blip : Being Lonely In Paradise :

Thomas Münzter. I know he’s one of the bad guys, but I can’t help myself. I’m devouring anything I can get my hands on in English (because I can’t read German, which would be very helpful) about this infamous and usually demonized figure from the Reformation. Why is he attractive?

Well, maybe it’s important to first [...]

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Viewed from the world, the church must appear as a band of deserters when it forsakes encampment in an existence where all else is intent on solidarity and total union.
–Ernst Käsemann, The Wandering People of God.

Title: To Never Forget.
Date: August 12, 2007
Texts: Psalm 50:1-8, 22-23; Isaiah 1:1, 10-20; Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16; Luke 12:32-40

What does it [...]

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I was frightened and disturbed a few weeks ago when I read excerpts from a meeting president Bush had in Israel earlier. This is probably old news for most of the savvy folks out there who follow the blogs. Nonetheless, here’s the line that makes me worry:
According to Abbas, immediately thereafter Bush said: ‘God told [...]

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Title: Greedy freedom
Date: August 5, 2007
Texts: Hosea 11:1-11; Psalm 107:1-9, 43; Colossians 3:1-11; Luke 12:13-21.

Jesus means freedom… But what kind of freedom? What does it mean to be free?

There’s a new movie on the shelves of the video stores. It’s called The Pursuit of Happyness. It’s one of those tender movies—and if you’re a sentimentalist, [...]

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In preparation for a talk I gave on Liberation Theology, I decided to re-read the 1984 Vatican document issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith: “Instruction on certain aspects of the ‘Theology of Liberation.’” If those who don’t know about this document, it’s a very important reflection of the Roman Catholic Church [...]

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