tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65756472011-07-31T05:15:24.432-04:00RESURRECTION <-> REMEMBRANCE <-> RESISTANCE <-> RECONCILIATIONJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17528655330733196741noreply@blogger.comBlogger3081100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6575647.post-36490562158438777032008-02-16T19:18:00.001-05:002008-02-16T19:20:13.711-05:00

I've been considering blogging again for a while, and to make a clean start, I've moved to a different site for my blog - WordPress. So you can now find me there.

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I've launched a new project through Google Reader. Finally, I've found a simple, web-based interface that lets me track, read, and publish my favorite website feeds with minimal effort. See my Reader page here. (Google hasn't allowed design on sharing pages yet, so it looks/works clunkily at present.) For a shorter URL, use www.tinyurl.com/yoxzkr.

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As you may know, since my first year of college at UChicago, my birthday has included a ritual discussion among friends of answers to questions that are once silly and yet serious. This past Monday, 13 wonderful people added their own experiences to what is becoming a living tradition. (This year's ritual was fascinating from a ritual-studies standpoint, since it is the first year that no

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Listen here to the story (Windows Media); (Real Player)."Exonerated Prisoners Adjust to Life on the Outside"by Kathy LohrMorning Edition, February 27, 2007Willie "Pete" Williams spent 22 years in a Georgia prison for a rape he did not commit. DNA evidence recently exonerated him — but not before he spent half his life in jail. "Being free — there's nothing that can actually

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From an admittedly cursory review of seven 20th-centurty fascist régimes (Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Franco's Spain, Salazar's Portugal, Papadopoulos's Greece, Pinochet's Chile, and Suharto's Indonesia) by Lawrence Britt, in the Spring 2003 issue of Free Inquiry:1. Powerful and continuing expressions of nationalism. From the prominent displays of flags and bunting to the ubiquitous lapel pins,

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Well, obviously I've broken the rhythm of my new posting initiative. In my defense, I've been quite consumed writing new resolutions in light of the decision in the ecclesiastical trial of Pr. Bradley Schmeling of the ELCA (the Lutheran denomination to which I belong). While the annual release of resolution templates for use across the 65 synods (regional authorities) of the ELCA is always a

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The decision is complicated, and I will write more when I have time. There are TV stations interviewing Pastor Schmeling right now in the sanctuary! Full information is available at www.StJohnsAtlanta.org, but below is the summary I wrote for Goodsoil:Friends of Goodsoil,I wanted you to know right away the latest developments in the trial of Pastor Bradley Schmeling.Today (Feb. 8, 2007), the

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[Quite a feat for Emory University...]His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama has been named Presidential Distinguished Professor at Emory University, the first university appointment accepted by the 1989 Nobel Peace Laureate and leader of the Tibetan exile community.The Dalai Lama will deliver his inaugural lecture during an Oct. 20-22 visit to Emory, during which he will participate in a conference on

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I sat in on a class today and was posed with a question that seemed somewhat innocent at first and then stunned me into deep reflection: what are the basic sources that are authoritative for you as you understand and interpret the world and your place in it? And as I started to think how I might respond, I was forced in a moment to grasp for what I would define to be my fundamental commitments

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OMG, I was looking at my friend KBB's blog, and discovered that she found a site where one can play one of the classic games of Generation Y: Oregon Trail. I was only able to access the linked site through Internet Explorer (not Firefox), but with IE you can actually play the game at the "speed" of the original! Good luck fording the rivers and avoiding dysentery.... It brings back such

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"Gay Muslim's Case Puts Focus on German Asylum Law"by Emily Harris Morning Edition, January 30, 2007A lawyer for a gay Muslim from Lebanon says a new German law should be used to grant the man asylum in Germany. The case prompts debate about how homosexuality is treated in Muslim nations and in Europe.Listen to the story.

