Comments for Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education http://scupe.org SCUPE Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:47:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on 2010 Religion Stories with Urban Impact — 2 by Nigerian Christians and Boko Haram http://scupe.org/religion-stories-with-urban-impact-2/#comment-111 Nigerian Christians and Boko Haram Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:47:36 +0000 http://www.scupe.org/blogs/?p=72#comment-111 [...] Christians in Nigeria are facing severe violence, and a SCUPE alum, and former member of Ellis Avenue Church is in the front-lines of that struggle. Dr. Obed Dashan is the former principal of Gindiri Theological College in Plateau State, Nigeria. He and his wife Phena did their M.Div.s at the Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, Indiana and their doctoral studies at the Chicago Theological Seminary. They profess a deep Mennonite conviction and seek to live everyday as peacemakers which is a very difficult task in the context of Northern Nigeria. I wrote about them in a previous post. [...] [...] Christians in Nigeria are facing severe violence, and a SCUPE alum, and former member of Ellis Avenue Church is in the front-lines of that struggle. Dr. Obed Dashan is the former principal of Gindiri Theological College in Plateau State, Nigeria. He and his wife Phena did their M.Div.s at the Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, Indiana and their doctoral studies at the Chicago Theological Seminary. They profess a deep Mennonite conviction and seek to live everyday as peacemakers which is a very difficult task in the context of Northern Nigeria. I wrote about them in a previous post. [...]

]]> Comment on Learning from Jane Addams and the Closing of Chicago’s Hull House by Louise W. Knight http://scupe.org/learning-from-jane-addams-and-the-closing-of-chicagos-hull-house/#comment-104 Louise W. Knight Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:50:31 +0000 http://scupe.org/?p=4345#comment-104 Thanks to Shanta Premawardhana for posting this! As a biographer of Jane Addams, I was of course especially saddened by the news of Hull House's closing. But I also was mindful of the differences between the kind of settlement house Hull House was when Addams was alive versus what it became. I exploreda few of those differences in a piece I wrote for The Nation magazine's website: http://www.thenation.com/article/165848/chicagos-hull-house-closes-its-doors-time-revive-settlement-model. Addams did not wish any other institution to control Hull House's freedom to be responsive to the interests and desires of the community. In her day, that meant refusing the offer of the University of Chicago to absorb Hull House and refusing the funds of the Community Chest (later the United Way). As much as she valued freedom of speech for all (she was a founding board member of the ACLU), she valued freedom of action for all the volunteers of Hull House, including herself. She also had too much respect for the citizens of Chicago she lived among to put the provision of services (which creates a lopsided kind of relationship) at the center of Hull House's purposes. Thanks to Shanta Premawardhana for posting this!

As a biographer of Jane Addams, I was of course especially saddened by the news of Hull House’s closing. But I also was mindful of the differences between the kind of settlement house Hull House was when Addams was alive versus what it became. I exploreda few of those differences in a piece I wrote for The Nation magazine’s website: http://www.thenation.com/article/165848/chicagos-hull-house-closes-its-doors-time-revive-settlement-model.

Addams did not wish any other institution to control Hull House’s freedom to be responsive to the interests and desires of the community. In her day, that meant refusing the offer of the University of Chicago to absorb Hull House and refusing the funds of the Community Chest (later the United Way). As much as she valued freedom of speech for all (she was a founding board member of the ACLU), she valued freedom of action for all the volunteers of Hull House, including herself. She also had too much respect for the citizens of Chicago she lived among to put the provision of services (which creates a lopsided kind of relationship) at the center of Hull House’s purposes.

]]> Comment on Upcoming ALTE Workshop on Immigration by INMIGRACIÓN: Una Perspectiva Teológica y Legal http://scupe.org/upcoming-alte-workshop-on-immigration/#comment-67 INMIGRACIÓN: Una Perspectiva Teológica y Legal Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:20:46 +0000 http://scupe.org/?p=4199#comment-67 [...] This page in English [...] [...] This page in English [...]

