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The Political
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Advise Everyone… Endorse No One (by Shane Claiborne)
Shane Claiborne has a great post on the difference between “endorsing” and “advising” candidates. While I’ve already made my vote clear, I completely agree with Claibornes approach and points. One thing he said
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Peace Church Colleges Debate Having Armed Guards
The other day in a Washington Times article there is a discussion about peace church colleges working through questions about whether to employ armed guards for student protection. Two Church of the Brethren schools
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Radiohead’s “All I Need” For MTV’s EXIT
Jarrod McKenna posted this video on his blog yesterday. It is a music video of Radiohead’s “All I Need,” juxtaposing children
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Quaker Teacher Fired For Not Taking an Oath
This may be old news for some of you but last week Quaker Wendy Gonaver, an American Studies professor at Cal State
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Evangelical Politics: Three Generations From Speaking of Faith
Today we listened to Krista Tippett’s discussion with Chuck Colson, Greg Boyd and Shane Claiborne on the role of Christians in
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Comments on Obama and Wright
There’s been a slew of comments and posts concerning Obama’s recent speech on the Pastor Wright issue, if you haven’
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Bob Dylan for President?
I’ve been enjoying some recent reading about the elections (here, here and here) and am finding the varying perspectives stimulating. Then
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GOOD Magazine | On Skid Row: Introduction
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS6ar1aJIYM&rel=1&w=500&h=430] Good Magazine, a site I
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Bread For the World: Looking for Young Leaders
My friend Holly, who writes at Bread Blog and will be posting this week’s Dress Down Friday, works for a non-
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Reader Poll: How Would Non-USA Voters Vote?
Last week I announced who I’m supporting in the presidential race, and while my endorsement obviously didn’t help California, it
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The Obama Poster From Obey Giant
(From OBAMA – Obey Giant) I’ve been debating whether to announce my choice for the presidential race, partly because I know we
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FAQ: Are There Modern Day Prophets?
Frequently Asked Questions (of a theologian) is a series I do from time to time as a means of answering good questions that come across my desk. Sometimes I answer the questions, sometimes others
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Ted Haggard and Jim Wallis: A Couple Brief Thoughts
I found this post over at God’s Politics – Jim Wallis’ blog it was a statement about Ted Haggard and the issues
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America’s Overbearing Appetite
Emily pointed this political cartoon out to me the other day. It’s more true than we’d like to admit.
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Alasdair Macintyre On Rights and Protest: Are We Just Talking To Ourselves?
In keeping with the conversation at bay, MacIntyre’s words on protest are fitting. In his seminal work “After Virtue” he focuses on arguing how and why the “Enlightenment project” failed. Essentially it is