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Sad and Scary: http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Columnists/Corbella_Licia/2006/08/21/1767214.html

We watched "Paradise Now" tonight, a great movie about two Palestinian men who have been chosen as suicide bombers in an operation in Tel Aviv. The men have to decide whether they go through with the whole operation, knowing what the cost will be (death) and dealing with what it will do to their families [...]

"A healthy pluralism is needed. We don’t want to force everyone into the same mold. Uniformity is different from unity. Unity means pluralism, with everyone respecting how others think, and among all of us, creating a unity that is greater than just my way of thinking." Archbishop Oscar RomeroMay 29, 1977

I’ve been asked to expand on a previous discussion on some of the cultural changes we are seeing in the church as we move into a post-modern era at small group this week. The Emergent Church, the post-modern Christianity ideology, these are things I like to read about, but by no means do I have [...]

We had the first installment of the "Books and Beer" series last night at my place. Jesse, Nick, Brian, Sean, and myself all gathered to eat good food, drink good beer and discuss a great book, Christianity Rediscovered. We had a very good discussion, touching on salvation, missions, the raw gospel, among plenty of other [...]

While visiting Brian McLaren’s website today, I noticed the following: 50 Free Advance Copies of "The Secret Message of Jesus"! To my surprise, I had stumbled upon an opportunity to possibly receive an advance copy of McLaren’s new book and be able to review it on this very blog. Of course I jumped at the [...]

Earlier this week, Bono spoke at the annual National Prayer Breakfast to President Bush and members of Congress, along other religious leaders from various affiliations. He focused heavily on the idea of Jubilee and aid to victims of AIDS in Africa. His voice is significant at this time and place because he is not holding [...]