Culture
What’s going on, who we are, and what the big deal is.
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The missing class
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Among the greatest tragedies of this decade is this: our unwillingness to differentiate those who make $39k from those who make $390k.
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there is no freedom to convert
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Check out Christian Piatt’s post: If Cheerleaders Don’t Convert You, Chuck Norris Will. Piatt’s argument of a Texas school being allowed to evangelize strikes the exact right note. It is hard to claim freedom from oppression when one’s own expression is oppressive.
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republished from St. Paul’s website Last week was a tough week. It felt like tragedy was built upon tragedy. The week began with one of our most iconic images in the country, the Boston Marathon, which was rocked by two violent explosions. Then an entirely unrelated explosion at a fertilizer plant in West Texas. These…
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Scapegoats, Villains, and American Fear
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Terror In the wake of the bombings in Boston and the pursuit of the suspects, I’ve been trying to find a way to respond. Something that wasn’t part of the noise. Something that was honest to my experience of needing to watch, but knowing that the coverage would be far too speculative. Studies of the…
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This cashier needs to look at what she’s doing
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Love is Love Except When It Isn’t
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In Sunday’s sermon, I preached about Jesus’s third appearance in the Gospel we call John. There were several pieces that fascinated me about the text. Saturday, I focused on the fantastic image of Peter, sitting naked in a boat, dressing, and jumping into the water. The other is the interaction between Jesus and Peter about…