Governor Pat Quinn signed the Illinois Safe Child Act into law yesterday! This is a huge victory in the fight against human trafficking and marks a significant, game-changing switch in the official attitude toward minors caught in the sex industry. Minors found in the sex trade will no longer be treated as criminals but will …
A lofty goal
Moved by God’s grace in Jesus the Christ – the Liberating King – we raise our voices to help end hunger at home and abroad. - Rev. David Beckmann, president, Bread for the World A lofty goal, that. Then again, so is “love God and love your neighbor as yourself.” So that is exactly what …
Did you get enough to eat today?
Did you get enough to eat today? I know I did. This afternoon alone I purchased lunch from a local restaurant and an organically grown peach from our church Mission Vegetable cart…and I had a cookie. Needless to say, I’m well-fed. But that’s not true for everyone. Perhaps your initial mental image of a hungry …
Theology After Google: More Thoughts from Afar
All that Ken Silva talk distracted me so much I never really said anything about the TAG gathering itself. (Though that tangent was hardly without value - it ultimately turned me into a bona fide emergent when Silva slammed me! Seriously, I'm not worthy. There are many more important emergent writers/thinkers/leaders who deserved this honor …
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Theological Dialogue on Youth Ministry #2
For me, what separated this conference from most all others I've attended in 15 years of ministry is how well the organizers knew their audience. I expect nothing less from Tony Jones, Doug Pagitt, Kenda Dean and Andrew Root, but still, it was refreshing to be told, "get up and leave the room when you …
Theology After Google: My Thoughts from Afar
Some folks gathered in Claremont, CA this week for what sounded like a fascinating conference called Theology After Google (TAG). While my duties at Woodridge UMC precluded me from attending in person, I was able to follow some of what was happening there some of the time thanks to the magic of twubs and ustream. …
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THEOLOGICAL DIALOGUES on YOUTH MINISTRY
THEOLOGICAL DIALOGUES on YOUTH MINISTRY We started our time together with each of the four...actually it's hard to know how to refer to them...featured speakers reflecting on one of the four words which constitute the title of the conference and thus the reason we were there. 1. Theological Tony Jones: I used to think theology …
So either there isn’t nearly so much I
So either there isn't nearly so much I have left unsaid or I just suck at this blogging thing. Probably some of both. To borrow a FredClarkism, and but so anyway... I spent the first half of this week at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN for the Theological Dialogues on Youth Ministry. This part …
Why Fred Clark is a Genius, example 1
Check out the link to Fred Clark's Slacktivist over to the right there. Hover over it for a moment and you'll read that I describe Fred as my favorite blog. Here's a link to a recent example of him displaying that "wickedly sharp wit." In this post Fred absolutely excoriates the infuriating, pervasive smugness of …
All That I Can't Leave Unsaid 