Tom Wagner:
CLASS OF 1978
Garrett High SchoolClass of 1978
Garrett, IN
Tom's Story
Tom's schools include Garrett High School. Tom works(ed) at Gmi Composites, Johnson Boat Works, Muskegon Church Of The Brethren.
Music Tom likes includes Michael Stern, Folk music, Classical. Books Tom likes include Barbara Kingsolver, James Michener, Leo Tolstoy. Movies Tom likes include Gandhi, Fiddler on the Roof, Good Night. TV shows Tom likes include Rick Steves' Europe, American Experience.
One of Tom's favorite quotes is:""Arbeit und Hoffe" work and hope, an 18th century Pennsylvania German motto
"If you know history, you know there is no such thing as a self-made man or self-made woman. We are shaped by people we never met." David McCullough 2005
"It may be that the day of judgement will dawn tomorrow; in that case, we shall gladly stop working for a better future. But not before." Dietrich Bonhoeffer 1943
"They live in their own countries, but only as aliens. They have a share in everything as citizens, and endure everything as foreigners. Every foreign land is their fatherland and yet for them every fatherland is a foreign land." Letter to Diognetus, 2nd century, AD".
More about Tom:"FEAR UNMASKED
As love overcomes fear,
so begins freedom of the soul.
We no longer feel
compelled to collaborate with death
once its power has been unmasked
for the illusion it is.
Tom Wagner (c) 1996
My Dad was from Lebanon Co., PA. My Mom was from DeKalb Co., IN. They met in Brethren Volunteer Service while Dad was doing his alternative service as a conscientious objector. They married in 1958. I was born the eldest of four children in Lebanon Co., PA. We lived north of Myerstown.
In the fall of 1972 we moved to DeKalb Co., IN. I attended Garrett H.S. (1978) and Manchester College (1982). I served as an archival inter...Expand for more
n at Brethren Historical Library & Archives 1983-84. I studied at Bethany Theogolical Seminary, then located in Oak Brook, IL (now moved to Richmond, IN), but did not complete a degree.
I came to the Muskegon, MI area as pastor of the Muskegon Church of the Brethren (1987-1994). Lois and I met as part of the local peace group and started seeing each other about the time I left the ministry. We have a daughter, Maya. We live on a 10 acre plot near Whitehall, MI.
PUBLICATIONS
Book:
Tom Wagner, A Pilgrim's Provender: Selected Ponderings on Life & Faith, (Muskegon, MI: Muskegon County Cooperating Churches, 2005) 79 pp. A collection of religious essays.
Periodicals:
Tom Wagner, "Remembering Rocky Flats", Bulletin of the Peace Studies Institute, Manchester College, Vol. 30 (2000), p. 20.
Tom Wagner, "...Down by the Riverside", Bulletin of the Peace Studies Institute, Manchester College, Vol. 32 (2002), p. 7.
Tom Wagner, "Speaking Truth to Power: How Do We Interact with the Political World?" Messenger, Vol. 155, No. 10 (Nov. 2006), p. 15.
Included in Works from Multiple Contributors:
Donald F. Durnbaugh, ed. The Brethren Encyclopedia, 3 Vol. (Philadelphia, PA & Oak Brook, IL: The Brethren Encyclopedia, Inc., 1983, 1984), pp. 328, 490, 504, 538-9, 559, 844, 917-18, 1007. Short articles on denominational organizations.
For Those Who Minister: A Worship Manual for the Church of the Brethren, (Elgin, IL: Brethren Press, 1993), pp. 199-211. A Love Feast liturgy.
Decade to Overcome Violence Study/Action Pack, (Church of the Brethren General Board Office of Brethren Witness and On Earth Peace, 2002), pp. 60-62. A reprint of my earlier tract, "A Brethren Perspective on the Use of National Flags in Christian Worship".".
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