Napkin Scribbles: A Podcast by Leonard Sweet: Recent Episodes

Napkin Scribbles

Thoughtful sketches of God and life from professor and author, Leonard Sweet. Support by Portland Seminary of George Fox University.

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Join Professor Sweet as he concludes this primer for a more global humanity with the letter Z.

Make sure you pick up Dr. Sweet's latest book, ⁠⁠⁠Jesus Human Primer For a More Common Humanity. ⁠⁠

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Join Professor Sweet for the latest Napkin Scribble!

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Join Professor Sweet for the letter X in this primer for a more global humanity.

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Join Professor Sweet for the letter W as he reflects on being a more Wateca kind of human.

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Join Professor Sweet as he scribbles out his thoughts on the letter V and our need to be a more verbolten human.

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Join Dr. Sweet for the letter U as he scribbles out his thoughts on what it means to be an Ubuntu human.

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What does it mean to be a Terroir human? Join Dr. Sweet for the letter T!

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Join Professor Sweet as he talks about the importance of one of his favorite Spanish words Sobemesa

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This week's episode features the letter R for Ressourcement.

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We are now at the letter Q in this primer for a more global humanity!

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What is it to live as a Pentecost? Join Professor Sweet for P in his alphabet for a more global humanity.

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Find out what it means to be an Ostranenie human as Dr. Sweet continues with his primer for a more common humanity.

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Join Professor Sweet as he takes us to Japan as we learn how to be a more Natsukashii human.

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Join Professor Sweet for the letter K and the Japanese word Komorebi.

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Join Professor Sweet for the latest episode of Napkin Scribbles as he scratches out an alphabet for a more global humanity.

J is for Juut in our Primer For a More Common Humanity.

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Join Professor Sweet for the letter L and his notes on what it means to be a Le human.

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Join Professor Sweet as shares his thoughts on the future as we come to the letter M in our alphabet for a more global humanity. M is for Mirror World!

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Join Professor Sweet as he reflects on the Japanese word Ikigai.

This podcast contains notes from Jesus Human: Primer for a Common Humanity

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The letter H in our global alphabet brings Professor Sweet to the Mandarin word Hehe. Join Dr. Sweet as he scribbles out his thought on being a HeHe human.

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Are you a guanxi human? Join Professor Sweet as he scribbles out his thoughts on being a guanxi human for a more global humanity.

This season of Napkin Scribbles contains musings for Professor Sweet's latest book, Jesus Human: Primer For a Common Humanity

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Professor Sweet is now at the F word in this primer alphabet for global humanity, and the word is FUBAR. Thats right, Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition.

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Join Professor Sweet for the letter E with the word of Eucharist.

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Join Professor Sweet for the letter D in this global Abecedarium for a more humane society. D is for the Chinese word Dao.

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This episode's word is Bespoke. Join Professor Sweet for this unique Napkin Scribble as he scribbles out his thoughts on a more global humanity.

be·spoke/bəˈspōk/adjectiveBRITISH

  1. made for a particular customer or user." a bespoke suit."
  2. making or selling bespoke goods, especially clothing."bespoke tailors"

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Join Professor Sweet as he continues to share his musings from Jesus Hunan: Primer For A Common Humanity. We are up to C in this alphabet for a more global humanity with the spanish word Carne.

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Welcome to this all-new season of Napkin Scribbles! This season, we will give you the first half of the alphabet for a common humanity with musings for Dr. Sweet's upcoming book, Jesus Human: Primer For A Common Humanity.

This episode features the Arabic word Adab.

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Join Professor Sweet as he closes out this season of Napkin Scribbles with a reflection on the Bill and Gloria Gather's song Because He Lives.

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Join Professor Sweet as he reminds us of The Cross and the Sunday Evening Songs that focus on it.

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Join Professor Sweet for a very personal Napkin Scribble as he shares the two songs that he prays we never forget.

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Lets join Professor Sweet as we march on to Zion and remember this timeless Sunday evening song from Isaac Watts. 

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Join Professor Sweet as he looks at the song I'll Fly Away and the many generations and genres it has crosses into. 

This Episode contains multiple renditions of I'll Fly Away performed by The Selah Singers, The Chuck Wagon Gang, James and Martha Carson, Willie Nelson, and Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch. 

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Join Professor Sweet as he scribbles out his memories of altar calls and Sunday evening songs that will call you to surrender all. 

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Join Professor Sweet as he scribbles out more thoughts on the friend we find in Jesus. 

