Zooks!! I totally forgot to post this week. Join us anyway. It's going to be another humdinger as Dr. Julie Wade wraps up the story of our Inner fish, a major point in our evolutionary history.
Excellent childcare provided.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Evolution Sunday Part 2, More Inner Fish
Last Sunday, Dr. Julie Wade gave us an introduction to the scale of time and basic tools used to search into earth's evolutionary history. It was good! This coming sunday, Dr. Wade's talk continues with its focus on the book by Dr. Neil Shubin entitled “Your Inner Fish—A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body.” As noted, the book describes the evolutionary process that has resulted in our current human forms. We'll search for our inner fish within our basic bilateral body plan.
Dr. Julie Wade is a retired Professor of Biology from Milligan College. In her teaching career spanning 27 years, she taught a variety of anatomically based courses, including Comparative Anatomy, Human Anatomy and Physiology, and Histology, and will use that background to add to the presentation.
Please join us at 9:45 Sunday morning for this excellent presentation. We'll be glad to have you, and remember, superb childcare is provided.
Dr. Julie Wade is a retired Professor of Biology from Milligan College. In her teaching career spanning 27 years, she taught a variety of anatomically based courses, including Comparative Anatomy, Human Anatomy and Physiology, and Histology, and will use that background to add to the presentation.
Please join us at 9:45 Sunday morning for this excellent presentation. We'll be glad to have you, and remember, superb childcare is provided.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Evolution Sunday and Your Inner Fish
Paul Gabinet gave me the instructions on the new sound system and we are good to go. No more craning to hear, no more whispering. We've got VOLUME!!!
Thanks Paul.
This week we celebrate Evolution Sunday. To mark the occasion we are going to hear from our own Julie Wade, an expert on the topic. Here's Dr. Wade's synopsis of her presentation:
Your Inner Fish—Anatomical Evolution
Have you ever wondered why your body is made like it is? In a recent book by Dr. Neil Shubin entitled “Your Inner Fish—A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body”, Dr. Shubin describes the evolutionary process that has resulted in our current human forms. Dr. Shubin is a palenontologist who teaches gross anatomy to medical students at the University of Chicago. He maintains that in order to understand how our body is made and functions, we must understand its history. In a series of talks, I’ll be using his book as a basis to explain such structures and systems as our hands, teeth, body plan, sense of smell, sense of hearing, and others. I’ll then try to help us understand the meaning of it all by emphasizing the importance of our evolutionary heritage and why it simply cannot be denied. We owe a great deal to our Inner Fish!!!!
Dr. Julie Wade is a retired Professor of Biology from Milligan College. In her teaching career spanning 27 years, she taught a variety of anatomically based courses, including Comparative Anatomy, Human Anatomy and Physiology, and Histology, and will use that background to add to the presentation.
Please join us at 9:45 for this fascinating view of our evolutionary history. You'll be very welcome, and as always, superior childcare is provided.
Thanks Paul.
This week we celebrate Evolution Sunday. To mark the occasion we are going to hear from our own Julie Wade, an expert on the topic. Here's Dr. Wade's synopsis of her presentation:
Your Inner Fish—Anatomical Evolution
Have you ever wondered why your body is made like it is? In a recent book by Dr. Neil Shubin entitled “Your Inner Fish—A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body”, Dr. Shubin describes the evolutionary process that has resulted in our current human forms. Dr. Shubin is a palenontologist who teaches gross anatomy to medical students at the University of Chicago. He maintains that in order to understand how our body is made and functions, we must understand its history. In a series of talks, I’ll be using his book as a basis to explain such structures and systems as our hands, teeth, body plan, sense of smell, sense of hearing, and others. I’ll then try to help us understand the meaning of it all by emphasizing the importance of our evolutionary heritage and why it simply cannot be denied. We owe a great deal to our Inner Fish!!!!
Dr. Julie Wade is a retired Professor of Biology from Milligan College. In her teaching career spanning 27 years, she taught a variety of anatomically based courses, including Comparative Anatomy, Human Anatomy and Physiology, and Histology, and will use that background to add to the presentation.
Please join us at 9:45 for this fascinating view of our evolutionary history. You'll be very welcome, and as always, superior childcare is provided.
Sound system
Paul Gabinet gave me the instructions on the new sound system and we are good to go. No more craning to hear, no more whispering. We've got VOLUME!!!
Thanks Paul.
Thanks Paul.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Anne Lamott and Bishop Spong
Next Sunday, February 7, we are going to view and discuss some webclips featuring Anne Lamott and Bishop John Shelby Spong. These are separate clips, and we'll be looking for a common theme between the two...assuming that there is one.
Lamott's clip is related to one of her recent books, "Grace Eventually", in which she contends that Grace does eventually come to us all, at some point, and having found us we forget about it, or things happen and we lose grace, feel lost and miserable and alone, until grace finds us again.
Spong is probably more widely known to us, having been a liberal Episcopal minister and Bishop. He's had a high public profile for at least the last three decades and this has brought him numerous death threats. Spong has most recently promoted the idea that Christianity needs to do some things differently in order to prosper in the future; it needs to be less dogmatic and more inclusive.
While Spong often speaks at the level of the institution and the broad organization, Lamott's message is much more personal, even intimate. In some way that I haven't yet defined, their messages seem consistent and complimentary.
Please joins us for this potentially interesting session on Sunday morning at 9:45. We'll be glad to see you and hear what you might have to say on the subject. As always, the very finest of childcare is provided.
