A busy Bible week

From January 6-13, I attended 4 Bible studies!  That must be a record. 

On January 6 our small group from church had an Epiphany lunch at our home after services on Sunday afternoon.  We’re studying Hebrews, and the leadership rotates with the host.

On  January 10 after doing the mail run for the church, I sat in on the Thursday morning class for (mostly) retirees at 10:30, studying Revelation led by pastor Jeff Morlock.  That was followed by a wonderful luncheon with guest speaker John Kohan of Delaware, Ohio, talking about his sacred art collection (some of which is on display at our Mill Run location, and will change during Lent).  http://sacredartpilgrim.com/  http://sacredartmeditations.com/news

Then on Saturday January 11 I returned to the Women of Word group I’d been a part of for many years, but had  stopped going about 4 years ago.  The leader Mary Jo is the same as are many in the class, and I was warmly welcomed “home.” They are participating in a video class Bible study of Genesis 1-11 led by Jen Wilkin, “God of Creation.” https://www.lifeway.com/en/product-family/god-of-creation  

On Sunday January 12 while Bob was busy with the quilt show at our other location, Mill Run, I rejoined the adult Sunday School class after the 9 .m. worship at Lytham Road.  We had attended for many years, but several years ago while they were struggling through Romans at the speed of a snail, we found other things to do.  Charlie, the leader is doing an excellent job of working through Acts with a good study book and handouts. He’s very good at reining in the diverse, and very well educated, members who love to expound on not much at all.  I even met a new member named Dotty who joined the church last fall. This is the only Sunday School class for adults and is open to all, although it definitely leans to the over 50 crowd. 

Charlie Rose and me go way back

I used to watch Charlie Rose back in the 90s when he was on PBS and he'd interview notable people. I was a liberal then, so of course, I never noticed political bias on PBS or broadcast news, and there wasn't any Fox or internet access. And although I watched him, I didn't like him. Why? It was the way he interviewed women, although most of his guests were men. He would frame his questions in such a manner and be so detailed, that all she could do was answer Yes or No. He hogged the limelight and diminished his female guests. With men, he was more respectful and seemed to think they could tell their own stories. Was it just Charlie or is this a guy thing?

I also never cared for Bill O’Reilly’s interviewing techniques, but he was rude to everyone—showed no bias toward women.

Hannah Marie Tracy Cutler, Ohio author

Hannah Marie Tracy Cutler was known as "Maria" when writing for The Ohio Cultivator and also "Aunt Patience" when she began an advice column in 1849.  She wrote a series called "Letters to Housekeepers," published between the two Mrs. Batehams, and games and entertainment. In 1851 she reported from the London Peace Congress and World's Fair. She was an advocate of Bloomerism (pants for women). She also wrote for Cleveland Herald and western magazines. Mrs. Cutler was president of the Ohio Woman's Rights Association and the mother of Melane Tracy, who also wrote for The Ohio Cultivator.  Some of her speeches can be found in History of Woman Suffrage.

    A widow with young children, whose husband was killed by a mob after aiding escaping slaves, she married Samuel Cutler after returning from a year traveling through Europe and sending articles to the Cultivator.  The wedding announcement noted that both had worked for the Deaf and Dumb Asylum of Columbus.  After moving to the Illinois prairie, she continued to write but changed her topics to more domestic themes and agricultural topics.

    Traveling from Marietta, Ohio to Wheeling and then to Akron, she took in stride the steamboat, canal packet, a stage coach and the railroad. "Incidence of Travel" described a train ride from Cincinnati to Indianapolis to attend a fair during which two young boys offered standing women their seats but none of the men did.

    From Illinois she wrote to the sisters, daughters, cousins and friends of the Cultivator in 1860:
I used to seek to arouse the daughters of my beloved land to a sense of their high responsibility in the discharge of those innermost social duties, that cluster round the home, and give purity and dignity to the private as well as the public life of the nation. . . Has the seed germinated?. . . Attending the settlement of a new country has left me little leisure. . . still I have found some time to devote to the instruction of my sisters. . . so that old age should be like the ripe autumn of my year.

    She wrote Phillipia, a woman's question (Dwight, IL: C. L. Palmer printing house, 1886). In addition to writing for the Farmer and the Cultivator, she also wrote for The Ohio Statesman and the Pittsburgh Saturday Visiter. Many columns are signed H.M.T.C. She died in 1896.

I was cleaning up computer disks today, and decide to rescue dear Hannah, or H.M.T.C. There's more know about her today than when I took these notes 25 years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Tracy_Cutler