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One of my newest favorite movies is Children of Men, which I've now seen twice in the theater. I adapt here my recommendation of the film for people at my congregation, Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of Manhattan (TELCOM):Quite simply, watching Children of Men was the first time I ever experienced in a movie the full and true meaning of what Christians call the Incarnation of God as a human

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As of 16:15 this afternoon, I have finished reading (in translation) the six novels that are generally regarded as the crown of Russian prose fiction.  Demons (also known as The Devils or The Possessed) is an amazing work on many layers, but I found it the most tragic of Dostoevsky's quartet.  So much of the concluding parts of the book involves tracing the deathly implosion of a conspiracy meant

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I am closing in on my long-held goal of reading the six great novels by Dostoevsky and Tolstoy: my first time through Demons (in the Pevear-Volokhonsky translation), mostly during 2006, follows The Idiot in 2005, Anna Karenina in 2004, Brothers Karamazov in 2003, War and Peace in 2000, and Crime and Punishment in 1999. I have been struck by the different character- or plot-defining kinds of

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Here are two articles describing what has been my main occupation for the past few weeks: the trial of the Rev. Bradley E. Schmeling, pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church in Atlanta. I am a member of the legal team that is mounting a defense against the ELCA's discriminatory policies forbidding the service of ministers who are in same-gender relationships.As of 12:45 EDT on Tuesday, 23 January

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It's been almost exactly a year since I last posted to this blog; what a year this past has been. A year ago, the top of this blog bore a picture from the Goodsoil protest at the ELCA's 2005 national meeting; now, I am one of the leaders of Goodsoil. A year ago, the top of this blog also had urgent calls for reclaiming the US Senate from the Republicans; now, the Democrats possess the majority

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[This message is not boilerplate: I wrote it myself.  I have also written it to individuals, not any email lists.  Please forward it as widely as you can.] Dear Family and Friends,We have now one last chance to make sure that Richard Nixon's legacy does not become the permanent scheme of US government: that is what's really at stake in the nomination of Samuel A. Alito to the US Supreme Court.  I

JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17528655330733196741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6575647.post-1137102144717927342006-01-12T16:42:00.000-05:002006-01-12T16:42:24.726-05:00

"Honors for My Lai Hero Came Much Too Late," a memorial for Hugh Thompson, who helped stop the My Lai massacre.

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You have to see it to get it: "Their Levees - Our Levees"

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Bush could bypass new torture ban: Boston Globe, January 4, 2005.

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John Dean: Bush as the New Nixon

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This site is about the only thing that matters to read amidst all the "Political-Year-in-Review" articles in the MSM. What's especially important is that all the Senators were polled on at the same moment. See the graph. The way I read it, there is hope for taking back the Senate in 2006.

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First, of course, is today's news that the NSA's unconstitutional domestic spying program is much bigger than originally reported: "SPY AGENCY MINED VAST DATA TROVE, OFFICIALS REPORT". (Read the original NYT article).Now, from Common Dreams is a round-up of comments worth your reading time, two from Southern newspapers:- "Bush and Wiretaps: Congress, Citizens, This Means War"Jay Bookman, Atlanta

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... There is a name for a system of government that wages aggressive war, deceives its citizens, violates their rights, abuses power and breaks the law, rejects judicial and legislative checks on itself, claims power without limit, tortures prisoners and acts in secret. It is dictatorship. The Administration of George W. Bush is not a dictatorship, but it does manifest the characteristics of one

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More great words from the Right Reverend V. Gene Robinson, Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire: ...I don't care so much about how much you give, but about how much of what you have that you give. America gives a lot of money overseas, but it's actually the next to the stingiest industrialized country in the world. So it's not the dollars that matter to me, it's what portion of what you have do you

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From "GOP Leaders Agree to $41.6 Billion Spending Cut" by Jonathan Weisman and Shailagh Murray, Washington Post: "House and Senate GOP leaders agreed yesterday to a five-year budget plan for cutting spending for Medicaid and other entitlement programs by $41.6 billion and a separate measure to open the Alaskan wilderness to oil drilling. [...] Republican leaders hailed the agreements as proof

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" Watchdogs Protest Pentagon's 'Mission Creep'" Willaim Fisher, Inter Press Service News Excerpt: The Senate Intelligence Committee, meeting in closed session, last month quietly approved a request from the Department of Defence (DOD) to allow it to conduct surveillance operations within American Muslim communities. The DOD said the cooperation of these communities could help fight insurgencies

