Archive for September, 2008
Bon Dimanche: Obama vs. Last 8 Years of Republican action
A few facts: CNNMoney.com Unemployment rate hits 5-year high of 6.1% Wednesday September 10, 2007 By Chris Isidore, senior writer The unemployment rate soared to a nearly five-year high in August as employers trimmed jobs for the eighth straight month, the government reported Friday. The unemployment rate rose to 6.1%, the highest level since September [...]
Podcast: Decent Care Part 2
You may remember a few months back I posted about my interview with Rev. Ted Karpf for the podcast. Part Two of the podcast is now up. Make sure you check it out. There is some good stuff here, especially as it relates to the 2008 World AIDS Day book, and what decent care means [...]
The Black Hole has been opened!
(HT: Masonic Boom) Every ten years, the people at Cern in Switzerland turn on the big machine (particle accelerator) and shoot atoms at each other to figure out more clues about the universe in which we live. Having lived there, I can tell you this thing is big and actually runs underground through Switzerland and [...]
Another September 11th…
Well, one can not escape the need to post something on this day of all dates. For many people, today is both a day of remembrance and sadness. For others, it is a day fear and threat. And yet still, for many others, it is a day that reminds them of an era of isolationism [...]
Tuesday is for Thomas
For the last four years I’ve spent time with Thomas Merton, or at least with his works. It has been a venture not only in friendship, but in truly seeking to live in community with someone who I have only in text form. Yet, time and time again, I come across passages or conversations with [...]
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In light of the Sarah Palin stuff..
We in the US have been experiencing a media flurry about the selection, the conventions, and the biased-both-ways coverage of Sarah Palin. In all of my watching of this, I think Jon has summed it up the best. But even I am a little biased. Thanks BM for the link. just for fun…. jc Send [...]
A different view of the World: Politics from Abroad
Here is an article originally from the FT. I have to be honest, as one who just returned from Europe, last night’s speech by Sarah Palin was a reminder of what I had not missed about living in the US. There is just something about that posture of politics that makes me ask the question, [...]
The becoming of something new!
Like Jason Clark and Mike Clawson, I am excited about the new season that is upon me. For the first time in quite some time, I have stepped back into an official classroom. While it has been quite a cross-cultural experience moving back to the US, stepping back into the classroom has been another experience [...]
Phyllis Tickle, Troy Bronsink and Emergent Village in the AJC
This weekend, my friend Troy (a faithful Presbymergent, artist, and community development activist) was quoted in the Atlanta Journal Constitution alongside Phyllis Tickle. Tickle, whose upcoming book entitled, “The Great Emergence: How Christianity is Changing and Why,” (Baker Books, $17.99), is a long time friend of Emergent Here is a taster of the article: Faithful [...]
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