pihota in sport weight yarns 4.  Vanilla Socks in Urth Uneek Sock, color #54 Tracie has cast on: 1.  First Impressions Shawl by Brenda Castiel in Greenwood Fiberworks Simply Sock in the Arizona colorway 2.  Mermaid Dolls by Lorraine Pistorio using Berroco Elements in 4973 Bismuth, and other yarns She hasn't touched: 1.  Featherweight Cardigan by Hannah Fettig, using Fiberspates Scrumptious 4-ply Sport in the Amethyst colorway   BOOKS Barb has finished: 1.  Into the Abyss:  How a Deadly Plane Crash Changed the Lives of a Pilot, a Politician, a Criminal and a Cop by Carol Shaben - Barb gives it a Thumbs Up! 2.  Under Cover of the Night by Diane Fanning - Thumbs sideways 3.  Alternate Side by Anna Quindlen = Thumbs Up!     Tracie has finished: 1.  Blind Faith by Joe McGuinness - Thumbs Up! 2.  The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld - Thumbs up 3.  The Last Days of August by Jon Ronson - Thumbs Up 4.  Blood and Money: The Classic True Story of Murder, Passion and Power by Thomas Thompson   Barb is currently reading: 1.  The House of Unexpected Sisters (The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agancy #18) by Alexander McCall Smith 1.  A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley   Tracie is reading: 1.  Pretend I'm Dead by Jen Beagin

Thomas came back and we had a very in depth conversation about comedy, slam poetry, podcasts, video games and many other things. Thank you for listening. Links are below. No Third Lane https://www.nothirdlane.com/ Spitefully Spicy Salsa https://www.instagram.com/spitefullyspicy/ Intro Song https://open.spotify.com/track/4mKpOaRz7F5LfeY9SSiuDu?si=XRc02ILUSsKxBntzPUylqA --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-villegas/support

In the second hour, host Fr. Jason Lefor joined Sr. Clarice Korger in the Diocese of Sioux Falls to talk about what it's like to live life as a nun and to preview an upcoming women's discernment weekend. Fr. Lefor then spoke with the Diocese of Superior's Fr. Thomas Thompson about a way for young men to learn more about the priesthood. Fr. Thompson also introduced listeners to the newest seminarian of the diocese.

Tonight for the 420 episode I sat down with the host of the 806 open mic in Amarillo. I've known this guy a year and he is one of the coolest people I've ever met. He's been doing poetry for over a decade.  We talked about politics, stand up comedy, Alex Jones, freestyling, and at least a dozen other things.  You are really going to enjoy this one. Links are at the bottom. https://soundcloud.com/jizzydank https://youtu.be/1C7vP061iqs https://youtu.be/TICFnQK1tAc https://www.thedailybeast.com/alex-jones-fuck-trump-for-blasting-syria?via=desktop&source=Reddit --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-villegas/support

Yes!... we bring you 33 reasons to boycott the AE map forever! Once again, for the thousandth time, we show you why the Gleason's map, the AE pizza map, the blue Frisbee, the Flat Earth Society and the Robotham model are holding back the flat earth expansion. This episode we are joined by Jake Gibson, the Flat Earth Asshole along with Thomas Thompson as guests! Why the number 33? Because just like a lot of other dogma and mythology ingested by the "movement", it's just another number and is not just for freemasons which has become as laughable as steam powered rockets and not falling off the edge because there is an icewall holding the oceans on a disc. We have shown so many reasons why "No Maps" is the best approach to sharing the reality that the earth is flat. There are hundreds of reasons the globe is a failed model. Another false model as a replacement is not only a really bad idea, but it is ammunition being used against us. Visit our website at www.FlatEarthConspiracy.comSubscribe to Flat Earth Conspiracy - Earth Is A Construct on Soundwise

Yes!... we bring you 33 reasons to boycott the AE map forever! Once again, for the thousandth time, we show you why the Gleason's map, the AE pizza map, the blue Frisbee, the Flat Earth Society and the Robotham model are holding back the flat earth expansion. This episode we are joined by Jake Gibson, the Flat Earth Asshole along with Thomas Thompson as guests! Why the number 33? Because just like a lot of other dogma and mythology ingested by the "movement", it's just another number and is not just for freemasons which has become as laughable as steam powered rockets and not falling off the edge because there is an icewall holding the oceans on a disc. We have shown so many reasons why "No Maps" is the best approach to sharing the reality that the earth is flat. There are hundreds of reasons the globe is a failed model. Another false model as a replacement is not only a really bad idea, but it is ammunition being used against us. Visit our website at www.FlatEarthConspiracy.com

