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Resurrection

Resurrection

Enjoy this day, and meditate upon hope and resurrection and refreshment and life and the eternal. And chocolate (why not?). [myspace]http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=26253154[/myspace] “White Lily” – Laurie Anderson What Fassbinder film is it – The one-armed man Walks into a flower shop And says: “What flower expresses Days go by And they just keep going by… Endlessly… Pulling you Into the future? Days go by… Endlessly… Endlessly pulling you… Into the future?” And the florist says: “White Lily”…. ?

May She Be the New Jesus (so to speak)

May She Be the New Jesus (so to speak)

I have something to say about the recent Supreme Court decision that upheld the ban on late-term abortions, whether or not the pregnancy endangers the woman’s life. I’m a pragmatic contextual ethicist with a spiritual sensibility, and I cannot be silent. I cannot pretend that I don’t understand the next step in this game. If you stop for a moment to think about it, what will be required next is blindingly obvious. A dead woman. All you vultures will sit…

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Early Christian Protest

Early Christian Protest

At Princeton, there’s a course in the study of New Testament that some evangelical students were warned not to take. They called it “Faith Busters 101.” And some of them come just to flex their muscles and see if they can sit there and stand it while somebody teaches them about how the gospels were written. But what they usually discover is that learning about those things doesn’t change the fundamental questions about faith. That’s from a very good interview…

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JW Background History Video

JW Background History Video

Jehovah’s Witnesses exposed (download available) – Jeremiah films The comic-book style explanation of Jesus/Michael, his resurrection, and his judgment at Armageddon (minutes 26-29 or so) is especially worth watching now. The destruction of New York in back of the Statue of Liberty resonsates very differently after 9/11. I actually had a lump in my throat from minute 33-36 – it brought so much back to me. Some parts may be a little dull to non-Witnesses, who might not grasp the…

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