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Chapel Talk, 2003 October: Unanswered Prayers / Al Wood

2003
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In recounting the difficulties he and his wife faced during Shara's pregnancy with triplets, Al Wood, the School's Athletic Trainer, talks of his transformation during that pregnancy - of praying for one thing, and of his gratification that certain..

Chapel Talk, 2002 May 3: Humiliation / Will Speers

2002
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This talk examines what it means to be humiliated and what can be learned in facing humiliation. "It seems that humiliation has the potential to create knowledge, even if the transformation is painful, devastating, frightening."

Chapel Talk, 2002 October 2: Car Trips / Will Speers

2002
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The confines of a car, or other small space, can lead "not only to fights and tension and cars pulling over in the breakdown lane, but also to conversations, conversations that start friendships or clarify emotions or assert care
and love and even c..

Chapel Talk, 2002 January 30/ Tad Roach

2002
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In this talk, Headmaster Tad Roach outlines the criteria for "a community of hope, of goodness" as opposed to one that settles "for lower standards, expectations, diminished codes of conduct." The School is challenged to be a great community.

"The..

Chapel Talk, 2002 May 19 / Tad Roach

2002
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In this final talk of the School year 2001-2002 held at Old St. Anne's Church, Headmaster Tad Roach reflects on the loss of Ches Baum, Hoover Sutton and Robert Jordan'86...

Chapel Talk, 2002 September 11 / Tad Roach

2002
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Headmaster Tad Roach commemorates the events of September 11, 2001. Included are Poems by Galway Kinnell and Rupert Brook, as well as a quotation of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.

Chapel Talk, 2002 October / Tad Roach

2002
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Headmaster Tad Roach discusses empathy and citizenship as manifested in the form of Community Service. "Service is not an expression of selfishness on the part of the volunteer. It is not an expression of condescension, superiority and elitism...

Chapel Talk, 2002 September 25 / Bob Colburn

2002
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In this talk, chemistry teacher and baseball coach Bob Colburn proposes ways for getting along well in this School community, offering many suggestions for maintaining a strong communal environment...

Chapel Talk, 2002 / Dana Byrd

2002
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History teacher Dana Byrd provides her interpretation of two N.C. Wyeth images: the infamous mural in the dining hall and Pilgrims, a mural featured in the Metropolitan Life Building.

Chapel Talk, 2002 October 16 / Peter Caldwell

2002
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In relaying his coming to love and his passion for opera, Assistant Headmaster Peter Caldwell speaks of the need for time to explore and develop passions of one's own. High school, he suggests, is an ideal time for that discovery.

Chapel Talk, 2001 April 18: Knitting / Nan Mein

2001
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Nan Mein, Faculty Member, talks of why she knits, closing with 5 points: "Our lives must be knitted together in community to be strong...; Good work takes time; Knitting for someone else carries love and prayer; Working with your hands disciplines t..

Chapel Talk, 2001 April 27: Letting Go / Will Speers

2001
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Reflections on letting go: "... I have lived here for 22 years, half of my life, and practically had to be fired just to take a sabbatical. Before coming to St. Andrew’s, I lived with my family in the same house for the previous 22 years of my life...

Chapel Talk, 2001 March 28 / Tad Roach

2001
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Headmaster Tad Roach speaks on the nature of sexual relationships that occur without love, without rational thought, with pressure. "I am...concerned about the way sexual relationships begin, develop and end in our culture...

Chapel Talk, 2001 May 20 / Tad Roach

2001
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Headmaster Tad Roach reflects on the end of the School year 2000-2001: "What elements, what forces have held us back from achieving more, learning more, loving more, aspiring to more?"

Chapel Talk, 2001 September 9/ Tad Roach

2001
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Headmaster Tad Roach discusses the significance of historian Professor Joseph Ellis's fabrication of military service: "Professor Ellis wanted the badge of honor of being a war veteran and ironically risked his reputation and identity as a scholar in..

Chapel Talk, 2001 October 10 / Tad Roach

2001
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Headmaster Tad Roach outlines the facts of the September 11 terrorist attacks as is known at the time, and defines topics of national discussion during this conflict "which is as dangerous as it is complex." "So many questions now demand our attenti..

Chapel Talk, 2000 September 6 / Tad Roach

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Headmaster Tad Roach discusses Richard Wright's novel "Black Boy." "Wright’s story teaches us a lot about courage, resilience and determination. We need to live lives that are real and authentic...