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2006 Essays — Service and the Self

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2007 Essays — Being Human

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2005 Essays — Moral Leadership

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2004 Essays — The Meaning of Work








2003 Essays








2006 Essays — Service and the Self
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Why Serve? (2006) - M. Jean Heriot ![]() |
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Changing Lives Through Service on Campus: Peer Education at Hastings College (2006) -- Judy Sandeen ![]() |
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What We've Got So Far (2006) -- Katie Anderson and Samantha Hamernik ![]() |
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Come Together: A Look at Service and the Self Through a Buddhist-Muslim Lens (2006) - Eboo Patel ![]() |
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Reflecting on the Dark Waters: How Hurricane Katrina Changed One Theologian's Perspective on Service (2006) - Mark Gstohl ![]() |
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2007 Essays — Being Human
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The Sacred and the Ordinary - Carrie Newcomer ![]() |
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Stories from the Road: Activism, Community, and the Human Spirit - Aaron Lauer ![]() |
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Vulnerable Humanity: Disability and Community Beyond 'Normalcy' - Thomas E. Reynolds ![]() |
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Fly Fishing and Humanness: Looking for the Answers to Questions - Fred Condos ![]() |
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The Fast Food Moment: Why Our Happy Meals Won't Make Us Happy - Matthew Miller ![]() |
2005 Essays — Moral Leadership
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Proactive Morality (2005) - Daniel G. Deffenbaugh ![]() |
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Moral Leadership, Political Philosophy and Hastings College (2005) - Alexander Bertland ![]() |
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Cultivating Moral Leadership in a Secular Age: Reflections on the Life of Albert Schweitzer (2005) - Elinore Barber ![]() |
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Wisdom from the Desert: Jim Corbett and the Principles of Civil Initiative (2005) - A Tribute - Rick Ufford-Chase ![]() |
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Prophets of Peace and Justice: Moral Leadership in a Culture of War (2005) - John Dear ![]() |
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Lies and Statistics: A Mathematician Reflects on Moral Leadership (2005) - Mary Wheat Gray ![]() |
2004 Essays — The Meaning of Work
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Play's Work (2004) Jerome W. Berryman ![]() |
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With One Foot Planted Firmly in the Arts (2004) Ted Kooser ![]() |
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Creating Smiles: Reflections on a Calling (2004) Jessica A. Meeske '91 ![]() |
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To Be of Use (2004) Anne Nelson ![]() |
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The Work of Being Human (2004) Barbara Brown Taylor ![]() |
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Late Night Thoughts on the Fall of Icarus (2004) Daniel G. Deffenbaugh ![]() |
2003 Essays
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Snapshots from the Cave: Life, the Road, and the Liberal Arts (2003) David B. Lovekin ![]() |
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Learning to Listen (2003) Craig Loya ![]() |
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Shaping a Life that Matters (2003) Kathleen Norris ![]() |
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To Become More Nearly Human (2003) Merold Westphal ![]() |
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The Ethics of Reverence for Life: A Letter from Dr. Albert Schweitzer (2003) ![]() |