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"Bush can settle CIA leak riddle, Novak says" [Raleigh] News-Observer Rob Christensen, Barbara Barrett, Jane Stancill and Dan Kane, Staff Writers Newspaper columnist Robert Novak is still not naming his source in the Valerie Plame affair, but he says he is pretty sure the name is no mystery to President Bush. "I'm confident the president knows who the source is," Novak told a luncheon audience

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[What the generally-good article doesn't discuss attend to is that, along with selling out the poor in the US for votes on choice and queer equality, conservative Christians are interested primarily in issues of poverty in the Global South because they believe it offers vast opportunities for missionary work - just as has for four centuries of Western eccelsiastic colonialism. Not only does this

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[Common Dreams points out several searing portraits of the asphyxiation of a city that has meant so much to US history.] - "In the House of the Setting Sun," Jerry Lanson, Common Dreams - "Death of an American City" (something actually worth it from NYT) - "Great Need Still Lies in Katrina's Wake," Victoria Mares-Hershey, Portland [ME] Post-Herald

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PlanetRead is a fascinating initiative to use the TV that many illiterate people in India DO have to develop reading skills that they DON'T have. It's even been validated by independent research! It's a little hard to believe that $1 can help 10,000 people learn to read for a year, but that's what they claim. And if that's true, it's worth your donation (of any size) today! Check out

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[Sadly, this demonstrates yet again why I have ceased to rely on the NYT as any sort of newspaper of record. For a number of years it was my default news-source, but no longer. It just can't be trusted, as so many have pointed out.] Read "How the "Washington Consensus" Endangers U.S. National Security" on Common Dreams.

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[Not very surprising, but a nice compilation.]Read the article at CorpWatch.

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The food crisis in West Africa, affecting especially Niger, Mali, Mauritania, and Burkina Faso, is not a surprise - it was predicted for months by various aid agencies. Now, over 4 million people are starving throughout the region. You can help now by learning the latest about the disaster and by contributing to relief today.

JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17528655330733196741noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6575647.post-1124383668651562742005-08-18T12:43:00.000-04:002005-08-18T12:49:30.780-04:00

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is exercising its rights under the law - and its interest in complete, comprehensive review before confirmation - to request documents and briefs written by Judge John Roberts in his service prior to sitting on the Federal bench. I urge you to sign the petition and join in the DNC's the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request today.As you know, Judge

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FOLLOW THE 2006 SENATE RACES!I am always, always talking about how the US Senate is where anyone on the left in this country needs to focus. Why? Because the White House takes at a minimum around 20 state races, while taking back the Senate requires at a minimum 6 state races. Moreover, every Senate seat has equal weight, so winning a Senate seat in small states counts toward victory as much

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As you may have heard or seen in various media, on Friday, August 12, the 9th Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) affirmed the denomination's refusal to marry or even bless same-gender unions and its policy of discriminating against non-celibate or partnered gay and lesbian clergy. This is the coup de grace in a four-year (and really much longer) process

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As you may know, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is this week holding its 9th Churchwide Assembly, the denominations biennial highest authority. The most controversial and central issue this Assembly is deciding is the fate of ELCA Christians in committed same-gender relationships: whether to bless these relationships and ordain qualified people in them. Sadly, as pathetic as

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[I've been getting quite a lot of preaching practice this year, preaching once a month since November. Here's the latest.]TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF AMERICASermon: Pentecost 11A - Matthew 14.13-21I think today is the coolest Sunday yet this month – a little cloud cover brings us to the cooler 80s. It’s been a hot, humid July, and all this hot month, in our Bible lessons Jesus has

JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17528655330733196741noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6575647.post-1120095359199784172005-06-29T21:32:00.000-04:002005-06-29T21:36:07.380-04:00

Last Sunday, June 26, I preached at Trinity, my first time preaching on LGBT Pride Sunday. The lectionary texts I treated in the sermon were Romans 6.12-23 and Matthew 10.40-42.Sisters and brothers, how good it is that we share this morning together, this Sunday when we celebrate LGBT Freedom. Most people usually know this Sunday as LGBT Pride Day or Gay Pride day, since this afternoon is the

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You've probably already heard the news, but now there is a third country that refuses to persist in the unequal, unjustifiable, immoral discrimination withholding the benefits and burdens of legal marriage from same-gender couples. Read the story: "Canadian MPs back gay marriages".

