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Walter Hesford

Walter Hesford, born and educated in New England, gradually made his way West. For many years he was a professor of English at the University of Idaho, save for stints teaching in China and France. At Idaho, he taught American Literature, World Literature and the Bible as Literature. He currently coordinates an interfaith discussion group and is a member of the Latah County Human Rights Task Force and Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Moscow. He and his wife Elinor enjoy visiting with family and friends and hunting for wild flowers.
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A trifecta of holidays nears, reminds us of our losses

We are blessed with a trifecta of upcoming, intertwined holidays: Halloween (Oct. 31); All Saints’ Day (Nov. 1); and Dia de Muertos, the Day of the Dead (Nov. 1-2). All three holidays win our affection since all three are about loss.
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Sacred Texts: Scripture as a Communal Event

Since scriptures are shaped by and give shape to faith communities, unless we have experience of them as a communal event, they are likely to taste bland.
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Book Banning Should Start with the Bible

Clearly the Bible needs to removed from our schools and libraries lest it corrupt our youth or make them feel guilty or cause them to question traditional American capitalism, individualism and nuclear family values. And of course this is just the beginning of a necessary purge. We need to remove all encyclopedias and histories that give us the low down on the human experience, all art books that depict the human figure and computers that give access to all of the above.
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Happy to be Harnessed?

We are all harnessed to something.
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When White Folk Sing the Songs of Black Folk

I’m talking about white church-goers like myself who wade in the deeply spiritual, beautifully haunting songs that emerged from what W.E.B. Du Bois called “the souls of black folk” during slavery.
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Summer Readings, From Mysteries to Parables

It is not surprising that mysteries often have a religious undercurrent, since the word “mystery” has religious roots. 
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Freewill: A Responsibility

The drive for public education for all was based on the hope that with proper nurturing even those not privileged by nature could grow into good, responsible citizens.
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