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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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Hunting Season

I do not like the sport of hunting. Sure, for those who need to shoot their guns to put food on the table, hunting is an activity to which I, as an omnivore, cannot object.
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Spiritual Abuse in Sunday School

That Sunday morning, I walked away from those instructions; I did not want to participate in Sunday School spiritual abuse
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The Value of Wordless Scripture

How can wordless scripture have value, be good and true?
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The Eagle on the Cross

Why is our national bird of prey hovering over an Americanized version of the cross upon which Jesus was crucified?
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Yom Kippur Scripture for All

I’d like to offer some reflections on the common scripture readings for Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, the holiest of days in the Jewish calendar. 
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Teaching the Bible as Lit “with her hands on the threshold “

I often assigned as our first reading a portion of the Bible that they would not likely to have come across in Sunday School
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Pagans and Christians, Siblings in Creation

Paganism and Christianity are defined in opposition. Pagans have been perceived as uncivilized people in need of conversion to the one true faith. Historians, however, have long recognized that Christianity contains within it many Pagan elements. One need not look any further than Christmas and Easter celebrations to see syncretism.
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