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I don't know whether it was beating MLK or Abraham Lincoln or FDR or Benjamin Franklin that did, but this confirms the sheer idiocy of so many in this country. Yes, indeed, 2.4 million people can be wrong..."Reagan voted 'greatest American'"Former US President Ronald Reagan has been voted the "greatest American" of all time by his fellow citizens.Mr Reagan, who died last year aged 93, topped a

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Today, Friday, I'm excited to go to The Audre Lorde Project's First Annual Trans Day of Action For Social & Economic Justice, whose "Points of Unity" are cited below. Tomorrow, Kevin and I are switching from the Lutherans Concerned Pride worship service to the Dignity NY Pride mass, where the preacher will be Mary E. Hunt. Then, I'm preaching on Sunday at Trinity, and in the afternoon of course

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Our hotel, the lovely Ocean Trillium Suites. [Posted retroactively.]

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We were privileged enough to see one of Florida's manatees up close in a secluded inlet. [Posted retroactively.]

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The 213 stairs of the 175-foot Ponce Inlet Lighthouse, the 2nd-tallest lighthouse in the country. [Posted retroactively.]

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The home of Mary McLeod Bethune, a pioneer educator whose legacy lives on in Bethune-Cookman College, a historically black college in Daytona Beach, FL. [Posted retroactively.]

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The view of the beach from our suite. [Posted retroactively.]

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A dusk view of the Atlantic from our suite. [Posted retroactively.]

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My stealth driver, zooming down I-75 from Atlanta, GA, to New Smyrna Beach, FL. [Posted retroactively.]

JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17528655330733196741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6575647.post-1117977712150425562005-06-04T09:21:00.000-04:002005-06-11T13:00:37.373-04:00

This coming week, I will be in Florida with Kev for our very-needed vacation. Probably won't be able to post, but will update upon my return.

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You can come home on a Friday night at the end of a long week, open your post-mail box, and have your copies of BOTH The Nation and The Economist nestled ever-so-gently beside each other. And then you can blog about it.On another note, I have a new time-devourer: www.AltWeeklies.com, a portal site for the 100+ members of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. With so little time to keep

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You read an article opening like this:"Maryland's largest school district is scrapping sex education materials that have come under fire for implying that homosexuality is a biological trait and for demonstrating how to put on a condom."

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WOO-HOO!!! No, it's not perfect. And now we have three more disastrous members of the Circuit Court benches. But above all, the right to filibuster has been preserved. And the Gang of Twelve plus the Very Hons. Robert Byrd and John Warner virtually guarantee that no extremists will be appointed to SCOTUS. [UPDATE: read another take here.]"Senators Reach Deal on Filibuster"Small Group

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"French thinker Paul Ricoeur dies"French philosopher and teacher Paul Ricoeur, whose interests ranged from phenomenology to biblical exegesis, has died, aged 92. As well as teaching at the Sorbonne in Paris, he spent 15 years at the University of Chicago. "We lose today more than a philosopher," said French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin. "The entire European humanist tradition is mourning

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A fellow UTS student shares with me a turn to moody 19C novels in times of distress. To this I add turning to another (not-so-)secret addiction, The Economist, to which I've recently, gleefully resubscribed. And in the midst of my aforementioned heartwoes, this delightful paragraph about the succession struggles of Britain's Conservative Party added a ray of light:But [Conservative leader] Mr

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Years ago, when the chaos in my heart was much more profound than that of late, I made a protocol and mantra for myself called "The Reimposition of Order." Not in a colonizing, dominational sense, but a sense of living into grown-up-ness - the assertion that one is ultimately responsible for one's heart - not another, not the pains of opening/closing one's heart with others. The order is mine,

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Or, How to Forget 2008.What would it be like if, for the next five years, Democrats, liberals, lefties, and progressives gave up all hope and attempts at winning the White House, and focused on just two things:(1) Winning the US Senate back to Democratic (and, as much as possible, progressive) control; and(2) Building the real, grassroots, cross-issues progressive coalition that is the sine qua