Yes!... we bring you 33 reasons to boycott the AE map forever! Once again, for the thousandth time, we show you why the Gleason's map, the AE pizza map, the blue Frisbee, the Flat Earth Society and the Robotham model are holding back the flat earth expansion. This episode we are joined by Jake Gibson, the Flat Earth Asshole along with Thomas Thompson as guests! Why the number 33? Because just like a lot of other dogma and mythology ingested by the "movement", it's just another number and is not just for freemasons which has become as laughable as steam powered rockets and not falling off the edge because there is an icewall holding the oceans on a disc. We have shown so many reasons why "No Maps" is the best approach to sharing the reality that the earth is flat. There are hundreds of reasons the globe is a failed model. Another false model as a replacement is not only a really bad idea, but it is ammunition being used against us. Visit our website at www.FlatEarthConspiracy.com

Part 2: Lori and Lawrence are joined by Thomas Thompson to discuss and address the recent debate and FE conference. Also we will visit the topic of FE going on mainstream news and what that means for the future of FE. If you are new to this podcast please watch some or all of our Map and Model episodes regarding past discussions and our path to the 4D and Diamond theory.Subscribe to Flat Earth Conspiracy - Earth Is A Construct on Soundwise

Part 2: Lori and Lawrence are joined by Thomas Thompson to discuss and address the recent debate and FE conference. Also we will visit the topic of FE going on mainstream news and what that means for the future of FE. If you are new to this podcast please watch some or all of our Map and Model episodes regarding past discussions and our path to the 4D and Diamond theory.

Lori and Lawrence are joined by Thomas Thompson to discuss and address the recent debate and FE conference. Also we will visit the topic of FE going on mainstream news and what that means for the future of FE.Subscribe to Flat Earth Conspiracy - Earth Is A Construct on Soundwise

Part 2: Lori and Lawrence are joined by Thomas Thompson to discuss and address the recent debate and FE conference. Also we will visit the topic of FE going on mainstream news and what that means for the future of FE. If you are new to this podcast please watch some or all of our Map and Model episodes regarding past discussions and our path to the 4D and Diamond theory.

Lori and Lawrence are joined by Thomas Thompson to discuss and address the recent debate and FE conference. Also we will visit the topic of FE going on mainstream news and what that means for the future of FE.

Lori and Lawrence are joined by Thomas Thompson to discuss and address the recent debate and FE conference. Also we will visit the topic of FE going on mainstream news and what that means for the future of FE.