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Join Professor Sweet as this week's song; I Have Decided to Follow Jesus, takes us from India to our local church pews. 

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Join Professor Sweet as he scribbles out thoughts on a closer walk with Jesus. 

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Join Professor Sweet as he scribbles out his thoughts on one of his favorite songs, often sung by the Salvationist.

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Professor Sweet couldn't choose just one, join us for two tales of Sunday evening songs that sings song the story.  

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Join `Professor Sweet as he scribbles out his thoughts one of the most popular Sunday evening song every Christian should know. 

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Join Professor Sweet as he kicks off another season of Napkin Scribbles exploring Sunday evening worship songs that every Christian should know. This first week we will let our light shine with an all time classic for all ages This Little Light of Mine! 

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Join Professor Sweet for the final episode of Hymns Every Christian Should Know. 

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Join Professor Sweet as he shares with us his love hate relationship with the C. Austin Miles hymn In The Garden.  

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Join Professor Sweet as he shares the storied history of this great Harry Emerson Fosdick hymn God of Grace God of Glory.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/napkinscribbles/message

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Join Profesor Sweet as he helps us remember the great William Williams hymn Guide me, O Thou Great Jehovah

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Join Professor Sweet as he scribbles out his thoughts on the 1758 Robert Robinson hymn Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing.


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Join Professor Sweet as he reflects on the rich history of Camp Meeting and this great hymn. 


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Join Professor Sweet as he reflects on the great Thomas H. Troeger hymn Wind That Makes All Winds That Blow


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Join Professor Sweet as he leans into the famous Elisha Albright Hoffman hymn Leaning on The Everlasting Arms.


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Join Professor Sweet as he breaks down the George Croly hymn Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart. 


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Join Professor Sweet as he scribbles out his thoughts on one of the greatest Isaac Watts hymns every Christian should know.


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Join Professor Sweet as he marvels at the power in the name above all names. 


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Do you know what Dr. Martin Luther Kings favorite hymn was? Join Professor Sweet as he explores the healing hymn of Thomas Dorsey on this episode of Napkin Scribbles. 


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Get lost with Professor Sweet as he remembers the Charles Wesley hymn Love Devine, All Loves Excelling. 


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Get lost with Professor Sweet as he remembers the Charles Wesley hymn Love Devine, All Loves Excelling. 


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Join Professor Sweet for a fun look at hymns that you may not know or maybe shouldn't tell anyone you do know! 


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Join Professor Sweet for a fun look at hymns that you may not know or maybe shouldn't tell anyone you do know! 


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Welcome to an all-new season of Napkin Scribbles! This season Dr. Sweet will share the top hymns that every Christian should and a few that maybe we shouldn't. 


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Welcome to an all-new season of Napkin Scribbles! This season Dr. Sweet will share the top hymns that every Christian should and a few that maybe we shouldn't. 


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Join Professor Sweet as he wraps up the spring 2022 Napkin Scribble season with his thoughts on the word evil. 


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Join Professor Sweet as he explores the meaning of sacrament.


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Join Professor Sweet as he scribbles out his thoughts on one of Jesus's favorite locations. 


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Join Professor Sweet as he scribbles out his thoughts on Justification, Sanctification, Glorification.


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Join Professor Sweet as he talks about Jubilee on the latest Napkin Scribble. 


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Join Professor Sweet as he talks beauty, truth and goodness on an all new Napkin Scribbles. 


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Join Professor Sweet as he scribbles out his thoughts on the word Apocalyptic. 


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Join Professor Sweet as he defines adiaphora for us. 


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Join Professor Sweet as he scribbles out his thoughts on Calvin and his theology. 


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Join Professor Sweet as he explain the difference between an Icon and Idol. 


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Join Professor Sweet as he concludes his thoughts on Story. 


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Join Professor Sweet as he explains the importance of the story. 


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Are you a leader of a learner? Join Professor Sweet for an all new season of Napkin Scribbles as he scratches out his thoughts on the key words that every Christian should know. 


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Join Professor Sweet as he scribbles out the last of the Greek and Hebrew words every Christian should know with the Greek word με ανοικτό στόμα


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Join Professor Sweet as he takes a closer look at the Greek word ευχαριστία


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In Classical Greek, metanoia meant changing one's mind about someone or something. Join Professor Sweet as he takes a closer look at the greek word Metanoia. 


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Join Professor Sweet for an inspiring look at the word Maranatha. 