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From a letter to those who have been most influential in my journey out of the closet and into the work of liberation for all.Today, May 14, I mark five years since that Sunday afternoon when I walked from Pierce Tower to Brent House, and uttered aloud a mumbled version of three words that changed nearly everything, performative speech with transformative power, my own "Here I stand." And I wish

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More from The Killers - what a strange name for a band I'm falling in love with...Jealousy, turning saints into the seaSwimming through sick lullabiesChoking on your alibisBut it's just the price I payFor destiny is calling meOpen up my eager eyes'Cause I'm Mr. Brightside

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I feel a hope that I have not felt in so very long, and it almost hurts. Following is the response I posted to Goodsoil.org after reading the ELCA Church Council's proposal to allow partnered gay and lesbian pastors to be granted exceptions to the church's discriminatory policy. This just might be enough to keep me in the ELCA and get me ordained. It's not perfect, but IF it is passed - and

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Here they are, for in an hour the Dinner begins, at Penang Malaysian restaurant. This year, for the first time, I have written two sets, one for the dinner itself, and one to offer people as they leave for further reflection. Enjoy!QUESTIONS FOR THE DINNER(1) If you were to write an opinion on any matter that were guaranteed a unanimous vote of the US Supreme Court and would set precedent for

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(1) I'm hard at work on this year's set of questions for my birthday dinner, which will take place on April 9.(2) Today was the first day I was safely able to wear shorts. I'm sure you know how happy this makes me!

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My previous post was occasioned by my reading an article on the release of the Synthesis Report of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA). The full report (pdf, 219pp) is available for review in its pre-printing final draft, but a summary of the document, Living Beyond Our Means: Natural Assets and Human Well-being (pdf), contains the most important, first-pass statements from the report. The

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For the past six months, the BBC has been running an online series called "Planet Under Pressure," exploring the interaction of six of the most pressing areas of Earth's distress in light of the seventh - human population. Wisely Alex Kirby writes in the series' Introduction: Living within the planet's means need not condemn us to giving up what we now assume we need for a full life, just to

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Who are all these 110 gay men who like Brothers Karamazov? Or the 465 who like War and Peace? And what's the matter with everyone besides the 24 whose favorite books include Middlemarch?

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Because my brain is so fried from Maundy Thursday services at TELCOM, I have been reduced to that most seductive of 20-something diversions, Friendster (and its higher-ed counterpart, Thefacebook). Two shocking things have become apparent as I have traveled the gossamer threads connecting friends, friends-of-friends, friends-of-friends-of-friends, and that most awful relation, "Not Closely

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Finally, I have a chance to indulge in one of my favorite pleasures - immersion in a thick, exquisite novel. I have gone without this far too long, foregoing my normal Winter read in favor of teaching myself Hebrew. Now that Hebrew is proceeding well, and Spring break has come, I have permitted myself a return to the luscious land of the 19th-Century Russians, those "loose, baggy monsters" of

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GO TO www.GoodSoil.org RIGHT NOW!Regarding the ELCA's continuing, painful study process on the issues of blessing same-sex unions and ordaining people in them, perhaps you have seen the coverage in this month's issue of The Lutheran magazine, where on page 23 you'll also find a small piece by me. (The unabridged version of that piece, which makes a stronger point, I think, will follow below.) Or

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...7,500 of them, over 23 miles.You may have heard about Christo's most recent work, which closed this past weekend at Central Park. Kev and I were fortunate to go on opening weekend, so I thought I'd share some photos of it. If you haven't heard of "The Gates," here's a look back on a marvelous fortnight of explosive saffron.Among the ubiquitous NYC dogs enjoying the exhibit. 