Lamott's clip is related to one of her recent books, "Grace Eventually", in which she contends that Grace does eventually come to us all, at some point, and having found us we forget about it, or things happen and we lose grace, feel lost and miserable and alone, until grace finds us again.
Spong is probably more widely known to us, having been a liberal Episcopal minister and Bishop. He's had a high public profile for at least the last three decades and this has brought him numerous death threats. Spong has most recently promoted the idea that Christianity needs to do some things differently in order to prosper in the future; it needs to be less dogmatic and more inclusive.
While Spong often speaks at the level of the institution and the broad organization, Lamott's message is much more personal, even intimate. In some way that I haven't yet defined, their messages seem consistent and complimentary.
Please joins us for this potentially interesting session on Sunday morning at 9:45. We'll be glad to see you and hear what you might have to say on the subject. As always, the very finest of childcare is provided.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Three Cups of Tea
"Three Cups of Tea" is the title of a book by Greg Mortenson in which the author relates his long-term efforts to create peace in Afghanistan and Pakistan. As an individual, he has been remarkably successful by focusing his efforts on developing schools, particularly schools for girls.
A couple of weeks ago, Mortenson was interviewed by Bill Moyers. On Sunday, the Adult Forum, will watch the 30-minute interview and share our responses. The text below is copied from the PBS website, and it serves as a good introduction.
Please join us. We'll be happy to see you. Free, excellent and loving childcare is provided.
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From PBS:
Greg Mortenson is the co-founder of the nonprofit Central Asia Institute. His charity arm, Pennies For Peace, helps raise money for his school-building efforts in Central Asia. THREE CUPS OF TEA has been on the NEW YORK TIMES bestseller list for over three years, and was named a TIME Magazine "Asia Book of The Year."
Mortenson's new book is called STONES INTO SCHOOLS: PROMOTING PEACE WITH BOOKS NOT BOMBS, IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN.
As of 2009, Mortenson has established over 131 schools in rural and often violent regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan, where few educational opportunities existed before. These schools have provided education to over 58,000 children, including 44,000 girls.
In Pakistan, most of Mortenson's schools are in that country's two volatile border regions – one being its border with India, and the other its border with Afghanistan. In Afghanistan, Mortenson's schools are located in seven different provinces, including some that are Taliban strongholds.
In 2009, Mortenson received Pakistan's highest civil award, Sitara-e-Pakistan ("Star of Pakistan") for his humanitarian effort to promote girls education in rural areas for 15 years.
Several bi-partisan U.S. Congressional representatives have nominated Mortenson for the Nobel Peace Prize, in 2009 and 2010.
Mortenson was born in 1957, and grew up on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. His father Dempsey, founded Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center (KCMC), his mother, Jerene, founded the International School Moshi.
In the late 70s, he served in the U.S. Army in Germany, where he received the Army Commendation Medal, and he later graduated from the University of South Dakota in 1983.
A couple of weeks ago, Mortenson was interviewed by Bill Moyers. On Sunday, the Adult Forum, will watch the 30-minute interview and share our responses. The text below is copied from the PBS website, and it serves as a good introduction.
Please join us. We'll be happy to see you. Free, excellent and loving childcare is provided.
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From PBS:
Greg Mortenson is the co-founder of the nonprofit Central Asia Institute. His charity arm, Pennies For Peace, helps raise money for his school-building efforts in Central Asia. THREE CUPS OF TEA has been on the NEW YORK TIMES bestseller list for over three years, and was named a TIME Magazine "Asia Book of The Year."
Mortenson's new book is called STONES INTO SCHOOLS: PROMOTING PEACE WITH BOOKS NOT BOMBS, IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN.
As of 2009, Mortenson has established over 131 schools in rural and often violent regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan, where few educational opportunities existed before. These schools have provided education to over 58,000 children, including 44,000 girls.
In Pakistan, most of Mortenson's schools are in that country's two volatile border regions – one being its border with India, and the other its border with Afghanistan. In Afghanistan, Mortenson's schools are located in seven different provinces, including some that are Taliban strongholds.
In 2009, Mortenson received Pakistan's highest civil award, Sitara-e-Pakistan ("Star of Pakistan") for his humanitarian effort to promote girls education in rural areas for 15 years.
Several bi-partisan U.S. Congressional representatives have nominated Mortenson for the Nobel Peace Prize, in 2009 and 2010.
Mortenson was born in 1957, and grew up on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. His father Dempsey, founded Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center (KCMC), his mother, Jerene, founded the International School Moshi.
In the late 70s, he served in the U.S. Army in Germany, where he received the Army Commendation Medal, and he later graduated from the University of South Dakota in 1983.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Ideas Influencing the Science of Global Warming
In his presentation last Sunday, Dr. Wardeska covered the basics of historical temperature patterns and the rationale behind the conclusions that a) global warming is occurring, and b) identifiable factors, some of them man-made (anthropogenic) contribute to atmospheric temperature.
Next Sunday, Dr. Wardeska will begin looking at some of the factors that play a role in how we interpret the data, and where some of those biases originate. This should be fun. Please join us knowing that you'll be very welcome. Our excellent childcare continues.
Next Sunday, Dr. Wardeska will begin looking at some of the factors that play a role in how we interpret the data, and where some of those biases originate. This should be fun. Please join us knowing that you'll be very welcome. Our excellent childcare continues.
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