Code,9103014 Subject,Reid Isaac Date,8/7/2013 Interviewer,Terre Maher Abstract,"Reid Isaac, a retired associate rector at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, describes his lifes journey. He discusses his various posts and titles, along with his favorite hobbies. He recalls the various locals that he lived in, which include Cleveland, New York City, Detroit, London, among others. He reflects on what has made a difference in his life and his thinking. He concludes with a personal story of his childhood." Tags,"St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Youth Program, Adult Education in the faith, Trinity Church (NYC), Cleveland Heights, ""Cleveland Ecumenical Institute for Religious Studies, World War II, 4-D Classification,Confessional Theology, ""Religion and Industry,"" Washington Cathedral (D.C.), Pilgrim Press,""Greatest Generation""" Special Notes,Offensive language used as a quote in a story at minute 30 minutes:, 0,Sound Check 1,Introduction 2,Why he came to Cleveland 3,Mentions St. Paul's Episcopal Youth Program 4,Adult Education - preached once a month and got out of youth ministry 5,Trinity Church in Manhatten to St. Paul's 6,Words that he associated with St. Pauls 7,Cleveland Heights is like living in a cacoon 8,Describes his chruch in New York City 9,Recalls a funny line from the Cleveland Heights Chamber of Commerce 10,St. Paul's where it is and if people responded to his preaching 11,St. Paul's was going through a tough time when he got there 12,"He founded the ""Cleveland Ecumenical Institute for Religious Studies""" 13,What was its focus - describes a weekend where they taught Christians about Islam 14, 15,Continued talking about that Islam class and what he specifically learned 16,(16:45) The institute is still going on 17,"He edits ""Connections"" which is a newsletter for Judson; Lists other interests" 18, 19,(19:50) Lists of Titles that he has held 20,(20:30) why he got into religious life 21,"describe what a 4-d classification is, an exemption from World War 2" 22,(21:45) Yale Divinty School which shaped his life; Confessional Theology 23,Regrets that he focused more on his extracurriculars throughout his life rather than the entree 24,describes a foolish job that he took working at a church on Long Island - should have been studying more 25,Likes to be constantly moving and mixing it up 26,"""Religion and Industry""" 27,Lived in Detroit in 1946 28,Describes his first church 29, 30,Language on the factory line was offensive to him 31,Worked in London after the war - minister to 2 bombed out churches 32,Went back to the church years later and describes that 33,List of all the places that he has lived over the years 34,Timing is key for preaching 35,Worked by the Washington Cathedral in D.C.; went to Prince George County started a congregation in a fire house 36,At the time he was in his Existential period 37,"Went to New York and read ""Secular City"" - changed his life perspective from ""I, Thou"" to a more ""even"" ministry" 38,Wrote a course for Pigrim Press 39,Wrote a second course and it went well 40,describes how writing courses made many connections for him 41,"""What is God doing Today"" his first publication was a selction of homilies" 42,Book got him a nother job in Irvington 43,"Describes his wife, who was an interior decorator, and after she died he became an archdeacon near Rochester New York in Westchester" 44,What he did as an archdeacon before he switches to become an editor at Seabury Press 45,Then became a rector at Holy Trinity in New York City for seven years where he wrote _Conversations with the Crucified_ 46,Describes the book 47,Leading Education for minsitry group and adult forum committee very fond of that - describes it 48,personal mission with adult educaiton - learn and ask 49,Topic on Contras in Nicaragua for the adult forum 50,program on different Episcopalians (5 types) 51,Big challenge at St. Paul's was forming a good relationship with the rector 52,Issue of who was the father - tells story of how he fixed his relationship with the rector 53, 54,Relaxed into the job as opposed to pushing himself 55,New York versus Cleveland 56,Even though he retired he was still involved in many things - the happiest years of his life were between 65 and 80 years old 57, 58,Friends were here - career has been helpful in the passing of his friends 59,"Developed boundaries - Personal Faith goal now ""Living from day to day""" 60,Does not believe in life after death 61,talks about a book 62,relates a story about a cruise ship - 20 questions about his job 63, 64,"Lessons from the ""Greatest Generation""" 65,Sixties charged the country for good 66,Economic problems that have popped up 67,Pessimistic for the future of the country 68,Better in the Great Depression and the War than it is now 69,Different time now; he holds onto an idealistic image of a New England Factory that he feels the country has lost 70,Grew up in an orphanage that his father ran 71,Thanks and end of interview