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Join Professor Sweet as he scribbles out his thoughts on the Greek word Pentecost 


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Join Professor Sweet for a unique look at the Greek word Logos.


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This week Professor Sweet shares his thought on the Hebrew word Hineni and the Greek word Alitheia. 


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Join Professor Sweet as he scribbles out his thoughts on the Hebrew word Yada. 


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Join Professor Sweet as he explores the Hebrew word Chesed חֶסֶד to unlock the meaning of Micah 6:8.


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Join Professor Sweet as he scribbles out his thoughts on the importance of Shalom and how we use this Hebrew word in our everyday lives. 


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This week Professor Sweet begins with the Hebrew word Amen. 


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What are the Greek and Hebrew words every Christian should know? Join Professor Sweet for this season of Napkin Scribbles as we take a multilingual look at the language of our faith.  


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The totality of Christ's life was a gesture to God's Kingdom, and in that kingdom, sex and the sacred met. Our Christly gestures are the integrity of each of us being who God made us to be.


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Our first kiss is one that we don't remember; it is the breath of life from God. Our second kiss needs to be passed on to others and our third kiss is to empower. We are to kiss and tell, not tell and kiss.


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Bedhead is not a good first impression for the church. The hair tells the story; it's serious business. Our Crown of Glory is the first impression and signifies agape love.


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A shapely bride, the church is a bringing together of opposites into relationship stability and motion, substance, and spirit, the sufferings and splendor of life. This is the source of creativity, whence all innovation and generativity come.


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Humor is the best evidence that the brain is functioning at full throttle. Jesus used humor to sharpen the dull edges and tangled angles of theology. The paradox of a life of living and dying is to laugh about it.


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Grow a Back-bone! It takes courage to reach high and bend low with confidence and humility. Back-bones require the initiative, integrity, and industry to lose the wraps that bind people up and tie people down in life.


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A full-pack ripped-abs church is a body of Christ that exercises the muscle groups. The core muscles of virtues are strengthened with Jesus by dropping down and washing feet.


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To show some skin is to reveal that you are comfortable in your skin. You have skin in the game that tells everything warts, scars, and all—a graceful and authentic skin, filled with and true to the Jesus style.


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Join Professor Sweet for part two of Jesus Hot: A leggy Church.

Like wine, the truth has legs. Jesus played the long game in his ministry. In time, what is hidden is exposed. Time reveals the beauty of a church that gives "a leg up" to others.


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Join Professor Sweet for the first installment of Part II: Jesus Hot entitled Brainy Church. The total package is a book smart and a street smart church. For Christ to form in us, we put on the mind of Christ, a mind-meld with Jesus. A sexy disciple is a life-long learner. A hot church is a brainy church.


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Join Professor Sweet for Intermezzo: Ice and Fire: Some Like it Hot, Jesus Hot

Jesus con Carne, spirit wrapped in matter, glory wrapped in flesh, putting on skin—Incarnation it reverses the worst and turns it back to the best. Jesus is not a flat mirror for us to imitate but a way to a lifestyle that is Jesus cool and Jesus hot.


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Join Professor Sweet for Part. 2 of Jesus Cool: Dress to Adress!  

When it comes to fashion men are under scrutiny, and women are under surveillance. Signals of clothes tell the story of you. Christians are the trendsetters of sending out the signs of Jesus' style.


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Join Professor Sweet as he scribbles out his thoughts on Mystic Coolness, part one of two on Jesus Cool. Itutu cool, and Sprezzatura opened the heavens door for the world with effortless style. The character of calm under pressure, certainty, and confidence is a gift of mystic coolness.


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Sensual Orthodoxy. A fun question we will be asking in this podcast is: Why Are Christians So . . . “Boring,  Judgmental, Hateful, Stupid, Mean, Unhappy, Intolerant, Self-Righteous”  But Never Sexy?


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Join Professor Sweet for the fall season finale as he scribbles out his thoughts on living and writing in a post-Christian world.  


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Join Professor Sweet as he pays homage to Nikola Tesla and suggests that relationship be added to Tesla's famous quote “If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency, and vibration.”


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Join Professor Sweet for additional thoughts on The Lord's Supper. 


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Join Professor Sweet as he scribbles out valuable thoughts on Communion. 


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Join Professor Sweet as he shares the importance of coming to the table. 


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Join Professor Sweet as he reflects on the power of being positive. 


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What is Sin? Join Professor Sweet as he explores different ways to explain sin in today's culture. 

*Warning this episode does contain language some consider explicit. 