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The first is a boisterous, perky major chord, but the second is that urgent, wailing, piercing-in of the minor... (1) "Sudan looks to peace and wealth": Sudan looks to prosperity and stability after the historic peace deal signed in Kenya with the southern rebels. (2) "UN warning over Darfur violence":The UN says security in Sudan's Darfur region is rapidly deteriorating, and violence could

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More to be found at ZNet, Selves and Others, and Common Dreams. "The 'tsunami' victims that we don't count"...In the abstract, the outpouring was appropriate. In context, the sympathy was a stench unto itself. Tens of thousands of people die by an act of nature and we say we cannot imagine the horror. We say it defies comprehension. We call it a catastrophe. In Iraq we kill off thousands,

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Well, it surpassed my expectations, but it has happened: the Indian Ocean disaster has now become "Old News" in the US. My scan of nearly every major national and regional newspaper shows that other, more pressing concerns have come to the fore. I did not expect the tsunami and aftermath to last beyond New Year's as a headline, but it made 12 days - "A World Not Exactly Transformed." But at

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By now, blogs and blogging have become bywords for large segments of the US public, at least those sufficiently overprivileged to read or create blogs, web commentary, and other such ephemera. Here's a summary of the latest report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project, on "The State of Blogging" (pdf):By the end of 2004 blogs had established themselves as a key part of online culture.

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"Shunned, India's Untouchables Gather Tsunami Dead"NAGAPATTINAM, India - They are the "untouchables"; the lowest of the low in India's ancient caste system. No job is too dirty or too nasty, and they are the ones cleaning up the rotting corpses from last week's killer tsunami.    The overwhelming majority of the 1,000 or so men sweating away in the tropical heat to clear the poor south Indian

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"Arkansas judge OKs foster care; Gay parents pose no obstacle to kids' growth, court finds"...In his ruling Wednesday [Dec. 29], Pulaski County Circuit Judge Timothy Fox said the ban enacted by an Arkansas state agency in 1999 had nothing to do with protecting children's health or welfare, but instead was an attempt to regulate "public morality," which is beyond the agency's authority. Fox also

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"The Tsunami and the Discourse of Compassion" By Harsha Walia, ZNet, December 30, 2004The exceptional intensity of the emotions - disbelief, compassion, and global concern - displayed at the Asian Tsunami disaster is a prime example of the discourse of compassion and humanitarianism created and fostered by the political climate and media. Compared with the absence of this type of global concern

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"$1B given to faith-based groups in 2003"The government gave more than $1 billion in 2003 to organizations it considers "faith-based," with some going to programs where prayer and spiritual guidance are central and some to organizations that do not consider themselves religious at all. Many of these groups have entirely secular missions and some organizations were surprised to find their names on

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And now, HEEEEEEEERRRRE'S OWEN! All pictures are courtesy of my brother, ACP. Here's our little shy guy...though that act won't last long if he's a Posadas!  From a sleeping profile, you can tell he's a halfie. Note that he has the Posadas nose!  The proud mama - she looks so good after an exhausting night.  The new Kelman Family.  Loving mom and baby - how tiny he is!  Being born is

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One hour ago, CHRISTINE AND JASON WELCOMED OWEN BENJAMIN KELMAN into the human family and ours! 6 pounds, 13 ounces. 20.5 inches, lots of hair. The family started 2004 and ended it waiting for children, and in between the world has lost many thousands. That's what the difference of poverty really means, and when I dwell in that space of ambiguity, I find hope and strength in the resolve to fight

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This speech was reprinted in the LA Times and Newsday from a speech on April 7 (!). In it both the essence of Sontag and her Chicago imprint are unmistakable. Would that she had been invited to deliver this as an Aims of Education Address. The world has lost a great artist-thinker-activist, though perhaps she would hardly distinguish the three.----------- THE TRUTH OF FICTION EVOKES OUR COMMON

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I've been almost completely numbed when I look at the news, yet I can't stop looking at the news. The numbers continue to rise in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunamis (latest is 20x9/11). When I breezed across this article in my stupor of reading and re-reading about the deaths and destruction, I at first found it cheeky to publish such a thing with all the bodies littered about rotting.

