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The Incarnation as an Example of Cross-Cultural Love
Category: General
Tags: Christena Cleveland, Christmas, Empathy, Incarnation, Jesus, Kingdom Living, Vulnerability
Beautiful Faces of Palestine via Compfight Christena Cleveland wrote an excellent piece about the radical cross-cultural nature of the incarnation. I’ve never thought of it quite this way before, but the incarnation is the most…
Sandy Hook: Evil Did Not Win
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Tags: Current Events, Evil, healing, Hope
The story of one little girl who was killed at Sandy Hook and what became of the family in the aftermath. We live in a world where school shootings are almost becoming commonplace. It’s important…
Eustace the Dragon at Groundswell Tomorrow
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Tags: Eustace the Dragon, Groundswell Coffee, Music
Our friends Eustace the Dragon have been really busy lately developing new material. If you’re in the Twin Cities and want to hear them they’ll be playing as a part of Groundswell Coffee’s Cheer and…
Lighten Up: Wisdom and Belly Laughs
Category: General, Lighten Up
Tags: Kid President, Lighten Up
Kid President reports some of the responses from people to the question: what should people say more often? This kid’s laugh alone is worth the price of admission. His response to the suggestion that we…
Seven Lies
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Tags: Christianity, Lies Truth, Q&A, Sojourners, Stephen Mattson
hobvias sudoneighm via Compfight Stephen Mattson has contributed for Relevant Magazine, Sojourners (Sojo.net) Redletterchristians.org, and studied Youth Ministry at the Moody Bible Institute. He is now on staff at the University of Northwestern St. Paul, Minn. Follow…
Some Questions a Year After Her Child’s Death
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Tags: Blueprint Worldview, Calvinism, God's Will, Grief, Henry, Jessica Kelley, Open Theism, Prayer, The Jesus Event, Theodicy, Warfare Worldview
Jessica Kelley wrote a post for The Jesus Event that we wanted to share with you. You might remember that last year we were getting to know Jessica as she lost her four year old son Henry just…
Lighten Up: Appreciating Life
Category: General, Lighten Up
Tags: Cartoons, Death, Gratitude, Life, Lighten Up, Nelson Mandela
Today we’re appreciating the life of Nelson Mandela. What a beautiful soul.
Guante: Starfish
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Tags: Change, Kids, Kingdom Living
http://youtu.be/oYkoVFfYdC0 Guante is a Minneapolis-based spoken-word artist. His piece here is called Starfish and it speaks to the tension between working for small changes and dreaming of a better world where much bigger changes are…
In Search of Healing During Advent
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Tags: Abuse, Advent, God With Us, healing, Incarnation, Mennonerds, The Femonite, The Jesus Event, Tyler Tully
Tyler Tully was a guest-poster on The Femonite today. He generally blogs at The Jesus Event and is a contributor to the Mennonerds network. His guest post deals with the flashbacks of a childhood filled…
We’re in This Together: Unity and Disunity
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Tags: Christena Cleveland, Current Events, Division, Kingdom, Kingdom Living, Poverty, Reconciliation, Unity
Hartwig HKD via Compfight Christena Cleveland has been doing a series called Beyond Multiethnic on her blog for the last several weeks. It’s superb. In her introductory post, she states: I’m excited about the booming…
When Good Choices Are Not Enough
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Tags: Choice, Dave Ramsey, Oppression, Poverty, Privilege, Rachel Held Evans
J J via Compfight Our friend Rachel Held Evans posted on the CNN Belief Blog in response to a blog on Dave Ramsey’s website entitled The 20 Things Rich People Do Every Day. Rachel points out, rightly,…
Lighten Up: Happy Black Friday
Category: General, Lighten Up
Tags: Consumerism, Finances
Be careful out there folks.
I’m Thankful for You
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Tags: History, Manifest Destiny, Native Americans, Thankfulness, Thanksgiving
This last week, the Washington Times published an article that told the story of the “first Thanksgiving” that I wanted to highlight today. I know there’s a lot of conflicting opinions on the facts of history…
Why Greg Can’t be Accused of Marcionism (Let’s Not Burn Him at the Stake Just Yet)
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Tags: Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Cruciform Theology, Hermeneutics, Marcionism, Pacifism, Richard Beck, War
Kristin Brenemen via Compfight Richard Beck posted a blog today entitled It’s the Same God: On Marcionism, Creeds, Hermeneutics and War. You’re going to want to take the time to read through it in its…
Quotes to Chew On: Conflicting Depictions of God
Category: General
Tags: Benefit of the Doubt, Cruciform Theology, Jesus, Quotes
“This is something like the way I believe we should respond when we encounter biblical narratives that depict God doing things we can’t imagine Christ doing. For example, I can’t for a moment imagine Jesus—the…
Two Preschoolers Debate Ontology
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Tags: Creation, Grandkids, Humor, Kids, Ontology
ianus via Compfight I’m convinced every child is full of theological wisdom that the fallen world tries to suffocate by the time they’re ten. As an illustration of this truth, I thought you might enjoy…
Lighten Up: Christmas Gift Suggestion
Category: General, Lighten Up
Tags: Christmas, Humor, Idolatry, Lighten Up
Finally, a toy that will help kids learn about the true character of God and the type of assault weapon he favors. *sarcasm* (Thanks to Robert Martin and Benjamin L. Corey for the heads up.)
The Beauty and Necessity of Margins
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Tags: Bev Murrill, Book of Ruth, Finances, Generosity, She Loves
Nikos Koutoulas via Compfight Bev Murrill wrote a piece over on the She Loves blog about how we live with money based on a story from the Book of Ruth. Do you live on the…
You’re Not a Pacifist Are You?
Category: General
Tags: America, Brian Zahnd, Counter-Culture, Gentleness, Gospels, Jesus, Kingdom Living, Non-Violence, Pacifism, Peace
Jayel Aheram via Compfight Brian Zahnd wrote a great piece the other day on this topic. He contends that when he is asked this question, it often has the same flavor of the question, “You’re…