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Just something I’m pondering this evening whilst eating edamame and drinking wine while my husband is at play rehearsal. When I was “in the church” I would hear men brag on their wives (often from the pulpit) and it usually went something like this… “___ is so amazing, she homeschooled all 6 of the kids today AND [...] Related posts:
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Image via Wikipedia I was listening to Speaking of Faith today about the Buddha in politics and culture today and the guest said something about the notion taught by the Buddha that we need to focus on our own growth and development and through that, good will come to the world…instead of focusing on changing everyone [...] Related posts:
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I have this nifty widget on my iGoogle page that shows me a new picasso painting every day. This was today’s. I love it. Cote d’Azure On a similar note, you can access 14 of the Prado’s greatest masterpieces using Google Earth. Check it out…it’s very cool. Related posts:
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Doug Pagitt mentioned something on his radio show (blogtalkradio.com/dougpagitt, 9am MST) recently that has stuck with me. The gist of what I got from it was that the “middle” needs to be a “radical middle”. In politics, religion, social issues, etc. the middle needs to be a prophetic voice able to speak to both “sides”. [...] Related posts:
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Edited to add: Mike L. has a good post here that approaches the topic from a civil/political viewpoint and articulates some points quite well, IMO. As a followup to Adam’s post, First, I like what Michael Toy said: another companion cry might be “stop blaming the bible for our own fear and intolerance” Second - I don’t think [...] Related posts:
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The Bible & Homosexuality: Enough with the Bible Already — pomomusings …If it is truly the Bible that is causing some to hold these discriminatory beliefs, then perhaps we need to set the Bible aside for awhile. Perhaps we need to not construct a belief system about LGBT folk built on the foundation of a couple [...] Related posts:
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Boyd tells a very revealing story about this image and has a great essay here. For the record, this is not a democrat vs. republican thing or an American vs. the rest of the world thing - this is an issue that needs to be discussed about Christians across the spectrum in any country. Random [...] Related posts:
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