Steve Thorngate
Where our money goes: An itemized tax receipt
If we can put a man on the moon and then, 40 years later, persist in spending far more on spacecraft than on passenger trains, we ought to be able to distribute an income-tax receipt that says so.
Mitsuo Fuchida and the cycle of love
Today is the 69th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor,
which drew the U.S. into World War II. The Japanese attack was led by Mitsuo
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CC recommends: Popular music
A special Christmas review of noteworthy books, movies and music.
Just in time for Reign of Christ Sunday
Has the lion been considering lying down with the lamb in Washington DC? If so I missed it--but this seems to be the assumption behind a couple recent commentaries.
...New regular blogger: Julie Clawson
We've enjoyed having Adam Copeland around as a regular blogger for the last several weeks, so we've invited Julie Clawson to do a similar stint from now till Christmas....
The war logs and the reign of Christ
Reign of Christ Sunday is not the most approachable lectionary theme. Should the focus be on the reign or the one reigning?...
Link digest
Wow. Apparently competitive marathon preaching is a thing.
Almost six hours.
The DADT repeal? Don't ask.
It
looks like the Senate Armed Services Committee is going to drop the
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Link digest
In the right-hand sidebar of our main
blog page there's a feature called "Links from the Editors." This is where
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Religion and politics in a (ridiculous) nutshell
Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party recently sent out a pair of direct mail ads against Republican state senate candidate Dan Hall. Both ads refer repeatedly to him as "Preacher Dan Hall." One (pdf) shows a man in a clerical collar wearing a pin that says, "Ignore the poor." The other (pdf) features an elaborate, old-fashioned angel holding a banner: "Blessed are the Rich."
Facebook's "purpose"
I agree with a lot of Cathleen Falsani's piece on The Social Network, in which she praises Facebook's ca...
"And to the gospel, for which it stands"
Unlike Mary Valle, who recently heard of the Christian flag for the first time, I grew up pledging allegi...
Sarah Coakley's runners-up
Suppose someone who hasn't
been keeping up with theology for the past 25 years now wants to read the most
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What our taxes pay for
An itemized income-tax receipt would say, “So you want to talk about reducing government spending? Talk about these things first.” Which would be a far more focused conversation than we’re having now.
Emilie Townes's runners-up
Suppose someone who hasn't
been keeping up with theology for the past 25 years now wants to read the most
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