Month: February 2008
A Discussion With Chuck Colson and Shane Claiborne
Category: General
Hi folks. Hats off to Marcia (Paparazzi) Erickson and Jen (Doc) Halverson for the outstanding summary they wrote about our vacation and my poor little toe. Do I not hang with the coolest tribe on…
work hard, play hard, sleep hard
Category: General
I (Marcia), your paparazzi “lens truth master” found Greg last week in Mexico. He tried going incognito with a fierce bandanna look but it flopped as he was a dead giveaway with book and pen…
Compassionate Dominion and Factory Farms
Category: General
Topics: Creation Care
“The question is not ‘Can they reason?’ nor, ‘Can they talk?’ but, ‘Can they suffer?’” -Jeremy Bentham “A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he…
The First Fruit of the Coming Non-Violent Creation
Category: General
Topics: Creation Care
“A society’s moral progress is best judged by its treatment of animals.” – Gandhi More and more people are asking me the question, “Why are you a vegetarian?” So I’ve decided to write a couple…
Why I’m a Vegetarian
Category: General
Topics: Creation Care
For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love. Pythagoras (6th century BC) I used to be…
A Bono Looking Church?
Category: General
Hello blogg’n buds, Well, I got a little flack from a few of you for claiming that the Product (RED) Campaign is a powerful Kingdom movement. Several wondered how something intertwined with consumerism could be…
Be Bono-fide
Category: General
Thank you Ms. Paparazzi on that delightful expose of my Bono-fide Icee-drinking fun night out with friends. We really did have fun seeing U2 3D. I’m frankly not crazy about their music (I’m more of…
cvm paparazzi (marcia) at work
Category: General
Greg posted that the launch date for the new CVM site has been delayed a couple months. I thought (as Greg’s “lens truth master”) I’d give you insight into the delay and what Greg’s been…
Where’s the new Christus Victor website?
Category: General
Some time ago I mentioned that we were going to launch our new, improved, super easy and super informative website “very soon.” “Soon” has come and gone, so where’s the new site? May I remind…