In this episode, Jeff visits with Kelsey Karper, Co-Founder of Current Studio and Factory Obscura and Thomas Thompson, a Co-Founder of Factory Obscura as well. We begin by hearing from Kelsey about Current Studio and how they provide opportunities for various artists-in-residence at their facility. She then speaks about the inspiration and the origins of Factory Obscura and how it came into being as well as how she and Romy Owens, her partner at Current Studio, decided to house the first Factory Obscura exhibition, SHIFT, at their facility. Kelsey then gives us an overview of how they created a vision for this group and how they brought area artists together to be a part of this first project at Current Studio. We transition into an overview about SHIFT and how it is the first fully-immersive and experiential art installation in the OKC area and what makes it so unique. Kelsey then shares with listeners about where they can find more information about SHIFT, and all of this information is at the bottom of this summary for those who are interested. After this, we hear from Thomas Thompson about his motivation for being involved in this project as he has an interest in human consciousness and in helping lead a project that will be providing both children and adults with the opportunity to have a full-sensory art experience that is so unique. He then reflects upon other art exhibits in other states that are somewhat similar to SHIFT. After this, we hear some details about SHIFT from Kelsey as well as an overview of what people can expect, and it is really exciting that each person will have their own unique experience We continue the conversation as Kelsey speaks about how it is very possible that people who feel that they aren't necessarily interested in art will find that they are partaking of it while interacting with the various full-sensory aspects of SHIFT as they progress through it. We wrap things up by hearing from Thomas as he reflects about how this exhibit really focuses on providing people with an opportunity to experience something genuine and authentic as they interact with it in numerous ways. Kelsey then shares an overview of the future vision of Factory Obscura as they plan to grow this project and ultimately have their own facility that will house larger-scale exhibits in the future. Lastly, we hear from Kelsey about the various opportunities for volunteers to help be a part of Factory Obscura, and the link to sign up and indicate how they want to help in the future. Visit the Current Studio website to learn about how to support Factory Obscura. Donations fund the creation of SHIFT at Current Studio including supplies and most importantly, paying the artists. Plus, donors will be the first to experience the fully immersive installation. Factory Obscura Web Page www.factoryobscura.com or https://www.currentstudio.org/factory-obscura/ Factory Obscura and Current Studio Facebook Pages @factoryobscura @currentstudiook Link To Provide Tax Deductible Financial Support For SHIFT https://www.hatchfund.org/project/factory_obscura_presents_shift_at_current_studio Link To Sign Up To Volunteer https://www.currentstudio.org/factory-obscura-volunteer-sign-up About Factory Obscura And SHIFT Factory Obscura (a collective of artists and community builders) presents SHIFT at Current Studio November 9, 2017-February 25, 2018 The SHIFT installation at Current Studio takes participants on a journey through the various levels of human consciousness, from feelings of dreamy introspection, to the high energy of being fully awake, and everything in between. The fully immersive environment invites interactive play, both physical and mental, and for people of all ages and abilities. Created by our team of local artists, the installation provides an art experience like nothing seen before in Oklahoma City. This will be the first immersive installation leadin