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Join Professor Sweet as he continues to offer biblical perspectives on politics. 


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Join Dr. Sweet as he shares a biblical perspective on politics.  


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Join Professor Sweet as he reflects on Matthew 25:40 and the spiritual liability of how we use labels.


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Join Professor Sweet as he scratches out his thoughts on the inner workings of faith and the human mind.


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Join Professor Sweet as he continues his thoughts on living in the moment by challenging us to become a rapture ready Church. 


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Do you live in the moment? What are your great moments? What are your missed moments? Join Professor Sweet as he takes a moment to share his thoughts on delayed moments. 


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Where do you find Jesus? Is it the center? Join Dr. Sweet as he encourages us to look to the margins.


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How important is worship? Join Professor Sweet as he scratches out his thoughts on modern culture and the problem with what we chose to worship. 


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Join Professor Sweet for this season's final Napkin Scribble as he scratches out his Easter thoughts on  Jesus and being a Hell razer.  


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Join Professor Sweet as he reflects on Jesus and Matthew 5:47. 


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Join Professor Sweet for another insightful scribble about the value of our credentials in today's world. 


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Join Professor Sweet as he confesses his aversion to fakeness and his celebration of taking the true bloody hard way.


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Join Professor Sweet as he challenges us to know the best in our faith traditions.


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Join Professor Sweet as he reflects on the lost art of the introduction and the struggles of the conclusion.


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Join Professor Sweet as he ponders on our modern culture and reflects on the trials of the early Church. 


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Join Professor Sweet for more professions of his love for books! 


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Join Professor Sweet as he shares his thoughts on how we as humans can be such lemmings. 


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Join Professor Sweet as he shares the timeless warning that for every new level there is a new devil.    


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Join Professor Sweet as he inspires us with a snapshot into life on Orcas Island and his hopes of how life could be in the church.  


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Join Professor Sweet as he kicks off an all-new season of Napkin Scribbles by paying homage to Harold Bloom and his book The Anxiety of Influence. This episode will also challenge you to show your footnotes and acknowledge those that influenced your writings and thoughts. 


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Join Professor Sweet for a special Nativity Napkin Scribble celebrating the work of Jan de Beer and his painting famously known as The Nativity. While listening Dr. Sweet encourages you to look at the painting to take in its incredible details. 

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Join professor Sweet as he explores two significant problems we face in our faith. 


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Join Professor Sweet as he pours out wisdom while challenging us to live our life as a fountain. 


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Join Professor Sweet for another great story as he scratches out his thoughts on the digital age and what that means for the church and our participation in it.  


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Join Professor Sweet as he commemorates the Gary Thomas 'Sacred Pathways' book and the 9 sacred pathways it explores.


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Join Professor Sweet as he shares his thoughts on poetry and one of his favorite poets Les Murray.


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Join Professor Sweet as he scratches out his thoughts on the importance of semiotics, metaphors, and storytelling in theology.


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Join Professor Sweet for a couple personal stories that helped shape his prospective on being the first.  


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Join Professor Sweet as he shares wisdom on living life with a light that shines both transparent and translucent.


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Join Professor Sweet as he scratches out his thoughts on experiencing God in stereo conceptually and symbolically.


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Join Professor Sweet as he talks about the simple and yet complex (simplexity) nature of our faith. 


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Join Professor Sweet as he continues to challenge our views on giving and receiving and how it relates to our or finances and other resources.  


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This week on Napkin Scribbles Professor Leonard Sweet challenged us to explore whether we are better givers or receivers and how our answer to this question reflects our true relationship with God. 


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Welcome back for season 3 of Napkin Scribbles with author and professor Leonard Sweet. Portland Seminary of George Fox University is once again proud to bring you the scratching and scribblings of Dr. Sweet this semester. First up is a personal story and from Dr. Sweet warning us against the wows of an outhouse mindset in modern culture. 

Please feel free to leave a message for Professor Sweet on with many question on this episode. At the conclusion of the season Professor Sweet will reply to a select few in a special bonus episode. 

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Join Dr. Sweet as he shares his excitement about the upcoming season of Napkin Scribbles! 


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Join Dr. Sweet as he scribbles his thoughts on the power of absence, loss and the celebration of them both.


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Join Dr. Sweet as he scribbles his thoughts on Sigmund Freud and six major transitions that we need to prepare for in a changing world. 


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Join Dr. Sweet as he scribbles out a preview of one of his latest books that encourages the church to prepare for the what's next. 