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I found it curious, and at first disturbing, that amidst the rocketing death-toll around the Indian Ocean, the most emailed NYT article was this. But then, I'm glad that this story, too, is not being lost in this tragic time. For both reveal urgently transpacific and transglobal needs for ending global poverty. "Supermarket Giants Crush Central American Farmers"...Across Latin America,

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A STORY IN THREE PARTS FROM THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE. For rural China's destitute farmers such as the Bai family, jobs exported to the cities--many from America--offer a profound new hope for a better life. PART 1 OF 3: "Migration of a nation"Along a narrow mud road that cuts through the unending farmland of central China sits a peasant village so modest it hardly deserves its evocative name. SIDEBAR

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I'll admit it, there's one time during the year when I listen almost exclusively to Christian radio (specifically, Spirit 105.3, "Seattle's Family Friendly Station"): it's the only place where I can hear at least some songs appropriate to what Christmas means to me. 65% of the music, 95% of the hosting/editorial content, and 45% of the advertising are utterly abhorrent to me. At any rate, now

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"More gays targets of hate, state says" Gays and lesbians are increasingly becoming targets of hate crimes in Florida, according to data released Monday. Race remains the No. 1 motivating factor in hate crimes, accounting for about half of the 275 cases reported in the state in 2003, the most recent year for which there are statistics. But the percentage of hate crimes linked to the victim's

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CLICK HERE (or read below) TO HELP! The damage has become trans-continental, with the shores of Africa hit and thousands of fishers thought drowned. Click the image below to learn about the countries that have been affected. The countries affected by the Indian Ocean earthquake and consequent tidal waves. 

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HELP NOW! I was, in fact, sitting in the middle of a movie with my family when the earthquake hit off of Sumatra. I wonder how many of us were similarly idling our time away. At least FIVE TIMES [update: now SEVEN SEVENTEEN TIMES] as many people are dead than were killed on THAT Tuesday, and I would hope that USAmericans would rush in proportionate fervor to change the face of the world in the

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Me at home for Christmas (jacket courtesy of ACP, fashion courtesy of CPK). AIHON? ;-) 

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it's so weird being here, again and again, slowly erasing the memory of all our old places, erasing the paths we trod - bravely, boldly, heedlessly. every christmas i just imagine your stupid shopping habits, which you've probably dropped by now - i walk down memory-lane shopping aisles, walk where we used to run on the 23rd finding gifts you didn't know you were going to get. i leave the church

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Or, Because I Should Be Writing a Paper Instead. Finally, an article that explains all the quirks of three-letter airport codes.

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The fine folks at MoveOn have invited us to help all who are in harm's way, including both military personnel who need a phone card to call home this Christmas, as well as the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC): War takes its toll on civilians as well as soldiers. Massive numbers of Iraqi families that have been displaced by the escalating violence. Because

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More from the Destroy-by-Reregulate Regime... "Students to Bear More of the Cost of College (NYT)"...Beyond the implications for Pell Grants, the new rules are expected to have a domino effect across almost every type of financial aid, tightening access to billions of dollars in state and institutional grants and, in turn, increasing the reliance on loans to pay for college. Taken together, many

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Four down and one to go. And then I will teach myself Hebrew for the next six weeks, so that I can successfully apply to a PhD jointly in Bible and Liturgy next fall.

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Maybe you knew this already, but Google recently announced that users can now form email list groups in Google Groups, which is in beta. Though the set-up is [presumably, as I have not yet joined or started a group] similar to the rest, its features do incorporate Google technology. The press release indicates the following:Create groups: Create, join and search email-based mailing lists, and

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I am pleased to announce the release of this semester's second issue of The Turning House, the student journal of Union Theological Seminary. You can read all of the articles for this issue - entitled a stock-taking - as well as the semester's first issue on the Turning House blog. I was privileged to be the centerfold for this issue, with a piece (below) that is bound to stir many feelings and

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An article in Saturday's NYT explores the promise and peril of Sen. Hillary Clinton's national name-recognition. The piece painfully avoids the obvious reasons why Hillary can't win in 2008:"No one factor accounts for the deep misgivings many voters express for Mrs. Clinton, but to some degree it stems from a view that has taken hold, fairly or not, that she is a hugely ambitious woman with a

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I'd love to hear your thoughts on how the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit - in line with many broader changes in the legal, social, and political landscape to be sure - moved from its role as the bulwark of implementing civil rights law in the South to its current state as one probably the most conservative Circuit in the US. I commend today's NYT article "Rulings in Texas Capital Cases

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"‘Yoyong’ slams eastern Luzon"; "500 Are Dead and 400 Missing as Storms Wrack Philippines" "United Methodists Move to Defrock Lesbian"

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