2 Timothy 3:10-17 Now you have observed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, my persecutions, and my suffering the things that happened to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. Indeed, all who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. But wicked people and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived. But as for you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it, and how from childhood you have known the sacred writings that are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that everyone who belongs to God may be proficient, equipped for every good work. THE MODERN LESSON Howard Thurman Two or three times a week I read the Bible aloud to her. I was deeply impressed by the fact that she was most particular about the choice of Scripture. For instance, I might read many of the more devotional Psalms, some of Isaiah, the Gospels again, and again; but the Pauline epistles, never—except, at long intervals, the thirteenth chapter of First Corinthians…With a feeling of great temerity I asked her one day why it was she would not let me read any of the Pauline letters. What she told me I shall never forget. “During the days of slavery,” she said, “the master’s minister would occasionally hold services for the slaves. Old man McGhee was so mean that he would not let a Negro minister preach to his slaves. Always the white minister used as his text something from Paul. At least three or four times a year he used as a text: ‘Slaves, be obedient to them that are your master….as unto Christ.’ Then he would go on to show how it was God’s will that we were slaves and how, if we were good and happy slaves, God would bless us. I promised my Maker that if I ever learned to read and if freedom ever came, I would never read that part of the Bible” Stony the Road We Trod: African American Biblical Interpretation 62   We continue today on this World Communion Sunday with an unlikely look at another great Reformation principle, Sola Scriptura, Scripture alone, this profound re-centering that happened 500 years ago back onto the ancient texts that had been church’s bedrock, almost from the beginning. That re-centering was away from church tradition or those tasked with interpreting church tradition, away from those who decided for the rest of the church what the will of God was for the people of God. Scripture was not available to the masses for three reasons: first, generally members of the church were quite literally forbidden to read the text itself without the guidance of a priest or direction from the hierarchy about what the text meant. Secondly, the text itself was only in the Latin Vulgate, a language that few lay people could understand apart from the priests and the doctors of the church. And third, until around the time of Luther’s life, Scripture was hand copied, so there were few actual Bibles to read anyway since it took great time and manpower to produce a copy. But a few years after Luther posted his 95 theses against the practice of indulgences, he published a German translation of the Bible for the masses, which opened a new world to many German Christians, a world in which they had a chance to read for themselves the stories that some had rarely heard, or had just seen depicted in the stain glass of churches, which were themselves a way of sharing the biblical story visually to the largely illiterate masses. Now, we Protestants, it was thought, now we can go back to the source material, go back to the stories and the teachings of Jesus himself, rather than having someone tell us what those teachings were, and how they should be understood. This was no minor shift, no minor re-centering, and it allowed the people of the church access to the texts that had formed them, formed them unaware, perhaps, but formed them nonetheless. But with more access to the Scriptures comes something else, something else that shouldn’t surprise any of us, and that was the emergence of different interpretations of the same text. Just because people could read the text for themselves, just because they could read Jesus’ words for themselves, or the stories of the Jewish Bible for themselves, it didn’t mean that people could AGREE on what those texts mean. Unlike the Jewish tradition, in which multiple and varied and sometimes contradictory interpretations of the texts were welcomed and embraced, we in the Christian churches had been told for hundreds and hundreds of years that there was only correct interpretation of the text, the one promulgated by the official church. We Christians had no tradition of being able to handle differences when it came to interpretations, no way of being to be comfortable with a multitude of contradictory voices argueing that their understanding of this or that Scriptural text was the right and correct one. And hence, not surprisingly, Protestantism begins to do its own splitting apart internally, and today we have so many different kinds of Protestants that its actually, quite literally, hard to count them all. But something else also happened, something perhaps deeply unexpected. Some have noted that we Protestants ended up switching from one Pope to another, one central authority to another central authority, re-centering ourselves away back from Rome to the Christian and Jewish Scriptures, as the decider of what was it meant to be a Christian, a follower of this Jesus of Nazareth. Instead of the Pope or representatives of the Western Church deciding for us what correct doctrine or ideas were, we simply substituted another authority to decide for us what were the right and wrong ways of being a Christian, the new authority being the Scriptures themselves. And that instinct seems to make sense, except, of course, for the fact people of good will can simply disagree with each other on what Jesus meant when he is said to have uttered some particular words, or what an Apostle meant by his wording on this or that matter. Despite our Protestant desire to finalize authority in the Scriptures, we ended up diffusing authority, spreading it around, and causing, at least for some, a confusing cacophony of voices claiming to have the right interpretation of a particular text or doctrine. Is that a good thing? Well, for those of us who are comfortable with differences, of all sorts, it is, because it honors a reality that we’ve all experienced – you get five people interpreting a text or an event, and you’ll get 7 different opinions about what those words, or what that event means. But for those who desire just one final reading, one final interpretation of a text, or a story, its deeply uncomfortable, and often from them you see an eventual embrace of some sort of fundamentalism, some sort of absolutism that attempts to dictate to others the correct interpretation of ideas, doctrines, and stories. Still, I think that turn towards Scripture in the Protestant Reformation was a good thing, despite the tendency of those who simply switched from the Pope in Rome to the Pope of Scripture. For those of us in the liberal Protestant tradition, we continue to embrace this idea of “Scripture alone,” but I would argue that we’ve done it in a way that avoids the absolutism that infects those enamored by a final and absolute reading of a text. We took the Reformation challenge of re-centering the church back towards its ancient