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Sunday, November 29, 2009

Prepare the Way: an Advent sermon

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The senses come alive during this holiday season. The smell of burning candles rising into the air. The lights of the Christmas tree shimmer...
Friday, November 27, 2009

Burning God: an old poem by Leo Hartshorn

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flood my soul, O burning God with light eternal shining brilliant brighten my spirit against the darkness that covers the world like thick t...
Thursday, November 26, 2009

life is not simple: a poem by Leo Hartshorn

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life is not simple no one, two, three steps to peace and serenity no bumpersticker morality can capture ethical complexity those who make it...
Tuesday, November 24, 2009

The Gate and the Gap: A word from beyond the chasm

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I remember being stunned when I first read Ron Sider's book Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger back in the late 70's. Sider's ...
Sunday, November 22, 2009

The Wedding of Thanks and Giving: a Thanksgiving sermon

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This sermon, based on Deuteronomy 26:1-11. was preached at Peace Mennonite Church, Portland, Oregon on November 22, 2009 Once upon a time G...
Saturday, November 21, 2009

Aung San Suu Kyi: Artisan of Social Change

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Finished a new drawing in my series Artisans of Social Change of Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize recipient (1991). Seeking a new democra...
Thursday, November 19, 2009

Things I Will Probably Never Do Again in This Lifetime

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As I get older sometimes I look back and ponder things that I have done in my life that I will probably never do again. It’s not that there...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

A Love Once Past: Poem from the early 70's

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Love was once a still blue moment Pasted to my mind like a catalog of iridescent colors But time stole the colors from my eyes and has turne...
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Leo Hartshorn
Portland, OR, United States
I grew up just north of Malibu, California, in Oxnard. I have been a musician and artist since the 60's. I entered Christian ministry in 1973 as a Southern Baptist and became a minister among the Mennonites in 1987 through the influence a baptist theologian friend, Dr. James Wm. McClendon, Jr. I would consider myself more of an neo-Anabaptist than a Mennonite. I have been a Christian minister for 40 years. 10 years in youth and education and 30 years in pastoral ministry in congregations in California, Texas, Pennsylvania, and Oregon. For 7 years I was Minister of Peace and Justice for Mennonite Church USA and staff for the Peace and Justice Support Network. I received my doctorate with a focus on Anabaptist preaching from Lancaster Theological Seminary (See dissertation below)). I currently live in Portland, Oregon. I just completed an interim pastorate of Zion Mennonite Church, Hubbard, Oregon. My sermons at Zion can be heard at: http://zion.or.us.mennonite.net/Home/WorshipServices. I am retired and spend most of my time now doing artwork and playing in a local band, Blues Battalion.
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