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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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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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More changes coming on the religious landscape

If the thoughts  in this post from CS monitor (in light of the recent article and study reported in USA Today) are true then I sadly don’t think the church in the US is ready. The coming evangelical collapse | csmonitor.com … Continue reading

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God, politics and the church

In the recent history on the north American church there has been s significant and different foray in to the political arena. Churches and pastors of churches have begun to not only to openly share their views about political candidates … Continue reading

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Post colonial legacy

I came across this interesting story about the ongoing legacy of the church colonial paradigm. It is just amazing that because of the western missionary values an African women sees a white dress and veil as the ideal for her marriage. … Continue reading

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driscoll’s take on haggard the wife’s to blame

Mark driscoll is at it again. This time pontificating on the recent scandal around ted haggard, he suggests that one of the reasons poele like haggard does this stuff is their wives “let themselves go” here’s a quote. Most pastors … Continue reading

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Church calendar girls (women)

If you can believe it, the women  this church Matinicus Island Church   are  raising money for charity and to install plumbing in the church using a "tastefully done" calendar ala the calendar girls movie. I wonder if any were bought for the … Continue reading

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Miss Lou gaan home

Miss Lou,  Louise Bennett the poet laureate of Jamaica, keeper of Jamaican culture, storyteller and cultural ambassador the epitome of all things good about Jamaica has  died. She was a constant part of my life growing up watching her on … Continue reading

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Has Noah’s Ark Been Found?

Texas archaeologists believe they may have located the remains of Noah’s Ark in Iran’s Elburz mountain range. Read article http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/has-noahs-ark-been-found/20060629173309990001?_mpc=news%2e10%2e1&cid=842   Technorati Tags: archeology, biblical_story, faith, in the news, Noahs-Ark

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multiple ways to express the trinity

The trinity (the three persons or expressions of God) as expressed in the Christian faith is usually referred to as Father, Son and Holy Spirit or Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer. However the LA times reports  leaders of the Presbyterian Church (USA) are suggesting … Continue reading

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