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Join Dr. Sweet as he encourages us with a personal road to Damascus story that helped him convert into the man he is today.     


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Join Dr. Sweet as he scribbles out his thoughts on a long debated Leo Tolstoy quote as well as the difference between having a story and an anecdote.


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Join Dr. Sweet as he encourages us with a scribble about incarnation, relativism, absolutism, and relationalism. 


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Join Dr. Sweet as he scribbles his thoughts on Philippians 3:20 and the importance of our conversation. 


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Join Dr. Sweet as he scribbles his thoughts on Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. 


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Join Dr.Sweet as he scribbles his thoughts on love and its role in the church and in the world.


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Join Dr. Sweet as he professes his true love for books and libraries. 


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Join Dr. Sweet as he scratches and scribbles out his thought s on what matters about the matter. 


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Join Dr. Sweet as he takes a nostalgic journey celebrating some of the greatest walkers in academia.  


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Join Dr. Sweet as he scribbles out a story of two chairs and their possible connection to two great songwriters Austin C. Mile and Eliza E. Hewitt. 


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Please join Dr.Sweet as he scribbles his thoughts on the connection between semiotics and hermeneutics.  


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Join Professor Sweet as he encourages us to follow Jesus.


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Merry Christmas from Leonard Sweet, Napkin Scribbles and Portland Seminary of George Fox University!


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Join Professor Sweet as he reimagines the beauty of the world with a litany of supposed petitions from our faith.


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Join Professor Sweet as he scribbles out some of the most pressing questions he would ask the Church if he could.


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Join Professor Sweet on a journey into great silence as he shares the story of Carthusian monks and the great secret of Chartreuse!


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Join Professor Sweet as he continues his scribble about man's desire for more fire, smoke, and symbiotics.


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Join Professor Sweet as he rekindles the call for more smoke and fire in the church.


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Join Professor Sweet for a Scribble about his love for the Latin language and the fearless nature of the early church.


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On this episode, Professor Sweet scribbles a little about Frank Zappa, the Anabaptists, and Politics all in one! Don't forget to subscribe and share Napkin Scribbles with a friend. Napkin Scribbles is brought to us by Portland Seminary of George Fox University!


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Join Professor Sweet for this week's Napkin Scribbles as he shares wisdom about his faith journey and how he perceives​ it.


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Join Professor Sweet for the follow-up episode surrounding the infamous "E" word, evangelism. In this Napkin Scribble, Leonard Sweet talks about the Great Commission an much more!


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This episode is part 1 of a 2 part Napkin Scribble on the sometimes dreaded word, evangelism.


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Join Professor Sweet as he shares one of his favorite secrets about "The Tablet" and the wisdom he finds reading it.


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Do you trust the story? Join Professor Leonard Sweet as he continues his scratches and scribblings from last weeks episode and encourages us to t​rust the whole story.


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What's your cringe moment? Join Professor Sweet this week as he shares one of his most cringe-worthy moments while scratching out some of his thoughts on the sacred life of pets.


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Join us for episode two of the all-new season of Napkin Scribbles! On today's episode, Author and Professor Leonard Sweet scratches and scribbles with us about sacred jazz. Today's episode includes music from jazz giants of the faith; Aretha Franklin, Mary Lue Williams, and Louis Armstrong. So are you a Thelonious Monk? Take a listen and find out! Don't forget to subscribe and share with a friend!

Napkin Scribbles Podcast does not own the copyrights to the following list of the music included in this episode. Napkin Scribbles only intends to use the following list of songs as a point of reference for the content contained within this episode: Aretha Franklin: Say A Little Prayer, Atlantic Records Mary Lou Williams: Black Christ of The Andes, Smithsonian Folkways Records Louis Daniel Armstrong: Rhythm Save the World, Decca Jazz Records Duke Ellington: Don't Mean a Thing, Brunswick Records


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Join us for episode one of the all-new season of Napkin Scribbles! On today's episode, Author and Professor Leonard Sweet shares his scratches and scribbles with us about just doing it! Was Nike the first to encourage us to "just do it"? Find out what Leonard Sweet scratches about it on today's Napkin Scribble.


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Don’t mess with mystery in between.


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Why we need both.


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Keeping the main thing the main thing.


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The importance of lifelong learning.


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The role of scholarship in the life of the Church.


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Fill my cup, Lord.


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Which vow will you take?


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Current politics and understanding the world that we live in.


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St. Anthony: reading the nature of created things.


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African Vultures and the interconnectedness of everything.


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