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Esther: Heroine or Harlot?
(Source) Have you heard about Mark Driscoll’s sermon series on the Old Testament book of Esther? It’s making a big splash on the interwebs, sadly (but not surprisingly) for all the wrong…
January 1, 2013 -
Christian Music suckage.
After I took a stab at romancing the extraordinary, getting some word choice help from Contemporary Christian music (CCM), I stumbled upon this piece by Jordon Bloom at The American Conservative. The…
January 1, 2013 -
Pro-Dialogue
An interesting convo between pro-life activist and Christian ethicist David Gushee and pro-choice former president of Catholics for Choice, Frances Kissling. From On Being: No issue is more intractable than abortion. Or…
December 31, 2012 -
Pulpit Free
Did your church participate in Pulpit Freedom Sunday yesterday? Yeah, neither did mine. Instead, I listened to a homily on importance of family and showing love to all of God’s children. There…
December 31, 2012 -
Trashing Dash
While I was surprised that actress Stacey Dash came out on Twitter in support of Mitt Romney as president, I wasn’t surprised by the heated backlash she faced once she…
December 31, 2012 -
THE Debate of 2012
… occured last week and featured a candidate representing the left, and one speaking for the right. Neither heeded the moderator much, but did come prepared with conflicting data and viewpoints. There…
December 31, 2012 -
Keeping women in “our place”.
(source) I read an awesome post on gender inequality by Jenny Rae Armstrong, and I had to share: “… I would never deny that educating girls is crucial to addressing a wide variety…
December 31, 2012 -
All about elections. Okay, not “all”.
(source) On this week’s episode of On The Media, the focus is all about elections- from the actual physical discomfort of realizing the politician you support is lying, to how independents…
December 31, 2012 -
No, there’s no way anyone can see racism here.
From the Daily News: A New Jersey man who placed a photo of President Barack Obama depicted as a witch doctor in the front of his clothing store says he’s surprised the…
December 31, 2012 -
The decline of the Black Church.
From The Atlantic: Today, the black church is in crisis, with scholars claiming that it has lost its prophetic and progressive influence. But the black church has also been confronted with…
December 31, 2012
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