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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000">Dawn
Hewitt<BR>Office assistant<BR>First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta,
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=kenwalsh3@icloud.com>Kenneth Walsh</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 1, 2022 11:54 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=fuusm@suddenlinkmail.com>fuusm@suddenlinkmail.com</A>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> A Portrayal of Old Testament Women by Elizabeth Cady
Stanton</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>As a result of my outreach last year to UU Directors of
Religious Education and related staff, several UU congregations asked me to do a
service on the Women in the Old Testament with Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s
commentary.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Interacting with UUs at services and at 2021 workshops (i.e.,
UUA General Assembly, Southeast UU Summer Institute and UU Mid Atlantic
Community) has been a wonderful affair. I’ve decided to offer my 23-minute,
Women in the Old Testament presentation to UU congregations as a part of a
service, including an option for a Story for All Ages. The presentation is based
on my book, <I>Bible Stories for All without the Dogma, A Part of Cultural
Literacy</I> and Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s best seller, <I>The Women’s Bible,
</I>which is available for free online.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>I’ll discuss how women have been portrayed and not portrayed
in the Old Testament using Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s commentary and how she came
to write <I>The Women’s Bible </I>and the reactions to it. <SPAN
style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: white">Topics include Eve,
Sarah, Lot’s daughters, Deborah, Ruth, and Esther.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>The following is an example of Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s wit
and insight that you might also enjoy:</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in">“Accepting the view that man was
prior in the creation, some Scriptural writers say that as the woman was of the
man, therefore, her position should be one of subjection. Grant it, then as the
historical fact is reversed in our day, and the man is now of the woman, shall
his place be one of subjection? The equal position declared in the first account
(The Seven Day Story) must prove more satisfactory to both sexes; created alike
in the image of God—The Heavenly Mother and Father.†Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
<I>The Woman’s Bible</I>, p.40. (Project Gutenberg e-book version)</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Instead of an offered honorarium, I suggested that the
congregations purchase a half dozen copies of my book through the UUA Bookstore
and make them available for sale to their members. I thought it would be a way
to support the UUA Bookstore (I appreciate them carrying my books), save the
congregation money, and provide additional resources to their members. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Please let me know if you are interested in a Zoom service on
Women in the Old Testament with Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s Commentary. I am also
available to do a one-hour workshop on the same topic and on The Big Three
Characters of the Old Testament: Abraham, Moses & David with Elizabeth Cady
Stanton’s Commentary.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Sincerely,</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Ken Walsh<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Author, <I>Bible Stories for All without the Dogma, A Part of
Cultural Literacy</I><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Member & Past President, UU Congregation of Columbia,
MD</P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p>References: See book reviews in prior email
below.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Rev. Paige Getty, Minister, UU Congregation of Columbia
(UUCC), MD <A>minister@uucolumbia.net</A><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Robin Slaw, Director of Religious Education, Credential, UUCC
<A>dre@uucolumbia.net</A></P>
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<DIV>On Aug 31, 2021, at 5:42 PM, Kenneth Walsh
<<A>kenwalsh3@icloud.com</A>> wrote:</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Bible stories are a part of cultural literacy in Western
civilization. Knowing these stories helps in understanding the many Biblical
references in literature, art, law, and government. As a retired teacher, I am
sharing my resources with UU educators who might be interested in
supplementing their activities. They are free and do not require a
registration. For security reasons I am not embedding a link in my email. To
access my ethics and Bible resources,<B> go to the well-known website of www
dot Classroom dot Google dot com</B>, click on the “+†sign in the upper right
corner, and enter my classroom code <B><SPAN
style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.15pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: white">jb7oyss</SPAN></B>.
Click the join a class button to join the class: Religious Educators.
