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Changes or transitions have always evolved, and in the past we were able to accommodate them without feeling threatened by having to abandon old traditions or ways of thinking; however by the 1950s change exploded into a geometric progression introducing a radically new world that only those born in the past few decades can fully […]
************************************************* SojoMail a weekly email-zine of spirituality, politics, and culture http://go.sojo.net/ct/1pLWub11tzRe/ ************************************************* QUOTE OF THE WEEK “The status of being a dissident unites dissidents on either side.” – Prof. Douglas Laycock of the University of Michigan Law School, commenting on the Supreme Court case of Joseph Frederick, a high school student suspended for displaying a […]
Spanish Wind Power blows past Coal and Nuclear 22 March 07 – For immediate Release – Melbourne, Australia On March 20th Spain’s wind power generation rose to contribute 27 per cent of the country’s total daily power demands, surpassing supplies by nuclear and coal. This is a new record for contribution of wind-generated power at […]
Review: Alan Hirsch, ‘The Forgotten Ways: Reactivating the Missional Church’. Michigan: Brazos Press, 2006. Ivan Illich was asked what he thought was the most radical way to change society; was it through violent revolution or gradual reform? He gave a careful answer. Neither. Rather, he suggested that if one wanted to change society, then one […]
A church has the motto ‘Enjoying God, Blessing others’ Someone commented: ‘A beautiful theme, but it’s dismaying the number of people who unconsciously reveal that they are without joy in their Christian experience… My Response: A brief comment on this paragraph: Surely we can give permission to those whose life experiences have been so bad/hurtful/abusive […]
From a pastor-friend: Youth Evangelism – by Ken Moser. I have been challenged on numerous levels in regards to how we go about evangelism within our youth programs and structures. Ken has an honest critic of some of the most popular youth models around the world and takes a look at the early church and […]
March 21, 2007 Anglicans closer to schism as US bishops reject gay ultimatum Times Online, UK The Anglican Church took another step towards its apparently inevitable schism when US Episcopal bishops rejected the ultimatum from primates of the Anglican Communion to fall into line over homosexuals. The bishops of the Episcopal Church accused Anglican primates […]
. Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that is how dogs spend their lives. . I asked my new girlfriend what sort of books she’s interested in and she said: Check books. . The easiest way to make your old car run better, is to check […]
This is a poem written by a real farmer ( in Australia) to highlight the seriousness of the depression they are suffering out there. His cattle didn’t get a bid, they were fairly bloody poor, What was he going to do? He couldn’t feed them anymore, The dams were all but dry, hay was thirteen […]