culture
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Enough Cuts: it’s time to invest
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3 min read
Conversations about proposed funding cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and recent incidents with leadership, including high-profile resignations has brought a surprising amount of attention to PBS and NPR, the television and radio components of the Corporation. One of the central topics is whether or not the organization could survive any funding cut (not…
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Why I like Wikileaks
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5 min read
Unless you live under a rock, you’ve heard something about Wikileaks. And chances are just as good that you’ve formed an opinion about the website. Whether it is a beacon of hope or a traitorous organization, the public, and especially the media, has made its opinions known widely and swiftly, with each new unveiling of…
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A pretty good picture of the Kingdom
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6 min read
[The following is a book review of Colors of God by Randall Mark Peters, Dave Phillips, and Quentin Steen. For more information on the book or for other reviews, please check out Viralbloggers.] I’ve had countless conversations about preaching and it seems that people see only two methods: with a script and without; or perhaps…
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First comes before Second
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2 min read
Earlier, I wrote a piece about the Islamic Center being built two blocks from the former site of The World Trade Center (I erroneously referred to it as a mosque–notice the influence of misinformation in the media!) which you can find here. I recently came across a great, similar response by Anglican Minimalist. A statement…
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the importance of Anne Rice’s quitting church
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3 min read
The news that celebrated novelist Anne Rice is quitting Christianity is no doubt be taken lightly by most of the world. In the same way that I reject caring about the gossip of celebretries, it would be quite easy to dismiss this announcement. And there might even be a few people out there that are…
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The Fool
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3 min read
“You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you.” This week’s gospel in the RCL is Luke 12:13-21. It deals with Jesus preaching to this crowd of thousands and he is describing how radical the Kingdom of GOD looks compared with the world we live in. It is a pretty profound message…