George Sawyer
George Sawyer is currently a rogue scholar and free-lance instigator. In the 1990′s he founded and directed The Tomb which served as an educational and evangelistic ministry to alternative- culture and neo-Pagan youth in the Twin Cities. During that same time he also served as volunteer Intervarsity staff at Macalester College. George holds a B.M. in music history, an M.Div. from Bethel Seminary, and is currently working on an M.Th. in Patristics at Luther Seminary. His academic interests include the Petrine and Johannine literature, early Christian church/state relations and notions of citizenship, the Radical Reformation, and the Neo-Pagan Revival. He is survived by three perfect children; George IV, Sarah, and David (although, in spite of the choice of the word “survived” I can assure you that George was quite alive the last time I saw him, on Sunday*Mathew Swora). When the evil of money becomes a necessity George is a computer instructor for Executrain and North Hennepin Community College. When not teaching or studying George is at home aboard his houseboat on the Mississippi River or out hiking and backpacking. Living extensively in the outdoors, George is an active environmentalist and experiments with simple living in an urban setting. He has converted his diesel truck to run on vegetable oil and is now remodeling his houseboat to be less dependent on the grid and more environmentally positive.
George is qualified and available to speak about: Johannine and Petrine Literature (Gospel and Letters of John, Revelation, 1 Peter); Gospel of Matthew; Patristics (i.e. early Christian literature before A.D. 600); Christian relationships with the State to c. 450; Christian understandings of citizenship and Kingdom of God to c. 450; Christian understandings of pacifism and nonviolence to c. 450. The Radical Reformation (origins of Anabaptism in the 16th century); Patristic Christology and Pneumatology (Understandings of Christ and the Holy Spirit in the early Church); Ministry to alternative-culture youth; Ministry to neo-Paganism and Nature- based spirituality (Wicca, Paganism, magic, witchcraft)