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Entries from August 2007

10 More Years in Iraq

August 28th, 2007 · No Comments

I’m fairly confident that Gen. David Petraeus’s report to congress next month will amount to nothing more than a glorified dog and pony show resulting in more straw rhetoric and another pat on the back for Bush and company; especially since the White House may be writing Petraeus’s report for him. But I may [...] Read more »

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The Secret Message and Interactive Relationship

August 21st, 2007 · 1 Comment

I’m currently reading Brian McLaren’s The Secret Message Jesus (which is great so far, I highly recommend it to everyone) and throughout the book McLaren uses the phrase ‘interactive relationship(s)’ (which he admittedly borrows from Dallas Willard, who I’ve yet to read) to describe not only eternal life, but the entire kingdom of God including [...] Read more »

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me|Church

August 18th, 2007 · No Comments

Recently I went with a groups of friends to a church, that will remain unnamed (and if you’re one of those friends and decide to comment, please allow the innocent to remain unnamed) to observe how they “did church” with the end goal of hopefully taking something home that we use at our mid-week gathering. [...] Read more »

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Tony Snow to Resign

August 17th, 2007 · 1 Comment

I think it’s official–Bush is a lame duck. They’re dropping like flies these days. First Don Rumsfeld, then the sith lord himself Karl Rove, now even White House Press secretary Tony Snow will call it quits before 2009. And rumor has it former speaker of the house Dennis Hastert won’t seek reelection in 2008. [...] Read more »

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Walter Wink & Nonviolence

August 17th, 2007 · No Comments

“The issue is not, “What must I do in order to secure my salvation?” but rather, “What does God require of my in response to the needs of others?” It is not, “How can I be virtuous?” But “How can I participate in the struggle of the oppressed for a more just world?” Otherwise our [...] Read more »

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