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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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Berry Picking Lessons

I grew up picking blueberries in the Blue Hills south of Boston.  In early July I’d rise at dawn, climb Old Baldy, and fill half a small bucket with the low-bush powder-blue bluets that flourished there amid the slabs of granite, sweet-fern, and shrub oak. Enough for breakfast, unless I spilled the bluets sliding down the shale.
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Is FāVS News a Social Medium?

FāVS.News is a social web that contributes to the social fabric of our region and beyond.
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Negative Spaces Have Value in Art, Life and Theology

Having assumed that truth and beauty lay in fullness I clearly needed a lesson in the value of negative spaces.
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Can We Balance the Right to Die with Valuing the Gift of Life?

The U.S. has fallen woefully short of providing an ecology of care for those most in need. And I have fallen short of creating an ecology of care for my loved ones, including the one who took their own life. What more might have I done to support this person, to assure this person that their life was a gift of great value?
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What Warning Did Jesus Give that Used Weeds as the Subject?

Whether a plant is viewed with admiration or disgust is a matter of learned perspective. How many kids have run to a parent with a bouquet of freshly picked dandelions? Most parents, it is hoped, welcome with delight this weedy bouquet.
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Our Backyard and Other Holy Sites

Does Christianity have a holiest site? I thought that we Christians believed that since God and God’s Beloved Son loved the whole world, the whole world was holy ... even our weedy backyard.
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What Am I Clapping For? Shen Yun’s Religious Propaganda or Creative Art?

Our friend had said that we would be seeing a group called Shen Yun, which performed traditional Chinese dances. She had been wowed by this group on YouTube, and she knew we enjoyed traditional Chinese dancing when we lived in China. Since she was buying the very-expensive tickets, and since she was doing the driving up from the Palouse, we thought, “why not?” We looked forward to the event.
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