The Tsarnaevs’ uncle exclaimed in an interview that someone radicalized his nephews. It is now common to describe ratcheting up the depth of personal convictions influenced by another as radicalization. I fear that a good word, radical, suffers the weight of the tragedies in its name. … Continue reading
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Howard Fineman’s article in the Huffington Post was titled, Running Toward the Screams on Patriot’s Day. He wrote the piece on Monday, just hours after.
We now have another day for which we will ask each other, “Where were you when?” Not unlike the questions in our recent … Continue reading
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Artists possess an uncanny freedom to call attention to how our beliefs function. Last week’s brouhaha over Lifeway’s, The Gospel Project, left me convinced there is a lot of battling over territory that in the end does not matter. Marty posted a series on human trafficking that broke … Continue reading
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During Holy Week Barry tweeted,
I’m thinking this Maundy Thursday foot-washing business is a distraction-the point isn’t washing feet-that was a cultural signifier-ours is?
— barry taylor (@BarryT256) March 28, 2013
What is our cultural signifier? What habit or practice would approximate foot washing today that at the same … Continue reading
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Ed Stetzer’s Betrayal Exposes Upside Down Values
Today I will be chatting with a couple of post-Christian friends. The description is mine. I am not sure they would self-describe in this way. For by post-Christian I mean that they are of the current position that something must come after the sort of Christianity, or form of, … Continue reading
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