(Ir)religiosity

I just removed the Daily Kos from my feeder reader.  And at the moment I’m close to doing the same with some other political blogs, namely Street Prophets and Andrew Sullivan.

Why?  It’s simple: I’m sick of the polemics and the personal attacks.  They’re just not helpful.  It is blogging at it’s absolute worst.

I’ll be as clear as possible — I profoundly disagree with Sarah Palin’s politics, I think she was a horrible choice for McCain’s VP and as a result, he may have already lost the election.  I understand the move, to woo Clinton supporters who are understandably upset about the still very much intact glass ceiling.  I wasn’t planning on voting for McCain in the first place, but now I have all the more reason not to do so. Read the rest of this entry »

I know, I know.  This book is so last year.

I picked up Scot McKnight‘s A Community Called Atonement last month with a Barnes & Noble giftcard.  I started it a few days ago and finished it last night.

It’s a really great book.  Not just on atonement theology, but also on what it means to be missional.  While I don’t always completely agree with his conclusions (mainly I think he gives penal substitution too much credit) McKnight does a wonderful job of covering all the bases while offering up the ideas of atonement as the restorative practice of justice and reconciliation within the local community and the poignant need to use and give proper recognition to, every metaphor and image we have available to describe the atonement.  Which is awesome.  Read it if you haven’t already.

There are too many good quotes but here are a few (or four) that I think grasp the overall thrust of the book.¹ Read the rest of this entry »

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