January 2010
65 posts
“Health care, centrist clerics say, would have been better if framed strongly...”
– Lisa Miller, ‘Moderate Clergy Disappointed in Obama’ [Newsweek]
20th Century's Biggest Change in Evangelicalism →
“Across the Middle East, where Christianity was born and its followers once made...”
– Kristen Chick, ‘Why Christians are declining in Mideast’ [Christian Science Monitor]
What would you do with $10 billion? →
Rich Stearns: Is There Hope or Justice for Haiti? →
Latin America rejects old U.S. approach in drugs... →
“The Saints’ trip to the Super Bowl is more than a respite for a city still...”
– ‘Bursting Pride in Super Bowl Team Replenishes a City’ [NYTimes]
How to Pursue Justice without Losing Your Soul →
Haitian Aid: Interactive Graph →
America’s Unrepentant Former Evangelical Leader →
“For years, we have been hearing African leaders calling for “African...”
– Wangari Maathai, founder of Green Belt Movement and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize [via Christian Science Monitor]
Watch Cornel West to Obama: ‘How deep is your love for poor and working people?’
Stuff Christians Like: Wishing certain celebrities... →
“If the poor die of hunger, it is not because God does not care for them. Rather,...”
– Mother Teresa
Jon Foreman: What's in a Word? →
“[U]nfortunately, society does not generally invest enough in...”
– Bill Gates, ‘My Turn: Bill Gates on Education and Innovation’ [Newsweek via SOFObserved]
Hold The Hallelujah: The Perils Of Rifles And... →
“The way I tell myself the story is a little too neat. I’d like to be able...”
– Dr Paul Farmer (see Partners in Health)
Turning Route 30 into the county's 'Main Street' →
“How is it that a country which has so much Christianity also has so much...”
– Dieumeme Noelliste, Haitian theologian [CT]
Maybe the best argument for iPhones yet! →
U.S. Military Weapons Inscribed With Secret... →
Satan writes Pat Robertson a Letter →
“The aid is never fast enough for the armchair aid workers sipping their...”
– [AP]
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
“We need to get away from the notion of God “up there”, meting out punishment and...”
– Symon Hill, ‘Earthquakes and bad theology’ [Ekklesia]
Does Avatar's Political Agenda Matter? →
“Many Haitians expect to be let down. History shows they are right to feel that...”
– Régine Chassagne, of The Arcade Fire [Guardian]
Texas Board of Education Discusses Banning Cesar... →
“An appropriate response to Pat Robertson: “You seem angry and tired. Christ...”
– Don Miller [DonMiller.is]
“[U]se this as an opportunity to search your heart regarding past disasters that...”
– Christine Sine [Godspace]
Justice: gospel imperative or implication? →
“Buildings started to collapse right and left around him,” Mr. Joseph said. “He...”
– ‘Quake Rocks Haiti, Causing Widespread Damage’ [NYTimes]
PLYWOOD: an innovative community addressing social... →
McGwire* →
“Everyone’s scared and running to grad school.”
– [GOOD.is]
A year after the earthquake in Cinchona →
“Marquez’s tour is part of El Salvador’s Route of Peace, a network of...”
– [TIME, see also Ruta de Paz]
Guerrilla Tourism Helps El Salvador Heal →
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