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What my life looks like..
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The sacred word of God
To draw on a distinction made by Paul Ricoeur, The Bible falls into the category of an "authoritative" text, rather than a "sacred" one. In Christianity there is a sacred God, and a sacred ecclesial Community, but our sacred text, if anything, is the person of Jesus rather than the books of the Bible ( Read more... ) -
On having been married for one year
It struck me this morning that this whole wedding anniversary thing represents a new way of marking time - a most welcome addition to my mid-twenties ( Read more... ) -
1 year today
To my ( Read more... ) -
Lost in Democracy
Incredible story about the impending Democratisation of Bhutan.
something I read today, that seems appropriate:
"Among the new nations, independence has swept into history societies newly
awakened from their ethnological slumbers by colonial violation. Similarly, a
process of interior decolonization has affected ethnic minorities, families, and
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In praise of an Evangelical upbringing
evangelical
adjective
of or according to the teaching of the gospel or the Christian religion.
• of or denoting a tradition within Protestant Christianity emphasizing the authority of the Bible, personal conversion, and the doctrine of salvation by faith in the Atonement.
• zealous in advocating something.
Right through my young adult life, the ( Read more... ) -
Story
Today is Good Friday. This is the time of year when Christians blab on and on about how Jesus died for all our sins, and usually, I’m right there with them ( Read more... ) -
Earth has only 7 bn years to live
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jtDe0Wmcf9UsZS2dzaJ1Yabk-UWQ
..at what point will we need to start getting philosophical about this? -
Pipl
You know that apocryphal story about bosses googling prospective new employees and finding out all of their nasty online secrets ( Read more... )
