A quick note to watch this week’s “Weekly Video” in the first sidebar. Click to enlarge. Debates about context and contextualization find their way into a variety of presentations. Here Sivers asks, “Weird, or Just Different?” Too often anything we do not get is just weird. Assuming this to be the case simply discards the [...]
Category Archives: Social Commentary
Slavery By Any Other Name – Tragic
Over at MartyDuren.com, Marty is offering a four part series based on his interview with Pulitzer Prize winning Douglas Blackmon. He begins,
It seems fitting that this series is being launched on the holiday to commemorate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. since the primary subject matter of this interview ended with the founding [...]
Moore Says, “Jesus Has AIDS”
Russ Moore alerted his readership to a newsworthy development. “Jesus has AIDS.” Capturing the use of the “magnetic” headline, Moore reminds many who would keep “others” at arms distance that Jesus would not.
Russ spends a great deal of time with the subject of adoption. What would it look like if we adopted a people stigmatized [...]
When Jesus AIDS Others – World AIDS Day
“Do you see this woman?”
My cousin died of AIDS before we knew much about the disease. Emaciated and wracked by the disease he was a shell of his former self. He died in relative obscurity. No doubt his family felt stigmatized.
Several years later I would sit in an Ethics class in seminary. By this time, [...]
Finally a Post About Adultery as Abuse of Power
Rick strikes another blow to the shallow perceptions of the way of following God found in the Ten Commandments. A taste,
The “Thou” that “shalt not” is the one who can, i.e., the one with the power to take. In a paternalistic culture that is the male. In a secularized, egalitarian gender culture (at least as [...]
Sustainability and Faith
Rick does it again. Too often conversations about the way God intends humans to live centers on “do’s and don’ts.” Enter the abuse of the Ten Commandments. We either want them somewhere on our courthouse lawn or them extinguished from all public display. We either want to judge others for what they are not doing, [...]
And now the lighter side from aintsobad
My friend Rick returned from San Antonio with thoughts from the scenery at Sea World. This will prompt you to click over and read, at least I would,
If you eat lots of carbs and have not exercised since the Carter administration you should not ask spandex to do more than God intended when She created [...]
Doug Wilson, Watermelons and Green Stuff
John noted this piece by Doug Wilson. I suspect it will spark a considerable debate in some quarters. What caught my attention was the language Doug used to describe the issue. Most often those resistant to going green receive the charge of coercion, as in lobbying politicians to look the other way, and a power [...]
Words, Meaning, Context, and the Religious – Stepchild Offers a Take
Over at Missions Misunderstood, Stepchild weighs in on the controversy over Driscoll and words. Worth a read, especially in light of the recent attempts by some to press the SBC to censure anyone friendly to the Mars Hill pastor.
Candid from Canada – Jordon Cooper on Theological Conversations
One of these days I want to visit Saskatoon. Jordon tells me it is a beautiful place and a trip to Cooper Cabin could be just as fun as our sharing space in a condo in Nassau. I am always reminded of our need to hear from other perspectives when I read Jordon’s blog. He [...]
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