Category Archives: faith & culture

Post religious trend continues – Anne Rice Leaves Christianity but Remains Faithful to Christ

A couple weeks ago famous author Anne Rice added to the continuing post religious trend when she posted on her facebook page ““I remain committed to Christ as always but not to being ‘Christian’ or being a part of Christianity. … Continue reading

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Give Us Your Lavishly Rich, Your Xenophobic | CommonDreams.org

Immigrants. Taking our jobs and public assistance. The cause of all our problems.But it’s not true. We’re blaming people who are struggling day-by-day to survive on their own or support their families, while we applaud a system that allows a … Continue reading

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religious memory loss

One symbol of our post religious time is that the religious folks among us have lost their memories. Culturally we have forgotten what is means to be a person of Christian faith or followers of Jesus. So we say think … Continue reading

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Are there dangers in being ‘spiritual but not religious’? – CNN.com

It’s official the institutional word is in. It may dangerous for people to be spiritual but not religious. I find it amazing how easily the religious in the Christian community can disparage or call dangerous something that Jesus and Paul … Continue reading

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Finding Faith: More college students see themselves as spiritual rather than religious | AVALANCHE-JOURNAL

The future of the church depends on reaching the growing number of spiritual but post-religious people especially today’s students. This recent article fromthe heart of the Bible belt shows the post-religious phenomenon is not restricted to hot spots of “secularism” … Continue reading

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images of a post religious Christmas

Here are examples of the efforts of some religious folks to keep the Christ in Christmas. makes me really wonder what it is we think the incarnation (word becoming flesh) is all about. But religion requires this kind of response. … Continue reading

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Wishing everyone a very non cardboard Christmas

Wishing everyone a very non cardboard Christmas Video from the folks over at Mosaic -LA Technorati Tags: cardboard, christmas, Merry Christmas, Mosaic-LA

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post- Christian or post religious

The cover story of this week’s edition of Newsweek is the Decline and fall of Christian America. The author John Meachem, a self described flawed Christian (from the Episcopalian tribe) discusses the shift in the American religious landscape.  On MSNBC this … Continue reading

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Jon Stewart vs Jim Cramer truth vs hypocrisy in the news

If you have not seen it, here are the clips from Jon Stewart’s total debunking of the Mad Money guy Jim Cramer. There is some strong language so viewer discretion is advised. Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer: The Extended Daily … Continue reading

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discussing the trinity in a post-religious world

Our faith community is going to be having an online discussion group of the novel The Shack. As I was doing a search for some video on it I came across this rant (sermon) on YouTube. [youtube pK65Jfny70Y nolink] Mark … Continue reading

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