The Archive
Day: April 26, 2009
Preaching from beyond the grave
Pastors’ messages continue through TV, radio, and the Internet, even as some listeners probably don’t even know they’re gone.
Loosing the blogs of war
…try reading … any number of the conservative blogs where authors and commenters sip vim-and-vitriol under the cover of Christian sanctimony and care not about crucifying friends because, let’s face it, in our world crucifixion doesn’t mean real death so why should it matter. It’s ‘blog eat blog’ out here.
A homeless love story
Come Saturday, Dante and Nhiahni will marry. People will journey from every corner of Washington to see them exchange vows — wealthy Georgetowners and people who live on the city’s rough edges, all joining hands to celebrate the marriage of two gentle souls whose only address is the steam grates in the shadow of the U.S. Department of the Interior headquarters.
Better GBLT at work than in church
A new report on the state of the workplace for LGBT Americans shows that the Fortune 500 is way ahead of churches when it comes
Civilians and Combatants: is there a difference in war?
For Kasher and Yadlin, there no longer is a categorical distinction between combatants and noncombatants. But the distinction should be categorical, since its whole point is to limit wars to those—only those—who have the capacity to injure (or who provide the means to injure).
Grilled fish
There he was. In the midst, though the doors were still firmly bolted. He was familiar, yet different. . . . “Have you anything to eat?” And he “ate before their eyes.” How often had they shared a meal! How important it is for friends to share a meal, to break bread! This communion in the neediness of our humanity—how it feeds our relationship!