I saw this link on Jesus Politics which points to the current issue page for The Wittenburg Door magazine. Now I haven’t looked at it for years, but used to be a faithful and devoted subscriber, back when it was published by Youth Specialties. When it was sold to some other publisher in the 90’s , I immediately noticed a Continue Reading
A comment by James K.A. Smith summarizes a key point of how postemodernism can be a “catalyst” for change rather than the prescription for change: the church and postmodern culture: conversation: Postmodernity vs. the Gospel? Neither of us are taking about “updating” the faith or making the church “relevant” to contemporary culture, and thus advocating everybody buy a ticket for Continue Reading
Can someone tell me what the hell this means? Notice the words that I bolded: globeandmail.com : Mideast leaders back deal to end hostilities Jerusalem — A hard-fought UN resolution calling for an immediate cessation of violence in southern Lebanon has been endorsed by both Israeli and Lebanese leaders, opening the door to the cessation of fighting as early as Continue Reading
Are we sick of this yet? Olmert, Halutz and Peretz apologize for Qana deaths | Jerusalem Post Earlier, Olmert expressed deep regret for the harm inflicted on the civilians in Qana Sunday morning when at least 57 civilians – 37 of whom were children – were killed as the IAF fired missiles at a building in the southern Lebanese town. Continue Reading
Check out this post , quoting from Henri Nouwen, at inward/outward People who have come to know the joy of God do not deny the darkness, but they choose not to live in it. They claim that the light that shines in the darkness can be trusted more than the darkness itself and that a little bit of light can Continue Reading
JKA Smith in Radical Orthodoxy and The Reformed Tradition: Give the shape of this overlapping consensus bvetween Radical orthodoxy and the Reformed tradition, the pump was primed for a dialogue and engagement. These overlapping emphases did not, however, preclude areas of disagreement or contention. Indeed, precisely because of deep affinities, differences between the two traditions or movements seemed to crystallize. Continue Reading
What an outstanding post from David Hilfiker at the inward/outward blog I just mentioned in my previous post. Below is a small portion, but read the entire post, and follow the comments as they come. Does Charity Choke Justice? at inward/outward But soup kitchens and food pantries are now our standard response to hunger; cities see shelters as adequate Continue Reading
I haven’t heard of the people on the “Reading List” for the Faith and Reason series, so I am skeptical as to whether or not there will be anythign from anybody in Christian theology who will have a “church-centered” approach; in other words, an emphasis upon the “formative” role of the church as a “People of God”. Rushdie was interesting, Continue Reading
This jumped out while watching the video: BILL MOYERS: From my notebook of Rushdie wisdom, quote, “Human beings understand themselves and shape their futures by arguing and challenging and questioning and saying the un-sayable, not by bowing the knee whether to gods or to men.” Isn’t that exactly what religious extremists do not want to hear? SALMAN RUSHDIE: Yes, of Continue Reading
The other night I saw a Frontline piece, The Darkside: Investigating President Cheney’s role as chief architect of the war on terror and his internal war with George Tenet’s CIA for control over intelligence (you can watch the entire 90-minute show online here) At least one of the interview clips was with Ron Suskind, whose book the Price of Loyalty Continue Reading
via Jordon Cooper, via Rebecca’s Pocket Some might call it Treason: an open letter to Salon Considering such trenchant work throughout the presidential race, it seemed, to say the least, quite odd that Manjoo suddenly and absolutely shifted ground as soon as Bush\’s unexpected victory was official. Where he had indeed been dogged and impartial in exposing some real threats Continue Reading
I just noticed an old blogspot(Blogger) blog that was actually my very first set of blog posts, which began June 2, 2002. Here’s the link to Theoblogical on Blogspot
I saw James Carroll on CSPAN Sunday, and he was talking about the use of American power over the years since the building of the Pentagon (before then also , of course, but Carroll’s dad worked in the Pentagon, and late in life revealed to his son the sense of danger he felt was building in what he saw happening Continue Reading
I just noticed today that I can no longer access certain NYTImes stuff. I was accustomed to the “login” required. I have had a free NYTImes online account for quite some time. Many bloggers link to NYTImes articles. Many now are saying they will no longer do so. Like many of them, I’m not sure at all that this will Continue Reading
OK, one more highlight from JKA Smith’s book. This one is sort of related to something I said in my previous post about how the way the people of the church talk about the life of the church; how the Gordon Cosby interview “sound(ed) pretty conservative”….meaning that the language is recognized as unapologetically confessional. So far, I have been suggesting Continue Reading