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Republican Convention Religious Crusade
The rousing video from the Republican National Convention (“Believe”) played like an evangelistic crusade waiting for an altar call. From the musical crescendos to the hyped voice to the pentecostal...
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Redistribution of Wealth in America
Mitt Romney’s haughty remark insulting the 47% of Americans who pay no federal income taxes is in the news. The issue of wealth distribution is philosophical and moral. Isn’t it time folks concerned...
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America and “the Fall”
WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange addressed the United Nations General Assembly yesterday. His speech is reminiscent of American theologian William Stringfellow who declared in 1968 that we were already living...
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The still, small voice of calm
We live in a pandemic sea of fear and rage. We are ridden on all side by anxiety. Our hearts are anxious, easily stirred up, annoyed, and angry. I remember the calm that would come over me as we sang...
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The President’s Speech on the Economy
Aired earlier today on All Things Considered (MPR, KNOW, 91.1 FM). Paul Tillich quote in Tillich Park, New Harmony, IN.Today President Obama began a series of speeches about the future of the American...
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Imaginary Democracy
This article is long but so important. Noam Chomsky speaks about reality and democracy.Filed under: America, Economics, Politics, Uncategorized Tagged: America, democracy, economics, Noam Chomsky,...
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The President and Kosuke Koyama
“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security, are at stake in Syria, along with our leadership of a world where we seek to ensure that the worst weapons will never be used. America is...
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Lecherous Old Uncle Sam
There is nothing quite like sexual brutality and fear to scare people to death. In this TV ad a lecherous, sadistic, evil Uncle Sam substitutes himself for the doctors for a young women’s gynecological...
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Balm for Cynicism
gordoncstewart:Friend and colleague John Buchanon posted this piece last night. Originally posted on Hold to the Good : Respect and gratitude for our system of government runs deep in me. I certainly...
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The Wisdom of Solomon and the Budget Crisis
Today we re-publish this piece from a similar budget show-down in Minnesota. The Wisdom of Solomon and the Budget Crisis – social commentary published by Minneapolis Star Tribune. Photo of NH farm...
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Owe No One Anything – Sermon
Filed under: Faith, Life, Sermons Tagged: America, Gospel, police, race
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The Illusion of a Sweet Cherry Pie
Violence always washes downstream. Whether the river be one’s personal history or the river of a society and culture within whose current every one of us flows, violence is what H. Rap Brown said it...
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Incredibly American: the ARU
“It’s incredibly un-American. My DNA is offended by it.” “It” is the National Basketball Association’s salary cap policy. The speaker is Michele Roberts, the new executive of the NBA Players’...
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A Note from Briant
We couldn’t believe our eyes when this postcard arrived from our waiter last month in Mobile, Alabama. Postcard note from Briant, waiter at Felix’s Fish Camp Grill in Mobile, AL Okay, so he spelled my...
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Warning: Danger Ahead
If you’re interested in a homiletic case consistent with Bernie Sanders, check out the Rev. Ed Martin’s sermon at Shepherd of the Hill Church in Chaska, MN. It’s superb. Filed under: Economics, Faith,...
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Glory and Obscurity
“Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.” Who do you suppose said that? An obscure figure unknown by history? A great historical figure whose glory fled? It was the latter – Napoléon Bonaparte...
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Murmuration? You gotta be kidding!
Today I was challenged to write something original on the word murmuration‘. My mind immediately went to a biblical text when, after the Hebrew slaves (laborers with no rights), led by Moses and Aaron,...
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She’s confused and he’s confusing!
“She’s confused — and he’s confusing,” said my son, following lunch with an old married couple he’d met for the first time. Remove the gender specificity (‘he’ and ‘she’) peculiar to that lunch...
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