Posted in Progressive, church geekery on 30 August 2007 - 17 אלול 5767
Pomomusings takes a look at a book I remember from my just-converted phase: FMG’s The Illumined Heart. Interesting to see that book from the outside now.
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Posted in Progressive, contemplation on 22 August 2007 - 9 אלול 5767
Street Prophets are starting an weekly online Bible study of the Lections. I think they are using the Revised Common Lectionary. It promises to be a fun conversation.
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Posted in Progressive, emergent on 17 August 2007 - 4 אלול 5767
Props to Matt Stone.
Movie produced by the folks at The Work of the People: they have a LOT of cool videos.
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Posted in Progressive, teh internets on 6 August 2007 - 23 אב 5767
According to Jason, guest blogging at JewSchool, Nalgene bottles pose a significant health risk. Considering everyone and their high school (not just Jews) sells or gives away these bottles for “green” swag, I think we’d all love to know that “For years, scientists have been finding that endocrine disrupters like [bisphenol-A] can impair the [...]
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Posted in Progressive, emergent on 2 August 2007 - 19 אב 5767
This based on the text of an email sent to a mailing list I was once a member of. It had been shared with the list by the original recipient. It later came up in a sermon and spoke to me very clearly, through my memory of the event, down through the last 5 [...]
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Posted in Progressive, emergent, teh internets on 22 July 2007 - 8 אב 5767
St. Gregory of Nyssa Church has a beautiful new website. Done (in Expression Engine) by a friend of mine… They’ve also got a podcast (link for iTunes only).
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Posted in Progressive, orthoparadoxy on 14 July 2007 - 29 תמוז 5767
If Greenham Common can be freed of “nukulur” weapons…
A website devoted to the Greenham Common Women: videos, music, interviews… very wonderful! Sadly it’s all in flash. There’s a good low-bandwidth site here, and the wiki has a little information as well.
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Posted in Progressive, emergent, saints and days on 8 July 2007 - 23 תמוז 5767
Generous Orthodoxy points us to a new Biography of W.E.B. Du Bois, American Prophet, including this great quote:
…[W]e are not Christians because we profess Thy name and celebrate the ceremonies and idly reiterate the prayers of the church, but only in so far as we really comprehend and follow the Christ spirit…
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Posted in Progressive, personal on 2 July 2007 - 17 תמוז 5767
Hmmm. While not as huge a financial deal as moving from SF to A’ville, A’ville to Buffalo seems good, too!
+$3,527 net change in disposable income.
The cost of living in Buffalo, NY is 0.1% lower than in Asheville, NC.
Employers in Buffalo, NY typically pay 12.5% more than employers in Asheville, NC.
Also some Totally Interesting [...]
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Posted in Brodie, Progressive, Teh Gay, The Hammer, photoblog on 26 June 2007 - 11 תמוז 5767
Torontonian Hospitality:
I owe a deep annd hearty “thank you” to Greg, Jon and, most especially, David, for their hospitality this weekend. David hosted Brodie and me all weekend - including a fabu swimming pool many floors above the “gaybourhood”; Jon provided afternoon crash space twice, along with some tasty BBQ pork; and Greg’s house, [...]
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