voices, especially back to the testimony of who Jesus was and is, and we practiced it in a way that brought integrity to the process. Unlike some who think that Sola Scriptura, Scripture alone means that Scripture is the final arbiter of how we live our lives as disciples of Christ, we liberal Christians generally understand Scripture as the beginning point of that journey, of that attempt to figure out what it might mean to actual live out Christ’s words about love and grace and forgiveness. But just because we begin our journey in Scripture it does not mean we always end with the Scriptures, which in practice is the way the Scriptures have always been practically understood for two thousand years. For example, you heard that story a few minutes ago by the great Howard Thurman about how his mother, who was once a slave, refused to listen to the texts in the Bible that support chattel slavery, the buying and selling of other human beings, texts found in both the Old and New Testaments. When the Christians in this country argued with each other about the rightness and the wrongness of human slavery before the Civil War, the side with the more biblical argument, the one that could seemingly claim clarity on the issue in Scripture was the pro-slavery South. The evangelical historian Mark Knoll explains it this way in his book – The Civil War as Theological Crisis: The power of the proslavery scriptural position…lay in its simplicity. [Thomas] Thompson defense could not have been more direct. In effect: open the Bible, read it, believe it. After conceding that in ancient times God had set strict limits to Hebrew enslavement of other Hebrews, he then quoted Leviticus 25:45-46a: “Moreover the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall you buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land, and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance…” Then after acknowledging New Testament injunctions to piety, charity and respect for others, Thompson turned to the book of Philemon, the brief letter of St. Paul in which the apostle instructed an escaped slave, Onesimus, to return to his master. Thompson’s message was straightforward: if God through divine revelation so clearly sanctioned slavery, and even the trade in “strangers,” how could genuine Christians attack modern slavery, or even the slave trade, as an evil. (33) Now, clearly the church has ended up believing that human slavery was never actually God’s will, despite what is written in our Scriptures – instead, most of us, if we are honest with the text, realize that human beings, in an effort to justify their enslavement of other human beings, tried to have God justify it for them by putting approval of this evil practice into our sacred texts. This is one of those cases where we liberal Protestants, along with other Christians, begin with Scripture, we look at what the text itself says about something, but thankfully we don’t end there, we don’t just stay there, we simply can’t stay there, because slavery is simply not God’s will. In fact, there are other Scriptural texts that clearly show us a God who is interested in freedom, a God who frees the people of Israel from their slavery, their bondage in Egypt. And common human decency, which is another way God still speaks to us in this world, shows us that the practice of chattel slavery is not God’s will. We begin with Scriptures, we remain faithful to the Reformation principle of “Scripture alone,” but beginnings are not endings, and so we don’t always end up there, at the beginning – and if we always did, we would find ourselves justifying all sorts of behaviosr that are simply wrong. Despite the great harm that sometimes comes when we Protestants do what some have accused us of doing, of simply substituting one pope for another pope, of substituting one final authority, the Pope or church, for another final authority, the Holy Scriptures, despite the harm that comes from that sleight of hand, eventually, eventually we the church come around to our senses, we come to see that God is not done with humanity yet, that God has not finished speaking, despite the unwillingness of some believers to hear God through sources other than the Scriptures or the Church itself. That’s why it’s so important to keep an open mind to the change that God is still fomenting in the world, that God might be doing a new thing even now, both within the church, but also in the larger world. I’ve often said that sometimes God has to go around the church in order to reach the church, that God has to use whatever means necessarily in the larger world to get the church to see what God sees, and to do what God wants the church to do. Paul, in his letter to his young disciple Timothy, writes this: All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that everyone who belongs to God may be proficient, equipped for every good work. And you know what, I think he’s right, though, to be clear, the Scripture he speaks of here is not his own writings, which would later be understood as sacred themselves, but the Tanak, the Jewish Scriptures that molded and shaped him, the ones he hopes will do the same for his disciple Timothy and the nascent church. But Paul is also right in an unexpected way, unexpected, of course, being the way that God often works in this world. When we readers go to our holy texts, we go to seek what our ancient forbearers wrote and said about some topic, some idea, or we go to see what Jesus said and did about such matters. Often we are uplifted, challenged, moved, convicted, but there are also times when we Christians have had to set ourselves against those ancient voices, those ancient words, and so we in the church have come to reject Paul’s understanding of human slavery, a view he held that was common and unremarkable for its time, we have had to reject his words just as Howard Thurman’s mother did in the story we heard earlier today. That rejection of certain parts of Scripture, the parts that seem to endorse human genocide in God’s name, the parts that seem to denigrate and dismiss women, even that act of saying “no” to these texts is a result of that very same Scripture continuing to inspire, continuing to reprove us, correction us, and continuing to train in righteousness – even in our saying “no” to certain parts Scripture, even then that very same scripture continues to shape us- it helps us clarify what God really does want of us and of justice. Positive change can happen when we Christians do as the Reformers ask us to do, which is to go to those ancient voices and listen for the voice of God in them. Sometimes, though, the voice of God isn’t found in the words themselves, in the text themselves, but is discovered in us wrestling with particular texts that may not be God’s words, or God’s will in the first place. Even in moments when we stand against Scripture, it too teaches, trains us, reproves, shapes us, so that we can be followers of the Way that Jesus calls us into, the way of love and justice. Begin at the beginning, the Reformers says, and so we shall, but where we end up, well, that may be an altogether surprising thing, and a reminder that God is still doing a thing in this world, even now, changing the world even now, and maybe, if we allow ourselves to be, maybe changing us as well. Amen.

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