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For Holy Thursday a bunch of gathered at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Cary, North Carolina, and held a footwashing worship service—we told them we wanted to wash the feet of the people detained inside. If you haven’t heard about these ICE detention centers, that means the federal government is good [...]

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This week is wedding planning week for me. That means I can’t take to time for some substantive engagements with all the interesting stuff on the web these days. Instead, here’s a couple links to some great reads.

First, check out Eric Lee’s piece on Stanley Hauerwas. Eric gives us a great window into Hauerwas’ political [...]

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Via verbum ipsum I came across this word cloud generator and thought it was geeky and cool enough to warrant a post. My favorite part is the small “yeah” in the bottom middle. Who knew our Californian accent came through so strong? That “bush” was so big was a bit of a mystery at [...]

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A while ago I had a discussion with someone about Hauerwas and Stoutian criticisms (look here and here). Well, I’m reading Jeffrey Stout’s hot book on democracy again for a class on radical democracy, and found a quote that I don’t mind too much. I might even say that I dig it. Maybe it stuck [...]

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I tried to excise myself from the conversation with Steve Bush and the folks over at Generous Orthodoxy, but I couldn’t resist another conversation (look here and here for other conversations). In summary, this is still my question for Steve Bush—it’s part of a comment I posted in one of those long conversations at Generous [...]

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I never thought I’d be in this position. Usually I find myself taking a critical edge to Hauerwas’ work. (Probably because I feel the need to find my own voice, to distinguish myself from someone who has taught me so much. I know too many Hauerwasian mimics). But, I read a piece Steve Bush wrote [...]

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In my last post on McLaren and in Drew’s comment we wondered what all the big McLaren fuss is all about. He doesn’t seem to be theologically original or careful, and on the other hand he doesn’t write fiction all that great. So why the popularity? Jared gives a great account for why McLaren is [...]

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