(Requires a free Google email address or email me for copies). </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B>Alternative for just the videos</B>: Search YouTube for
‘Bible Stories for All without the Dogma’ and scroll past the ads for the
videos on Abraham, Moses, and David. Also search for ‘Women in the Old
Testament Ken Walsh’ and scroll past ads for mine with Elizabeth Cady
Stanton’s commentary. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>You are welcome to contact me for additional information or
to arrange bulk book purchases at a 40% discount. I hope you will enjoy my
work! </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Ken Walsh <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Email: <A>kenwalsh3@icloud.com</A><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>FB: kenwalshauthor. (Includes a Classroom.Google code with
more resource files for academic teachers.)<B> </B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><BR></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B>Background<o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman", serif'>As a
Unitarian Universalist for over four decades, I taught the Old Testament for
14 years at St. Ignatius Loyola Academy, Baltimore, MD, a tuition-free,
Jesuit, inner-city middle school for boys from low-income families. Typically,
fewer than ten percent of the students were Catholic and fewer than half
attended church. Some attended a mosque. Some practiced no
religion.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman", serif'>While I
initially taught the Old Testament stories from a historical perspective so as
not to offend anyone, I gradually added universal lessons that all the
students could identify with regardless of their religious background. Upon
retirement I decided to write a Bible stories book for all, religious and
non-religious, based on my classroom experience and additional research.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN></SPAN><I><SPAN
style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: white">Bible Stories for All
without the Dogma, A Part of Cultural Literacy. </SPAN></I><SPAN
style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: white"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: symbol; LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt"><SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"></SPAN>·<SPAN
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</SPAN></SPAN><I><SPAN
style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: white">The Ethics Seminar
Guide, Contemporary Ethical, Moral & Responsibility Issues Based on Bible
Stories. </SPAN></I><SPAN
style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: white"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: white">Available at the UUA
Bookstore and other online sites<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><SPAN
style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: white">I have also presented
all of the following workshops at the UU Congregation of Columbia, MD, the
Southeast UU Summer Institute, and the UU Mid-Atlantic Community. In addition,
the UUA General Assembly carried the last workshop below, Old Testament Women
with Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s Commentary. You can find them as noted
above.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: white">Bible Stories for All
without the Dogma Series: <SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New"; LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in'>o<SPAN
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</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in">Abraham
<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New"; LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in'>o<SPAN
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</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in">Moses
<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New"; LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in'>o<SPAN
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</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in">David</SPAN></P>
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</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: white">Old Testament Women
with Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s Commentary<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><B><SPAN
style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: white">Online
Workshops
<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"></SPAN></SPAN>Bible
Stories for All without the Dogma Series: Abraham, Moses & David.
</B><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: white">These
workshops are for non-Christians and Christians who would like to better
understand Bible stories and their influence on Western civilization. Topics
include polytheism, monotheism, concubines, sacrifices, slavery, the Ten
Plagues, Passover, Exodus, the Ten Commandments, Saul, Goliath, the Davidic
Covenant, Bathsheba, and Nathan. </SPAN>Also covers what was happening in the
nearby civilizations to provide a context for the stories. 17-24 minutes
each.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><B>Women of the Old
Testament</B>. Discusses how women have been portrayed and not portrayed in
the Old Testament. Includes Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s commentary and how she
came to write <I>The Women’s Bible </I>and the reactions to it. <SPAN
style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: white">Topics include women
in activist roles (Eve, Shiphrah & Puah, Deborah, Ruth, and Esther) and
the portrayal of women in traditional roles (Sarah, Rebecca, and Rachel).
38</SPAN> minutes.<SPAN
style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: white"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: white">Book
Reviews
<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"></SPAN>“</SPAN></B><I><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman", serif'>Bible Stories for All without
the Dogma</SPAN></I><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman", serif'>
invites readers to engage with some of the foundational texts of Judaism and
Christianity. Clear, inviting narrative, with helpful background information
and thoughtful processing questions, helps us enter the worlds of such
well-known biblical figures as Abraham and Sarah, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses,
David, Solomon, and to understand why these stories have been shared for
millennia.†<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman", serif'>- Gail Forsyth-Vail, retired
Director of Lifespan Faith Engagement, Unitarian Universalist
Association</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman", serif'>“Ken
Walsh’s <I>Bible Stories for All Without the Dogma</I> has been a popular
course in our congregation for cultural literacy around the Christian Bible.
Walsh brings stories to life through the use of history, geography, cultural
studies, and ethics. Discussion questions on ethical decision-making and
personal application of essential questions allow deeper consideration of the
morality tales within the Bible. For people who wish to better understand the
Christian Bible and the application of its stories to today’s world, this is
the book for you.†<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman", serif'>- Robin Slaw, MBA, MAT, Director
of Religious Education, Credentialed, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of
Columbia, Maryland</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman", serif'>“Allusions to Bible stories are
ubiquitous in our American culture, and yet many of us are ignorant of the
stories themselves. Walsh’s dogma-free book is a welcome introduction to these
time-tested stories that are relevant to persons of any faith or of none!â€
<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"></SPAN>- </SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman", serif'>Rev. Paige Getty, Unitarian
Universalist Congregation of Columbia, Maryland</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman", serif'> </SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman", serif'>“An absolutely absorbing,
engagingly articulate, impressively informative, expertly written, organized
and presented study, "Bible Stories for All Without the Dogma" is unique and
an extraordinarily 'reader friendly' in tone, commentary, and style.†<SPAN
class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman", serif'>- Midwest Book
Reviews</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman", serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: white'>“…even
among the nonreligious, one must have basic biblical literacy to fully
understand Western society. Biblical references…abound in Western literature,
art, and music... The bulk of Walsh’s work walks readers through the major
stories of the Old Testament in a straightforward, non-dogmatic way while
providing brief historical and literary commentary for context. He also
highlights important concepts and themes that run throughout the Old Testament
that could be easily overlooked by those new to the Bible.†<SPAN
class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"></SPAN>-</SPAN><I><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman", serif'>Kirkus
Reviews</SPAN></I></P></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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