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I’ll be teaching a new member class here in a bit, and one of the things I always talk about during that class is pledging. I mention some numbers. Our pledge drive team asks all the members of the congregation to move toward a 5% pledge, starting where they can. And I tell them what […]
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It’s Time to Rethink Facebook
05.13.10 | Permalink | 2 CommentsFacebook has been getting some bad press lately for its handling of what was at one time private user information. Or at least information that users could keep private easily, if they chose to. There have been so many changes lately, it’s hard to keep track. It’s time to rethink Facebook. And I don’t just […]
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Philip Pullman Does Jesus
05.03.10 | Permalink | Comments Off on Philip Pullman Does JesusThe author of the His Dark Materials trilogy has rewritten the Gospels. That’s right, Philip Pullman has a new novel out. Called The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ, the premise is that Jesus and Christ are brothers, one with a talent for egalitarian teaching and the other for miracles and PR. The Guardian […]
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Religions Are Different, Liberals
04.26.10 | Permalink | 7 CommentsA friend pointed me to a great article by Boston University prof Stephen Prothero on why religions are not all really the same when you get down to it. And why it’s dangerous to say otherwise. I’ll leave to Prothero the argument as to why this soft sort of inclusivism—a “religions are really all the […]
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Fifteen years ago today
04.19.10 | Permalink | 7 CommentsFifteen years ago today, I was sleeping in, skipping class (as was known to happen). A loud boom—and I swore it shook me, but that couldn’t be right—woke me up. I think I was still living directly downstairs from Kristen Chenowith that year, and I added “dropping an anvil in the bathtub while I was […]
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Kinsi, East of Midnight, and Why Bylaws Matter
04.07.10 | Permalink | 6 CommentsI’m jumping in the middle of a conversation, late to the dance as usual, but here are the two most recent bits of the conversation I’m aware of: Kinsi talking about bylaws and the COA and East of Midnight’s response. The center of the controversy is East of Midnight’s saying that she feels sorry for […]
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