Entries Categorized as 'Politics'

Seriously Senator Craig?

September 5, 2007

I love Idaho sir, but - really? Are you serious? First you said you were guilty and then you said you weren’t - it was just a hasty decision. Then you resigned - and now…this? I would suggest you discuss some of your decisions first with your PR folks next time before making any more [...]

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Broad Street Ministry

August 29, 2007

This past Sunday, Sarah and I drove into the Philadelphia to worship at Broad Street Ministry. Broad Street Ministry is pastored by a variety of staff, but their founding pastor is Bill Golderer. The church is located on Philadelphia’s Avenue of the Arts, and directly across the street from The Kimmel Center for Performing Arts [...]

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The Nick and Josh Podcast

July 5, 2007

I don’t know if you all know about the Nick and Josh Podcast, but if you don’t, and you like listening to podcasts, you’re missing out. I’ve never met Nick, but I got to know Josh a bit while I was in Atlanta, and he and his wife Anna are really wonderful. Somehow, Josh and [...]

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Falwell: How to respond?

May 16, 2007

Jerry Falwell passed away this past Tuesday, May 15th. I’ve mentioned Falwell a few times in past blog posts. More often than not, the only time I referred to Falwell was when I was explaining to someone that I was a Christian. “Yah, but not a Jerry Falwell-type of Christian…” I’m sure many have said [...]

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Fox News Contributes to Demonization of Shooter & “Others”

April 19, 2007

The photos above have been taken from the front page of news from CNN, Washington Post, Seattle PI, New York Times, Chicago Tribune. Many of the photos I saw around the internet today depicted mourning students, photos of some of the victims, students holding prayer vigils for those whose were killed in the shootings.
However, FOX [...]

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Are you hyperconnected?

April 17, 2007

Time had a great article two weeks ago called The Hyperconnected. Check it out. This is the final paragraph of the article:
“Like any good pusher, services like Twitter don’t answer existing needs; they create new ones and then fill them. They come to us wrapped in the rhetoric of interpersonal connection, creating a sense that [...]

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Messages: Queer Communications with the O/other

April 10, 2007

Some of you may remember my friend Tony, who I’ve mentioned from time to time. I often joke with him about being the one person to start and delete more blogs than anyone else I know. Well, he and a friend have started a new site recently, and I think because it is more communal [...]

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Face2Face Project

March 29, 2007

A few weeks ago, a buddy of mine sent me a link to the Face2Face Project website. This is how they describe their project:
The Face2Face project is to make portraits of Palestinians and Israelis doing the same job and to post them face to face, in huge formats, in unavoidable places, on the Israeli and [...]

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Wednesday Speedlinking

March 28, 2007

A few links I think you should know about:

Jen has a beautiful post about marriage, Marriage and the Little Matchgirl: A True Story
Bart Campolo’s “I Believe…” is provocative and has some really good stuff.
Emergent Podcast Interview with Doug Pagitt discussing An Emergent Manifesto of Hope
Apparently Christians had to get into the video-sharing business. Enter GodTube.com
Spirit [...]

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Torture and the Politics of “24″

March 15, 2007

There is a very interesting (and long) article on 24, politics and torture on Truth Out; it looks like it was initially published in The New Yorker and is entitled “The Politics of the Man Behind ‘24.’”
As you probably know, I really like “24.” I like the somewhat improbable and cheesy plots (that are getting [...]

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