April, 2009

Easter 2009 reflections

April 13th, 2009

So I hope you had a good Easter season. I interestingly spent the Lenten season this year reading Surprised by Hope by N.

Links for April 11th

Meacham: The End of Christian America | Newsweek Religion | Newsweek.com

This is the Newsweek article that has announced what many of us have been anticipating for years. Thank God for a post-Christian America.

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faith

politics

theology

church

culture

The Future of the Church « kingdom grace

"Being forced to the margins will give the church an opportunity to redefine itself and its message to something that more accurately reflects the heart of the gospel."

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theology

culture

church

Unless a Grain of Wheat Falls: The Church in 25 years » gathering in light – “Do not go gentle into that good night.”

"My sense about the future is that the church, whatever is left of it in 25 years, will be built around a kind of nebulous, decentralized participation in God’s mission. I imagine there will be a lot less full-time CEO pastors and more people who see themselves as co-cultivators of kingdom imaginations. People who band together in a world where there is little money, time or space for full-time ministry to embody this call."

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culture

ministry

church

» Peter Rollins on The Last Supper ::: Subversive Influence

I'm late on linking to this, but it is a fascinating thought for Holy Week. It is an excerpt from Peter Rollins' Orthodox Heretic.

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jesus

theology

new-testament

bible

pete-rollins

God is Dead « Sensual Jesus

"God is dead. God is dead. God is dead."

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cross

jesus

G(oo)d Friday – BlakeHuggins.com

"Today God is eclipsed, and we are left to wrestle with its aftermath."

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cross

jesus

Something really, really small – the church in America

April 10th, 2009

Recently, in both Christian and secular settings, there has been a lot of talk about the predicament and future of the American church in general, and evangelicalism in particular.

Links for April 9th

Don’t Weep For the Demise of American Christianity » Blog » Greg Boyd (Christus Victor Ministries)

"I hope it is enough to show that, from a Kingdom perspective, the demise of American Christianity is not something we should weep over. To the contrary, its actually good news."

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church

culture

greg-boyd

The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan (April 08, 2009) – The Red Cross Torture Report

"It is the most damning and credible indictment of the American government to appear in years – more damning because it was prepared in the usual secrecy and not intended as a public document; more damning because it comes not from Jane Mayer or Mark Danner or Dana Priest or this blog, but from the most credible and respected human rights watchdog in the world: the International Committee for the Red Cross."

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human-rights

torture

politics

andrew-sullivan

Don Norman | UX Week 2008 | Adaptive Path on Vimeo

Great video from Don Norman at Adaptive Path's UX Week 2008. He was, possibly, my favorite of the main speakers. This is a really powerful challenge to both designers and business/marketing people.

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adaptive-path

business

design

usability

user-experience

video

Links for April 8th

the Jesus Manifesto » Jubilee in the Midst of Foreclosure

In these economic hard times, the myths of consumer capitalism are slowly being exposed as we learn that the “American Dream” comes at great cost. We can no longer shut our eyes to the exploitation and militarism that has been the foundation of our way of life.

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new-testament

jesus

poverty

economics

Links for April 7th

Abolish Slavery, Free Slaves, Stop Human Trafficking, Retrieve Children From Slavery | The Abolish Slavery Coalition

"Abolish Slavery is a nonprofit organization dedicated to combating human trafficking and restoring dignity to victims."

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human-rights

activism

Links for April 6th

A List of Recources on Biblical Pacifism » gathering in light – Do not go gentle into that good night.

Here is a good list of resources on biblical pacifism. Worth keeping within easy reach, for sure.

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old-testament

new-testament

bible

peace-activism

peace

Universities cut ties with Russell

April 5th, 2009

There is an interesting article in the St. Petersburg Times that reflects the issues that Russell Athletics is having with many leading universities over the company's possible retaliation against garment workers in Honduras.

CSS Naked Day 2009

April 4th, 2009

Each year, there is an event participated in by many standards-aware web designers and developers, called CSS Naked Day.

Links for April 4th

Rickey Cotton's Blog

"The desert is the call to go beyond oneself and be transfigured in the presence of the Holy One."

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spirituality