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Jennifer Trafton replied to the topic Zoom link in the forum The Supper of the Lamb by Robert Farrar Capon 1 month, 3 weeks ago

@bethanysanders0 @amy-creighton@evergreenVery strange–I’ll double check to make sure you’re all on the email list. Week 3 of the reading group was postponed because our instructor Jonathan had COVID. We’ll resume this Monday, January 11, and have the next Zoom chat on Thursday.

Jennifer Trafton replied to the topic Chapters 9-12 Zoom? in the forum The Supper of the Lamb by Robert Farrar Capon 1 month, 3 weeks ago

@jennifertielmann We’ve postponed till next week because Jonathan has been recovering from Covid. Sorry for the confusion! Are you receiving the weekly emails?

Jennifer Tielmann replied 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Actually, the email I received with the notice of your response is the first one that I have ever gotten. I usually just go through the website to see what’s next.

Jennifer Trafton replied to the topic Zoom link in the forum The Supper of the Lamb by Robert Farrar Capon 1 month, 3 weeks ago

@bethanysanders0

@amy-creighton
Hi Bethany and Amy! So sorry you haven’t seen the emails. Have you checked your spam folder?

Jennifer Trafton started the topic Matthew Dickerson's "Artist and Community" Lecture in the forum "Leaf by Niggle" by J. R. R. Tolkien 4 months, 2 weeks ago

If you’d like to discuss anything Matthew talked about with your fellow reading group members, here is the place to do it!

Jennifer Trafton replied to the topic How Has Niggle's Story Moved You? in the forum "Leaf by Niggle" by J. R. R. Tolkien 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Meg, I’ve never made that personal connection between the care Niggle took over each leaf and the individual care God has for me–what a lovely thought. But of course, if I am God’s painting, that is exactly how it is. I like imagining Him peering closely at me with his brush, delighting in the thing He is making beautiful, and knowing (as Niggle…[Read more]

Jennifer Trafton replied to the topic The Usefulness of Art in the forum Niggle Discussion Questions 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Ha! Now that is an apt comparison!

Jennifer Trafton replied to the topic Subcreation in the forum Background and Context 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Yes, Sarah, that’s why we at the Rabbit Room dislike the term “creatives.” We are ALL creative, each in our own way.

Jennifer Trafton replied to the topic Recovery, Escape, Consolation in the forum Background and Context 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Those are really helpful comparisons/connections. Art shows us the *why* of things–love that.

Jennifer Trafton replied to the topic Recovery, Escape, Consolation in the forum Background and Context 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Mark, I have passed your generous (and so true!) comments along to Helena. I agree completely!

Jennifer Trafton replied to the topic Recovery, Escape, Consolation in the forum Background and Context 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Beautifully said, Hannah!

Jennifer Trafton replied to the topic "The Fantasy Makers" documentary in the forum Background and Context 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Elizabeth, that podcast sounds wonderful! Thanks for giving us the link! I look forward to listening.

Jennifer Trafton replied to the topic "The Fantasy Makers" documentary in the forum Background and Context 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Thanks for being brave and going first, Renee! 🙂 I’ve found that many people have just never thought about how much of our lives involve our imaginations! And yet you’re exactly right–that ability to ask, “What if?” and to picture possibilities is behind all our moral decisions. George MacDonald wrote about this–and how cultivating a…[Read more]

Jennifer Trafton replied to the topic Gospel as Fairy Tale in the forum Background and Context 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Anne, yes, that’s a great point about the resurrection and moving beyond merely rational doctrine! And to me it’s even more excitinf to realize that the resurrection isn’t the *end* of the story but the *beginning* of the Real Story which have only just begun to glimpse.

Jennifer Trafton replied to the topic Introductions in the forum "Leaf by Niggle" by J. R. R. Tolkien 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Awww, say hello to Lucy for me! I think it’s cool she has the same same as Lucy Pevensie. 🙂

Jennifer Trafton replied to the topic Introductions in the forum "Leaf by Niggle" by J. R. R. Tolkien 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Oh my goodness, what a small world! I will pass that along to him. 🙂 Welcome!

Jennifer Trafton started the topic Introductions in the forum John Perkins' Let Justice Roll Down 7 months, 1 week ago

If you’d like to introduce yourself to others in the reading group, you can do so here!

Jennifer Trafton started the topic Discussion Question: Stories that stuck with you in the forum Week One: Chapters 1 – 8 7 months, 1 week ago

Let Justice Roll Down is primarily a memoir (rather than simply an essay on racial justice), so most of what we have read in these early chapters are events and memories from Perkins’ own life. Were there any stories or episodes that stuck with you or made an impression on you particularly?

Jennifer Trafton started the topic Discussion Question: White vs. black experiences of economic hardship in the forum Week One: Chapters 1 – 8 7 months, 1 week ago

At the beginning of the first chapter (pg. 15) Perkins observes that the white people growing up around him were also relatively poor. What are some of the ways in which their experience of economic hardship would have been different from the economic hardship experienced by Perkins and other African Americans in the same community?

Jennifer Trafton started the topic Discussion Question: Systemic racism in the forum Week One: Chapters 1 – 8 7 months, 1 week ago

A lot of the national discussion recently has focused on “systemic” or “institutional” racism. What are some of the systems and institutions that affected Perkins’ early life? How did these manifest themselves in concretely in the events recounted in these chapters?

Jennifer Trafton started the topic Discussion Question: Southern prejudice in the forum Week One: Chapters 1 – 8 7 months, 1 week ago

Perkins writes: “prejudice in the South is both paternalistic and antagonistic.” (pg. 34; see the remainder of the paragraph attached to this quotation.) What do you think Perkins means by this? Does this analysis of Southern prejudice resonate with you? Can you think of examples of this?