From Volf’s chapter Oppression and Justice
(discussing the plurality of justice among competing and similar cultures and how our own desire for justice which gets carried out by the flexing of our muscles [in all the various forms: exclusion, war, isolation, abandonment] inevitably leads us back to injustice)
“The human ability to agree on justice will never [...]

Questions arising out of a conversation with respected conservative leader Charles Colson. For full thoughts go here.
An aging generation of evangelicals assumes that America is essentially founded upon Christianity and that the role of the church is to defend Christian morality through mainly conservative and Republican political involvement and by fighting against such things as [...]

a new post over at the phoenix project

I found these over at my friend Casey’s site (alsotheband). His fiance, Sheena painted them. I think you’ll enjoy them.

New post over at the Phoenix Project.

A series of journal entries by a good guy on a visit to the Dominican Republic
Day One
Day Two
Day Three
Day Four
Day Five

The drying out
And the cracking thereof
When my whispers fall and bounce
fall . . . and . . .
bounce
fall . . . and . . .
bounce.
What will become of me
Hero, fool, skeptic . . .
Perhaps all.
These hushed tones though
There is more said in silence than with weighty words
and so this silence speaks
Beckons
. . . there is [...]

A quick update that I wanted to bring you guys all in on.
I’ve turned in my notice at Cross Pointe. Its not a bad thing. I’m not bitter or mad. But Anna and I feel that we are being called away from there so that we can begin to explore some other areas that we’ve [...]

Interesting . . . indeed . . .
“Stewardesses” is the longest word typed with only the left hand and
“lollipop” with your right.
It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or
purple.
“Dreamt” is the only English word [...]