June 2010

  • Smart Ass

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    By now you no doubt have seen the video of the Vice President of the United States calling the manager of a yogurt shop a smart ass.  If you haven’t, click here.  Don’t read the article yet, just watch the video. Imagine that you’re in Mr. Biden’s shoes for a minute.  You are constantly assaulted…

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  • Theology as dialogue

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    I talk back to my TV. I don’t do it regularly.  I also don’t expect my TV to respond.  I don’t expect the actors in my favorite shows to stop, mid-script, turn their heads toward me, and respond to my comments or anything. But, from time-to-time, I need to respond.  Two shows seem to draw…

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  • a brief note on the oil crisis

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    I am feeling so much grief about the oil crisis–and I know I’m not the only one. My heart aches for the land… the people… the workers (from the rig and those cleaning up)… the entire ecosystem… the Creator and Life-Giver… and everyone directly and indirectly dependent on the Gulf of Mexico. And the question…

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  • Section 2: Judgment–Tearing Down Mansions

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    This is the second of a tw0-part series covering David Rudel’s Who Really Goes To Hell?—The Gospel You’ve Never Heard. Rudel looks at how Scripture (The Bible) and our understanding of GOD’s purpose and of Jesus (The Gospel) intersect and where they diverge. My introduction can be found here and Section 1 is here. In…

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