Author: Nanette Sawyer

I love the YMCA!

Thanks to the good influence of my summer roommate, Rachel, I joined the Logan Square Y in August. (It’s called the McCormick Tribune Y, though it’s in Logan Square.) Rachel taught me some basics with free weights and I also quickly grew attached to a bike which works like a video game. You watch a screen …

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Shawna’s live painting at Moltmann conversation

Shawna painted this 8 x 6 foot mural during the Wednesday night session of the Moltmann conversation. It took her a couple of hours. She began during the welcome and painted all through the opening presentations and the communion service. After it was done, it was auctioned off to participants of the conference and ended up …

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Hearing Moltmann, the person, in person

Listening to Moltmann today was amazing. Finally, in the third lecture, I had settled in my preferred seating place, the balcony, and had my mini-laptop working enough to type notes while he spoke. For the first two lectures, I really couldn’t take notes because I found I had to give him all my attention. I …

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Hello world!

Here is my first post to my new blog. I’m writing from the JoPa sponsored Theological Conversation with Jürgen Moltmann in Libertyville, IL, a suburb of Chicago. Without much ado, I’m going to begin posting!

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