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2011-12-08T18:21:14+00:00

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What Churches Can Learn from Occupy Wall Street

Last updated on: December 8, 2011 at 6:21 pm By Guest Contributor

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When was the last time Christians came together and linked arms to protest anything? Many of us have missed meaningful opportunities to let our voices be heard. Not only is speaking out being true to your convictions, it also offers a beacon of hope to others. The world is attracted to people who are passionate enough to live out their beliefs in the open and out on the streets. Read more

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2011-12-07T21:11:21+00:00

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From Parable to Pretzel: Bible Abuse by the Religious Right

Last updated on: December 7, 2011 at 9:11 pm By Jim Burklo

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Tony Perkins, president of the religious-right Family Research Council in Washington, wrote a piece that appears in the CNN blog site, condemning the Occupy movement . He cites the parable of the ten pounds in Luke 19, in which a master gave money to his slaves to invest until his return from a journey. “He summoned ten of his slaves, and gave them ten pounds, and said to them, ‘Do business with these until I come back.’ ” (New Revised... Read more

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2011-12-06T21:18:30+00:00

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Advent Birth Pains: Staying Awake to the Heart Cry of the World

Last updated on: December 6, 2011 at 9:18 pm By Laura Rose

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The season of Advent sounds a discordant note in a world abuzz with holiday Musak. While everyone else is humming “have a happy jolly Christmas,” we church folks sing prophetic tunes that sound more like a slave spiritual or a freedom song than a Christmas Carol. O come, O come Emmanuel and ransom captive Israel, who mourns in lonely exile here until the son of God appears. We do not begin our Advent journey with the baby Jesus snuggled in... Read more

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2011-12-06T04:54:52+00:00

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Defining and Defending Religious Freedom

Last updated on: December 6, 2011 at 4:54 am By Jim Burklo

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The freedom to practice religion, with neither the interference nor the endorsement of the government, is sacred to Americans. It’s explicitly protected in our Constitution. And it’s largely the reason that religion flourishes here much more than in European countries. Turn on the television, turn on the radio, look down the main streets of the cities and towns of America at the steeples and domes of houses of worship, and there is no question that religion of virtually every kind... Read more

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2011-11-28T16:41:25+00:00

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A Different Kind of Christmas

Last updated on: November 28, 2011 at 4:41 pm By Kyle Herron

The Christian liturgical year ended appropriately with Matthew 25. In this passage known as the “Judgment of the Nations” Jesus declares the criteria for separating the sheep from the goats. Curiously (or not), they have nothing to do with whom one marries, the music one listens to, the company one keeps, or the dogma one subscribes to. Instead, they have everything to do with how we (collectively) treat the homeless, the hungry, the imprisoned, the sick, the thirsty, and the... Read more

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2019-11-26T15:10:25+00:00

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Thanksgiving in a Time of Scarcity

Last updated on: November 26, 2019 at 3:10 pm By Bruce Epperly

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Many North Americans are struggling to find a spirit of thankfulness this year. Many of us are worried about finances, unemployment and underemployment, unsuccessful job searches, shrinking bank accounts and retirement plans, indebtedness, and the prospect of needing to work until our early 70’s, given the current state of our pensions. Some curmudgeons might even protest, “What have we got to be thankful for this year, with everything still uncertain and no end in sight?” I share their concerns because... Read more

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2012-11-27T21:43:00+00:00

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Why We Need Advent

Last updated on: November 27, 2012 at 9:43 pm By Bruce Epperly

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Advent is a curious season in the Christian year. Perhaps before the identification of Christmas and consumerism, the Advent season inspired Christians to reflection, confession, and preparation. Beginning in the fourth century, Advent – like Lent –was seen as a time of fasting and penitence. Although Christmas parties and “hanging of the greens” potlucks keep many of us from fasting during Advent these days, the season is definitely a time of restlessness and reflection for those who take the season... Read more

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2011-11-21T23:48:43+00:00

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Left, Right Out of Sight, and Christ

Last updated on: November 21, 2011 at 11:48 pm By Jim Burklo

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[This post is part of a conversation at the Patheos Book Club on the new book Left, Right, and Christ: Evangelical Faith In Politics, by Lisa Sharon Harper and D.C. Innes (2011, Russell Media).] The good news in this book: contrary to the assumptions of many, evangelicals are not of one mind on matters political. The bad news in this book: the wing of the right-wing evangelical co-author of the book is that of a bat, not a bird. ... Read more

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2011-11-16T14:58:21+00:00

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The Big Interfaith Tent at Occupy Oakland

Last updated on: November 16, 2011 at 2:58 pm By Laura Rose

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The Big interfaith Tent at Occupy Oakland: Faithfully Engaging the 99% A Local Pastor’s Reflections from the Oakland Encampment Fourteen members of the Interfaith Tent @ Oakland locked arms in front of the Tent and were arrested early Monday morning as the police raided the encampment. It is not surprising that our words and actions have been reduced to a few sound bites and fleeting images by the mainstream media, but there is a deeper, better story to be told.... Read more

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2011-11-16T12:14:08+00:00

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The Parable of the Three Slaves: An Occupy Tale

Last updated on: November 16, 2011 at 12:14 pm By David Henson

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Once upon a time, a wealthy CEO of a multinational corporation called his three most trusted employees, his three senior vice presidents, into his office. Sharply dressed in a pinstripe suit and sporting a pure white hair and beard, the CEO explained that the corporation had the opportunity to expand its presence in some crucial emerging markets, so crucial that he wanted to oversee the negotiations and acquisitions of new companies himself. If he could manage to reap these companies profits without having sown their original seed, the CEO knew that the investment would mean huge bonuses for himself, and his three senior vice presidents sitting before him and attentively taking notes assumed that some of that financial windfall might trickle down to them. Read more

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