Archive for October, 2009
America’s Best Leaders 2009: Congrats Eboo Patel!
You may remember Eboo Patel from posts that I’ve made and podcasts we have released. Just this week, Eboo was named one of America’s Best Leaders. Congrats to Eboo on this great honor! As the article notes, Eboo is the founder of a national movement promoting interfaith religious cooperation and one of President Barack Obama’s [...]
Only the beginning: Swine Flu Changing Rituals
Here is a list of just a few articles about the way the swine flu threat is affecting the way that people are relating to one another. I’m not sure exactly where this is all going to lead, but it may just mean that out of fear, we become a whole lot less hospitable people. [...]
Bono: Rebranding America
Check out Bono’s Op-ed in the NY Times. Good stuff! Send to Facebook
Updates and Guest Bloggers
In the next few weeks, the blog postings are going to be a mix of all sorts of thoughts, ideas, and new voices. Starting this week, I am going to start having a series of guest bloggers. Bloggers topics and voices will range, but will also represent the bigger story of the journey I find [...]
Love Casts Out All Immigrants?
Here is an interesting article on Love, Fear, and Immigration. JC Send to Facebook
Unlearning Celebrity: The Postmodern Struggle for Significance
I am no celebrity and it sucks. At least that is what I feel the world keeps telling me. The other day as I was spending some time talking with a good friend of mine, it occurred to us both that the hyper-celebrity-centered nature of our society has left us feeling like if we and [...]
A Conservative Argument Against the Death Penalty
Here is an interesting article by a conservative against the death penalty. I post it here because in the US, there have been quite a few executions recently in the news. For more information on alternative to the death penalty in Georgia, check out GFADP. Oh, and Happy Belated Birthday to Troy Davis. May justice [...]
Agree or Disagree: A Question of Theology and Jesus
Agree or Disagree: Theology must be done in dialogue with the postmodern and post-colonial world. What is more, in postmodern, post-colonial cultures (with pluralistic consciousness) one can no longer claim the superiority of Christianity to other religions, or Christ as the absolute center to which all other perspectives of salvation are relative. This would mean [...]
Jim Wallis: A Faith Declaration for Health-Care Reform
This is a interesting articulation but I feel like something is missing?.!? Check out this article by Wallis on Health Care reform. What is it? JC Send to Facebook
Experiencing U2 with a FANatic: A Wife’s Perspective
I asked Laura to write a piece for the blog on her experience of her first U2 concert, and here is what she wrote. It’s very sweet. And generous. But it’s also true;) Enjoy: “Tuesday night was my first U2 concert. Of course Josh’s excitement for the night was contagious and knowing how much my [...]
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