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February 15, 2010<\/strong>
\nReflecting on a reading from the book of Romans, President Anderson examines Paul’s ideas on “pay for performance.”
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September 14, 2009<\/strong>
\nPresident Anderson posits that autumn is not a “mellow season…tinged with melancholy” at St. Olaf; it is our “time of beginnings.”
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April 30, 2009<\/strong>
\nTaking a lesson from Matthew\u2019s Gospel, President Anderson reminds us \u201cthat our worries need to be seen in the long expanse of time and understood in terms of God\u2019s eternal plan for the world.\u201d
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January 8, 2009<\/strong>
\nWith the “bleak midwinter” upon us, President Anderson takes a lesson from Luke 10:38-42 and reminds us to use this January Term term to reflect, as Mary did, on what is truly important.
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September 8, 2008<\/strong>
\nIn his first Chapel Talk of the academic year, President Anderson shares a lesson from a novel he recently read and encourages the campus community to let go of hate and instead \u201clove, love, love\u201d and \u201clearn, learn, learn.\u201d
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February 26, 2008 <\/strong>
\nPresident Anderson reflects on the quest for self-knowledge and the attempt to fashion our own happiness within the context of Ecclesiastes 3:10-15
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January 7, 2008 <\/strong>
\nPresident Anderson compares the thought processes analyzed in the book How Doctors Think<\/em> with the concepts of Christian humility and sober judgement called for in Romans 12:3-8.
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September 11, 2007
\n<\/strong>President Anderson reflects on the relevance of Paul’s letters to the Romans to the events of September 11.
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February 26, 2007<\/strong>
\nPresident Anderson reflects upon what it means to be a “cheerful giver.”
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January 8, 2007<\/strong>
\nPresident Anderson revisits the prayers and New Year’s resolutions of his favorite writer, Samuel Johnson, and in doing so presents an answer to the question: “What is an authentic religious life?”
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November 6, 2006<\/strong>
\nFounder’s Day Chapel Service\/Dedication of the Wind Turbine
\nPresident Anderson draws connections between St. Olaf’s rich tradition, the wind that helps sustain the campus, and the Breath of God that carries the college forward.
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September 19, 2006<\/strong>
\nPresident Anderson examines Ephesians 4 as it relates to St. Olaf College’s sense of community.
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