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A 21st Century Good Samaritan: Deidox’s Story of “Robert”
Last week I heard about the new project Brent Gudgel, Dan Portnoy and clan have been working on called “Deidox” from twitter. I’ve posted about some of Brent’s work before: The New
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Is It The End Of Our SUV Lifestyle?
I just finished reading Tom Sine’s recent book, “The New Conspirators: Creating The Future One Mustard Seed at a Time,” for a review in a Friends’ periodical. It’s a book I highly
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Heeding God’s Call – Peace Gathering in Philly
Next week I will be going to Philadelphia for the peace gathering there: Heeding God’s Call. There’s never a bad
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On Disciples: Forgiving George Bush And/Or the Church
I ran across a website yesterday via Good Magazine called “Forgive George.” It’s not really surprising to see something like this, with the inauguration only a few weeks away, the end of Bush’
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Guest Post: Matthew Hoopes’ Top 5 Albums of the Year
Since he spends so much time immersed in music, I asked my good friend, and fellow Canton, Ohio native Matthew Hoopes of Relient K to share his top 5 Albums of 2008 with the
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Dress-Down Friday | Happy First Birthday L Edition
This is a “Dress-Down Friday” in honor of our daughter L, who’s celebrating her first birthday today. I can’t
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Reclaiming the Power of Primitive Quakerism for the 21st Century
Robin, Martin and I are leading a weekend retreat at the Ben Lomond Quaker Retreat Center this coming February on convergent Friends,
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Finishing Two Quarters with Everett Cattell
Image by Midnight-digital via Flickr This past Friday I dropped my paper in an envelope, paid the $2.63 postage and
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“Dear Woman, why do you involve me?” Mission Without Guarantees
In the fourth of his missiology lectures (see more on his third here) Steuernagel reflected on a few passages where we see Mary interacting with her son, Jesus. In John 2:3-5 it
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How Quakers Voted in the 2008 Election
I’ve finally finished compiling the statistics from the poll we conducted here last week. When I initially posted the survey it hadn’t dawned on me that it would be me who had
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There’s Something About Mary(‘s Theology)
This past week Fuller’s School of Intercultural Studies hosted its annual Missiology Lectures. This year they invited Missiologist Valdir Steuernagel, of World Vision to discuss, “Missiology and Mary in Latin America: The Southern
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The McCain-Palin Taste for The Secret
We live in a culture of increasing secrecy. Despite claims of being the ‘age of information,’ one might goes so far as
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Younger Evangelicals Weigh in on Abortion and Other Issues
Once thought to be in the pocket of the Religious Right, many American evangelicals today are discovering a deeper understanding of what it means to be pro-life. Kenny Hiser, communications director from Sojourners