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Archive for January, 2010

State of the Union

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Mister President, Madame Speaker, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, kids of all ages:
The State of Our Union is rotten.
Can I say that? Can I criticize, in love, an institution that is floundering like a whale on a beach? MLK and RFK would say yes, but look where that got them.
Jesus would say yes, but […]

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Inter-Faith Relations, Pt. 3

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

 Saturday evening Jan. 23: U2charist at St. David’s, Austin
Some final peaceful thoughts on inter-faith relations from my manuscript for The Other Jesus in honor of MartinLuther King, Jr., of blessed memory:These most recent paragraphs (see previous posts) veer precariously close to a theological belief called universalism, and I am not suggesting universal salvation, exactly, although I […]

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Inter-Faith Relations, Pt. 2

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

A great documentary on Christian/Muslim relations airs today. Check here for stations:http://www.ethicsdaily.com/photos/airdates.pdf
 Here’s a second piece of the new book that I’ve been working on for Westminster John Knox, offered up in this season of peace and goodwill:
Americans don’t have a history of people within the Christian faith killing each other, as Europe saw for centuries and […]

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