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Beatitudes Posts by month: June 2010
Book Review: Hannah’s Child: A Theological Memoir by Stanley Hauerwas
The Hedge: Happy In(ter)dependence Day!
Summer Preacher's Post: July 4th
summertime sabbath pondering about democracy
Read more...Summer Preacher's Post: Vook to Compassion
Karen Armstrong urges us toward compassion through a collection of new media to lead us toward compassion:
Read more...mePhones, ourPhones: A Eulogy for Conversation
can you hear me now?
Read more...Summer Preacher's Post: "How to Be A Poet"
Wendell Berry gives us sage advice about being a poet (or a preacher, teacher, human being)
Read more...Book Review: A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions That Are Transforming the Faith by Brian D. McLaren
An Inconvenient Prophet
A report came out last fall, published by the Pew Research Center for People & the Press that indicated that the number of Americans who say there is solid evidence about global warming and climate change is decreasing. In April 2008, 71% of Americans believed there was solid evidence that the earth is warming, but by last October that percentage had dropped fourteen points to 57%. In April 2008, 47% of Americans believed that global warming was being caused by human activity, but by last fall that had dropped to 36%. In April 2008, 73% of Americans thought global warming was a very serious or somewhat serious problem; but by last fall that number had dropped to 65%.
Read more...Circuit Rider's Post: Making Connections
Summer Preacher's Post: the Gulf and Gaza
Oil in the Gulf, Trouble in the Gaza, and few good words from a wise man
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