Politics
National Day of Silence: What Are You Going To Do To End The Silence?
National Day of Silence activities are being held at Candler today rather than tomorrow. But I am sure that you would be able honor tomorrow with your silence as well if you were interested. Here is a description of the day from the website with links: “The National Day of Silence brings attention to anti-LGBT [...]
Jennifer Knapp Comes Out!
Check out this link. Interesting. I wonder who else will emerge. And this article coming on the heels of the day of silence! What are you going to do to end the silence? JC Send to Facebook
New HUGE Podcast: Bishop John Shelby Spong, Phyllis Tickle, and Brian McLaren
This week we have Brian McLaren, Bishop John Shelby Spong, and Phyllis Tickle talking about Christianity through their lifetime and into the future. It’s an all star cast at an unbelievable price. I’d would encourage you all to check where you can buy your copy of my co-host’s book, The Hopeful Skeptic: Revisiting Christianity from [...]
Health Care for All: Not Perfect, but Right (and Christian)
Warning: If you sided with Glen Beck with regards to social justice and Christianity, you might not want to proceed. If you actually care about the poor and marginalized in America, and believe that the Kingdom of God is not simply about individuality and personal freedoms, you might want to keep reading. If Christians are [...]
Yes, and Yes: A New Kind of Institution/Organization!
Check out this post by Florin. It is well worth thinking about especially when it comes to emergent organizing! JC Send to Facebook
Lynn Hopkins: Choosing Sides
Here is another post by guest blogger Lynn Hopkins. Enjoy! The Unitarian Universalist Association has a program about standing up in the struggle for justice, for the inherent worth and dignity of all persons, called “Standing on the Side of Love.” Though I am aligned with its aims, I struggle with the title. Joshua’s recent [...]
Zizek for the Weekend
“The true ethical test is not only the readiness to save the victims, but also – even more, perhaps – the ruthless dedication to annihilating those who made them victims.” Zizek, In Defense of Lost Causes Send to Facebook
Haiti: Abduction, Adoption, or Arrogance?
Some friends and I have been pondering on my Facebook profile about the recent allegations of child trafficking in Haiti. Of course by now you would recognize the allegations that have been levied against a group of well-meaning Baptist from Idaho. Today in my class on Ethics, we spent a good deal of the time [...]
If Religion Is The New Color Line, What’s Next?
Eboo Patel (podcast) continues to get it right: there is a new line of discrimination in America and it is called religion. Slowly but surely as more data comes out about religious life in America, it is glaringly obvious that there is a new kind of color line in America (and many would argue the [...]
MLK Day and My Hopes for Haiti
Here are links to other MLK Days when I have posted. Today, rather than reflect too much on MLK, or the dreams that remain to be completed for civil rights in America, I’d much rather just share a couple of hopes that I have for the people and situation in Haiti. Honestly, its too tragic [...]
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