A Different Drummer
Friday, January 29, 2010

A Cry of Absence: Recommended Reading

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Facing six months of unemployment and a lack of direction at this late stage of my life is difficult, a spiritual struggle. So, I turn once ...
Thursday, January 28, 2010

for Iris

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You are the hand I am the glove You are the sun I am the moon You are the wind I am the tree You are the ocean I am the fish...
Friday, January 15, 2010

Follow Your Passions and Giftedness

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Below are two sets of reflective questions for individuals and congregations I prepared recently for my own congregation in order to follow ...
Thursday, December 31, 2009

Recalling 2009

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As I end the year 2009 and begin 2010 tomorrow , I thought it would be a good idea to reflect on the highlights of my life by making a list ...
Wednesday, December 30, 2009

no more tears

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Today I finished the fourth painting in my series "Revelation 21" entitled "no more tears."
Monday, December 28, 2009

No More Death: Third painting in Revelation 21 series

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Finished the third painting in my series "Revelation 21" today.
Friday, December 25, 2009

Wishing Everyone a Peaceful Christmas!

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*Drawing from Readings for Radicals: a peace and justice lectionary by Leo Hartshorn
Wednesday, December 23, 2009

The Hint Half-Guessed: A Christmas meditation

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In the womb of a mother I was molded into flesh. And my first sound was a cry like that of all. I was nursed in swaddling clothes. For there...
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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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