Archive for October, 2008
Marian Wright Edelman: A Civil Rights Diva!
In the most recent episode on the podcast, I offer a talk given by Marian Wright Edelman, president, Children’s Defense Fund at the Re-Envisioning Leadership conference hosted by The Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Marian Wright Edelman has been a lifelong advocate for the disadvantaged worldwide. Under her leadership, the [...]
Troy Bronsink: Of Dying Breeds and Swelling Hopes: A Mainline Emergent in the Reformed Tradition
Here is a brief article by my friend Troy. Good stuff!!! Of Dying Breeds and Swelling Hopes: A Mainline Emergent in the Reformed Tradition by Troy Bronsink At the beginning of the movie Stranger than Fiction, the narrator tells the story of an extraordinarily boring tax adjuster, Harold Crick, who is calculated and predictable about [...]
Fall Conference Questions for Richard Cizik & Eboo Patel
As you will well know, The Nick & Josh Podcast is an experiment in podcast media to bring conversations with authors, speakers, musicians, church leaders, theologians, artisans, and bloggers to your iPod or computer. This week, as part of the Re-Envisioning Leadership for a Hope-filled Future conference at Candler, I am getting interview Richard Cizik [...]
After a short hiatus: Seriously Good Conversations
After a brief absence, SGCs are back. Enjoy these: Everyday Liturgy’s Post on “The Art of Being in Atlanta” with my friend Troy Bronsink. Threads from Henry’s Web “How a Christian can Vote for Obama” Melissa Furlong’s “Einstein’s Quest” Peter Rollins’ “No Conviction” Ryan Dueck’s “Responsible Consumption” And by way of a reminder video during [...]
Debate Reactions from Wassilla Alaska?! WOW
Scary how far Alaska is from Atlanta!! joshua case for Obama Send to Facebook
XDR-TB: Preventable..but increasingly dangerous!
As a warning, I’ll say that these photos are powerful. Images which were taken by legendary photo journalist James Nachtwey while traveling around to get photos to raise awareness about the new strand of tb. Again, the photos are graphic, but the bring to life the reality of this strangely resurgent epidemic. Spread the word..help [...]
Call + Response: A Movie to see!!
Andrew Jones and others have been posting about this film. I am with them. It needs to be seen, and the issues need to be dealt with. I heard this morning that there is money for young girls in the US who are victims of the sex trade; however, the bill, which has yet to [...]
I love Jon Stewart!!
laughing out loud!!! joshua case for obama Send to Facebook
Book Review: Intimacy & Mission
As mentioned before, I am taking a class withDr. Luther Smith, of Intimacy and Mission. One of things I’ve set myself to doing is to writing short to mid length book reviews of the texts I am reading for my classes. That you can, if you choose get a little picture of what’s going on. [...]
Podcast with Dave Andrews
In case you missed, Nick posted a great interview with Dave Andrews last week. It talks about some of the amazing people in our faith tradition that we may have never heard about. I hope you enjoy it. Here is a link to where you can download it if you haven’t already! peace…jc Send to [...]
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