Blog Posts

About the Nuance of Voting Records

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Ran across this on On Voting Records and I thought it was appropriate for here as well. He begins by offering this little formula “My opponent voted x times for/against y.  X times!” and

Quakers Twitter Politics During the Debate

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Just a short announcement: I suggested to my friend Martin Kelley that the online Quaker community (QuakerQuaker) should team up and discuss the presidential debate live over twitter this evening. Kind of like a worldwide,

The Imagination of Politics – William Cavanaugh’s Theo-Politics

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I’m currently working through Catholic theologian William T. Cavanaugh‘s book ((here is a listing of his bibliographic works), “Theo-Political Imagination: Discovering the Liturgy  as a Political Act in an Age of Global Consumerism,

A Resource Guide For the Start of the New Quarter

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The fall quarter is now underway for all us Fuller students and so as is customary I thought I’d write up some things relating to school over the course of the next couple posts.

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Rhett Smith does a great job of keeping tabs on technology and new media and how it’s used in ministry. The other day he turned people’s attention to Church TechCamp, a gathering of

John Steinbeck on the Current Economic Crisis

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I came across this Steinbeck quote today while looking through Wink’s book “Engaging the Powers,” it seemed to me to be getting at the nature of the struggle we face today. Especially when it

Five Years Ago and Convergent October 2008

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Martin Kelley has written a post giving a little back history to what happened five years ago. Five years ago he started reading Rober Weber’s book The Younger Evangelicals, a book that confirmed much

Manufacturing Dissent: An Interview with Stephen Duncombe

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I came across an interview with Stephen Duncome, the author of “Dream:Re-Imagining Progressive Politics in the Age of Fantasy,” a book I really enjoyed and have been trying to utilize some of the ideas

Faith and The Difficult Process of Discernment

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Image via Wikipedia “And without faith it is impossible to please God, for whoever would approach him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.” (Hebrews 11:6 NRSV) Over

Dreams and the Kingdom of God

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My August Barclay Press essay is now online. It’s a little late for August, but time has been pretty tight lately. The essay looks at Stephen Duncombe’s recent book on progressive politics, “Dream

Theologians….

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Theologians…. on Flickr – Photo Sharing!. Theologians By Wilco: Jeff Tweedy, Mikael Jorgensen, Girard “Theologians don’t know nothing About my soul About my soul I’m an ocean And this emotion Slow motion Slow motion”