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2012-08-27T09:01:17-06:00

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Monday Morning Confessional

Last updated on: August 27, 2012 at 9:01 am By Tim Suttle

I confess that I suffer from the chronic inability to escape my own point of view. This was pointed out to me today regarding the reading of scripture, but I think it applies across the whole of my life. I confess that I believe this means that the most important learning I’ll ever do is learning about myself. Self-awareness is a rare and precious gift which only comes to those who doggedly pursue it . I confess that the audio recorded version... Read more

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2012-08-26T07:16:04-06:00

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Living with Paradox: Learning to be Serious About the Questions

Last updated on: August 26, 2012 at 7:16 am By Tim Suttle

Some Sunday Wisdom from Richard Rohr: I don’t think the important thing is to be certain about answers nearly as much as being serious about the questions. When we hold spiritual questions, we meet and reckon with our contradictions, with our own dilemmas; and we invariably arrive at a turning point where we either evade God or meet God. Mere answers close down the necessary struggle too quickly, too glibly, and too easily. When we hang on the horns of... Read more

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2012-08-24T14:28:24-06:00

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Rick Warren Bails on Religious Forum Citing Political Rancor as the Reason

Last updated on: August 24, 2012 at 2:28 pm By Tim Suttle

Four years ago Saddleback held a forum with the two major candidates that was praised as fresh new alternative to the joint press conferences that debates have turned into. This year they had another planned but they pulled the plug. Warren said, “We created the civil forums to promote civility and personal respect between people with major differences,” Warren said. “The forums are meant to be a place where people of goodwill can seriously disagree on significant issues without being... Read more

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2012-08-24T07:30:25-06:00

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If Jim Carrey and Damon Wayans Ran a Church…

Last updated on: August 24, 2012 at 7:30 am By Tim Suttle

Just a little bit of Friday Funny… Read more

2012-08-23T09:01:21-06:00

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Conservative/Liberal Hatred is a Sign of Immaturity

Last updated on: August 23, 2012 at 9:01 am By Tim Suttle

Every week or so I read an article about the historic partisanship of the present day. Rancor between liberals and conservatives is at an all time high. Often the writer will claim partisanship is good: opposing views will be articulated by their strongest advocates. Is that really what happens? Liberals claim that conservatives hate the poor. Conservatives claim that liberals hate the rich. When, in truth, the true hatred isn’t hard to find: liberals and conservatives hate each other. We’ve... Read more

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2012-08-22T09:17:24-06:00

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The Poorest Fifth of Americans Out-give the Richest Fifth – Guess which Candidate Bucks the Trend?

Last updated on: August 22, 2012 at 9:17 am By Tim Suttle

Andrew Sullivan had an interesting take at The Dish this week. He notes that a key component of any plan to reduce the amount of money the U.S. government spends on entitlement programs will have to involve churches, ministries, and not-for-profit groups. These groups will have to shoulder more of the burden for caring for those on the margins of our society if the government turns off the spigot. The big question is will churches, ministries, and not-for-profit groups be... Read more

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2012-08-21T09:20:04-06:00

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What’s the common denominator for mass murderers? White, Male, Christian, or Crazy: answer may surprise you.

Last updated on: August 21, 2012 at 9:20 am By Tim Suttle

Elizabeth Drescher’s recent tweet, “Angry, Hateful, Demented white people are really bringing me down #Aurora#ChickFilA #OakCreek” seems to indicate her angst. She writes a brilliant article at Religion Dispatches talking about the link between masculinity and mass violence. Drescher is the fundamental question regarding the recent spate of mass murders in America: What is the common denominator? There is a connection to whiteness, most mass murderers are white, but not all by any stretch. That’s not the common denominator. Most are... Read more

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2012-08-21T07:35:12-06:00

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A Sociological Look at the MegaChurch

Last updated on: August 21, 2012 at 7:35 am By Tim Suttle

The megachurch is a topic that fascinates me as a church leader. I’ve been involved in megachurch culture for a couple of decades now and have been trying to think critically about their impact on the health of the church universal. I’ve drawn a lot of conclusions to this point, some of them are in the article “The Failure of the Megachurch” at The Huffington Post. Interesting new article out from the Religion News Service on the phenomenon of the... Read more

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2012-08-20T15:20:40-06:00

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The End of the Middle: How the Death of Compromise Crippled our Government

Last updated on: August 20, 2012 at 3:20 pm By Tim Suttle

KC Star this weekend ran a story called “The End of the Middle: How the Death of Compromise Crippled our Government.” The article is well worth taking a few moments to read. Here are a few pull quotes… what do you think? “On a spring day in 1984, a politician named Tip O’Neill walked to the floor of the U.S. House, his face red with rage. O’Neill’s appearance was unusual. Speakers of the House rarely engage in debate. On this... Read more

2012-08-20T08:19:13-06:00

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Monday Morning Confessional

Last updated on: August 20, 2012 at 8:19 am By Tim Suttle

I confess that while having dinner with friends this weekend we started laughing about people farting while doing yoga. My wife said that there was one particular pose that caused a ton of people to blow, and I really wanted to know which one it was. So I googled it. I confess that I had only typed, “What Yoga Pose…” into the search when google automatically completed it for me with “makes you fart.” I confess that we laughed until... Read more

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