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Incarceration rates seem ridiculously high over the last twenty years.  Is that because we have more criminals or we’ve forgotten how to forgive? ——————————————————————————————————— Cool graphic on how our laws are made. ——————————————————————————————————— How male centric is Hollywood?  This is ridiculous. ——————————————————————————————————— Kathy Escobar kicks it out of the park on trust. ——————————————————————————————————— Tony asks …

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Len Hjalmarson quotes Brian McLaren and Peter Senge. “Why are books on Buddhism so popular, and not books on Christianity?” Brian, feeling somewhat on the spot, pushed the question back to Senge. Senge suggested his own answer: “I think it’s because Buddhism presents itself as a way of life, and Christianity presents itself as a …

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Has the Sundance Film Festival finally become what it has long worked against?  Sad. ——————————————————————————- Pope John Paul II use to flagellate himself for Christian perfection. ——————————————————————————- Currently, only 8% of churches have women teachers. ——————————————————————————- Our brain is likely to invent patterns that aren’t there. ——————————————————————————- This is a hilarious video that seems to …

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Frank Schaeffer takes on the New Atheists, calling for a more introspective and redemptive dialog, and what it means to follow Jesus in these days. ————————————————————————– Makeesha asks, “What the alternative to Tucker Max?“  Great question. ————————————————————————– Skye Jethani asks, “What did you say?“  Quotes of absurdity.  Some of these are gut bustingly funny. ————————————————————————– …

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If this weren’t the Onion, it would be almost spot on of some of the conversations I’ve had with a few people about gays. ————————————————————– Out of Ur offers a Caption contest.  It leads with, “Do you ever feel like church activities, which are intended to promote God’s mission, are actually keeping you from promoting …

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Wow, three days without a post.  I’m living it up.  In the meantime, here’s some worthwhile reads. Tripp Fuller served up a dose of LeRon Shults.  The attached PDF  Download “Reforming Ecclesiology in Emerging Churches” is an interesting read.  In many ways it feels like a much needed conversation around unity. ——————————————————————————– Blake Huggins offers …

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Leadership Networks Top Ten List of Kingdom Ideas.  What do you think? (ht) ——————————————————————————- Makeesha serves up a really cool video on a Letter From God.  Definitely watch. ——————————————————————————- Jimmy Carter throws down the gauntlet on women in ministry.  Let me say that this will be easily one of Jimmy’s greatest achievements. (ht) ——————————————————————————- Jeff …

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Alan Knox offers one of his funniest posts yet called “Just Make Disciples”.  Well done. —————————————————————————– If you’ve driven through Hoover Dam recently you’ve seen the building of what is the largest arch bridge in the US.  The images don’t do it justice.  Seeing how they do this was stunning in person. —————————————————————————– The 3G …

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