Category Archives: Daily Links and Notes

NY Times and Thought Crime

Dreher

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Copyrighting the MLK Legacy

Politico

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Online Ordination isn’t just for Weddings Anymore

RNS Now 29 and living in West Greenwich, R.I., Brown tries to channel her abilities into helping others, starting as an energy healer. But she said it was difficult to get clients without some kind of official stamp of approval. In … Continue reading →

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Secularism as a Version of Christianity

Michael Dougherty The great irony of Islam’s continued clashes with the Western way of life — whether its widespread riots over a YouTube video or the murderous actions of a crazed minority— is that it has revealed, to the surprise … Continue reading →

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Big Swing in the Mennonite World on LGBTQ

Mennoworld “In terms of views on both LGBTQ membership and leadership, Mennonite Church USA leaders have shifted dramatically,” writes Kanagy in his report. He compares the 2006 Church Member Profile survey, which he directed, with the current survey and cites two … Continue reading →

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Groomed for Abuse

Leadership Journal

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Republican Party’s War with Pope Francis on Climate

Damon Linker Dish http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2015/01/20/francis-vs-the-theocons-round-iii/

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Calvin, Hope Rivalry

NY Times

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defending free speech isn’t necessarily a virtuous act

Virtue and Free Speech

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Peter Enns Jewish Reading (or not) of the Fall

Patheos Jewish theology doesn’t depend on Augustine (or Paul), and so they read the story differently. Rather than being born in sin because of something Adam did, humanity has an “evil inclination,” meaning humans are, for whatever reason, prone to … Continue reading →

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