]]> Comment on Urban Peacemaking Public Forum by Mark Hannan http://scupe.org/urban-peacemaking-public-forum/#comment-40 Mark Hannan Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:05:07 +0000 http://scupe.org/?p=3961#comment-40 Sure is. We'd love to have you. Sure is. We’d love to have you.

]]> Comment on Urban Peacemaking Public Forum by Kris http://scupe.org/urban-peacemaking-public-forum/#comment-39 Kris Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:59:41 +0000 http://scupe.org/?p=3961#comment-39 Is the forum free to attend? Is the forum free to attend?

]]> Comment on Beyond “Going Green” – Environmental Justice and the Church by Urban Farms in Chicago | SCUPE Blog http://scupe.org/beyond-going-green-environmental-justice-and-the-church/#comment-27 Urban Farms in Chicago | SCUPE Blog Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:54:56 +0000 http://www.scupe.org/blogs/?p=646#comment-27 [...] SCUPE’s fall course on “Eco-Justice: A Vision for a Sustainable City“ begins October 14th. For more information please call: 312-726-1200 or email: [...] [...] SCUPE’s fall course on “Eco-Justice: A Vision for a Sustainable City“ begins October 14th. For more information please call: 312-726-1200 or email: [...]

]]> Comment on Brad Braxton to be Featured at Annual Lecture by Judith E Tobias http://scupe.org/brad-braxton-to-be-featured-at-annual-lecture/#comment-33 Judith E Tobias Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:59:14 +0000 http://www.scupe.org/blogs/?p=649#comment-33 Please keep me posted this seminar sounds so exciting will there be tapes available Please keep me posted this seminar sounds so exciting will there be tapes available

]]> Comment on HB 148 Dies (for now) by urbancongress http://scupe.org/hb-148-dies-for-now/#comment-32 urbancongress Fri, 27 May 2011 21:55:58 +0000 http://urbancongress.wordpress.com/?p=885#comment-32 "As I reminded one of our opponents – “You don’t defeat us- we just fall back reload and attack again.'" http://www.ammoland.com/2011/05/27/isra-executive-director-richard-pearson-on-illinois-right-to-carry-bill/ “As I reminded one of our opponents – “You don’t defeat us- we just fall back reload and attack again.’”

http://www.ammoland.com/2011/05/27/isra-executive-director-richard-pearson-on-illinois-right-to-carry-bill/

]]> Comment on HB 148 Dies (for now) by urbancongress http://scupe.org/hb-148-dies-for-now/#comment-31 urbancongress Thu, 26 May 2011 20:55:27 +0000 http://urbancongress.wordpress.com/?p=885#comment-31 Thank you Liberals are Dumb. You are correct about the extended final action deadline: 5/5/2011 House Placed on Calendar - Consideration Postponed 5/5/2011 House House Floor Amendment No. 2 Fiscal Note Filed as Amended 5/5/2011 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kay Hatcher 5/5/2011 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael G. Connelly 5/6/2011 House Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 20, 2011 5/20/2011 House Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 27, 2011 http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=148&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=54713&SessionID=84 Thank you Liberals are Dumb. You are correct about the extended final action deadline:

5/5/2011 House Placed on Calendar – Consideration Postponed
5/5/2011 House House Floor Amendment No. 2 Fiscal Note Filed as Amended
5/5/2011 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kay Hatcher
5/5/2011 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael G. Connelly
5/6/2011 House Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 20, 2011
5/20/2011 House Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 27, 2011

http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=148&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=54713&SessionID=84

]]> Comment on HB 148 Dies (for now) by Liberals are Dumb http://scupe.org/hb-148-dies-for-now/#comment-30 Liberals are Dumb Thu, 26 May 2011 18:52:29 +0000 http://urbancongress.wordpress.com/?p=885#comment-30 The bill was extended to May 27th, not the 25th, wow you aren't too bright, but then again that's probably why you vote democrat. The bill was extended to May 27th, not the 25th, wow you aren’t too bright, but then again that’s probably why you vote democrat.

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