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Tom Beutel
Tom Beutel is Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at Mount Vernon Nazarene University in Mount Vernon, Ohio. He is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S.), Northeastern University (M.S.) and Nova Southeastern University (Ph.D.). He and his wife Wendy attend Millersburg Mennonite Church in Millersburg, OH, Tom and Wendy live in Fredericktown, Ohio, and have five children living in various parts of the country: David (Hawaii), Katy (Nevada), Kevin (New York), Dan (Washington state) and Adam (Ohio). Tom has been involved in various peace and justice efforts, including Knox County Voices for Peace, MCUSA Great Lakes Peace and Justice Commission, and teaching peace both at the university and at church. Since retiring from full-time teaching in 2009, Tom has pursued an interest in the design of counted cross-stitch patterns and is currently published on several online sites and will be published (in 2012) by Heritage Crafts in Staffordshire, England. Tom's leisure interests include reading, word and logic puzzles, board games, and gardening, and grandkids.
| October 31, 2012 |
Politics and poverty
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| September 30, 2012 |
The problem with chocolate
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| June 30, 2012 |
Burning coals or rocky ground?
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| May 30, 2012 |
The joy of weeding
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| March 30, 2012 |
The power of praxis
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| February 27, 2012 |
Sustainability and simple living
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| January 30, 2012 |
Politics and Prayer
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| December 29, 2011 |
Christmas, the Beatles, and Mother Teresa (Christmas is all about love)
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| November 25, 2011 |
Thanksgiving
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| October 31, 2011 |
Lessons from England
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| August 18, 2011 |
Prayer and meditation
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| July 27, 2011 |
Emmanuel
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| June 16, 2011 |
Cell phones and shalom
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| May 19, 2011 |
Killing Osama Bin Laden
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| April 19, 2011 |
Choices reprised
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| March 15, 2011 |
Choices
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| February 15, 2011 |
Heart health
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| January 18, 2011 |
Breaking vicious cycles
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| December 21, 2010 |
Beyond the story: An Advent reflection
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| October 19, 2010 |
Faith & works
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| September 21, 2010 |
Justice: Practicalities
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| August 17, 2010 |
Justice: Not an option
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| July 20, 2010 |
Summer 2010 reading list
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| June 15, 2010 |
Make $ Working at Home?
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| May 18, 2010 |
Finger pointing
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| April 20, 2010 |
The Gospel and the law of gravity
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| March 16, 2010 |
Just Peacemaking: Part 2--Violence and Nonviolence--Food for Thought
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| February 16, 2010 |
Just Peacemaking: Part 1
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| December 15, 2009 |
Emmanuel
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| November 17, 2009 |
Think about these things
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| October 20, 2009 |
Public footpaths and dog-friendly pubs
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| September 15, 2009 |
Trusting God
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| August 18, 2009 |
Who Is My Neighbor?
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| July 21, 2009 |
Revisiting cluster bombs
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| May 19, 2009 |
A parable with two endings
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| April 21, 2009 |
Earth Day 2009
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| March 17, 2009 |
Peace, justice & simple living
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| February 17, 2009 |
Food and Peace, Part 2: Factory Farming and Health
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| December 16, 2008 |
No poor among you
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| November 18, 2008 |
Common ground
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| October 21, 2008 |
Fair Trade Month
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| September 16, 2008 |
What Would You Do If...?
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| August 19, 2008 |
One Body, Many Members
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| June 17, 2008 |
Food and Peace, Part 1: KISS
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| April 15, 2008 |
Peace, Justice, and Love
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| March 18, 2008 |
Counting the Cost
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| February 19, 2008 |
Preaching to the Choir?
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| January 15, 2008 |
Doing is Believing
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| December 18, 2007 |
Christmas Lights
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| October 16, 2007 |
Walking and Chewing Gum at the Same Time
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| September 18, 2007 |
Fair Trade: A Matter of Peace and Justice
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| August 21, 2007 |
Peace and Justice 101
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| July 17, 2007 |
Healthy Eating as Peacemaking
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| June 19, 2007 |
Power Without Conscience
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| May 15, 2007 |
Gardening as Peacemaking
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| April 17, 2007 |
Loving Enemies
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| March 20, 2007 |
Flesh of My Flesh
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| January 16, 2007 |
An Inconvenient Truth
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| December 19, 2006 |
It's a Wonderful Life
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| November 21, 2006 |
Winning and Losing and Being the Church
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| October 17, 2006 |
Teaching Peace
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| September 19, 2006 |
You Shall Not Kill
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| August 15, 2006 |
Intentional Peacemaking: Refrain & Finale
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| July 18, 2006 |
The Economics of Shalom
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| June 20, 2006 |
Transforming our use of water
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| May 16, 2006 |
Intentional peacemaking: Welcoming strangers
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| April 18, 2006 |
Intentional peacemaking: Peace with ourselves
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| March 21, 2006 |
Intentional Peacemaking: Peace with God (updated)
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| February 21, 2006 |
Intentional peacemaking
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| January 17, 2006 |
Instead of peace, a sword!
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| December 20, 2005 |
The spirit of Christmas present
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| November 15, 2005 |
Redeeming Wal-Mart
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| October 18, 2005 |
Fair trade: Plain and simple
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| September 20, 2005 |
Beginning in the church (Part 2)
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| August 16, 2005 |
Beginning in the church (Part 1)
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| July 19, 2005 |
Witnessing against violence: Abortion
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| June 21, 2005 |
Oz and the death penalty
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| May 17, 2005 |
Practicing nonresistance
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| April 19, 2005 |
Bringing reconciliation
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| March 15, 2005 |
Doing justice
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| February 15, 2005 |
Eyes to see, part 2
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| January 18, 2005 |
Eyes to see
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| December 21, 2004 |
Emmanuel
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| November 16, 2004 |
Setting the prisoners free
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| October 19, 2004 |
Proverbs, prophets and the poor
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| September 21, 2004 |
A prayer for enemies
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| September 21, 2004 |
Loving our enemies with prayer
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| August 18, 2004 |
Getting out the vote
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