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Cross-Cultural Intimacy Isn't 'Unrealistic' - It's My Reality

by Jimmy McCarty 10-06-2008
My mother is an immigrant from Korea who has worked as a janitor in a hospital and waitress in a Korean restaurant. My father is a white guy from a small town in Tennessee who has been a soldier and dock worker.
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VP Debate's Blind Spots on Darfur

by Elizabeth Palmberg 10-06-2008
In last week's debate, Gwen Ifill, Sen. Biden, and Gov.
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Power Struggles Continue in Zimbabwe and South Africa

by Nontando Hadebe 10-06-2008
"When two elephants fight it is the grass that suffers." - African proverb
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Whew!

by Jim Wallis 10-03-2008
My brother called me last night before the big debate. "If Palin does really bad tonight, she could lose the election for McCain," he said.
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Bart Campolo's Tough Questions on Cross-Cultural Community

by Ryan Rodrick Beiler 10-03-2008
Bart Campolo gave me a call recently about our ongoing blog conversation on New Monastics and race.
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Salvation on the Small Screen? 24 Hours of Christian Television (Part 2)

by Nadia Bolz-Weber 10-03-2008
[Continued from part 1] I began to wonder what the TBN folks would think of me, a heavily tattooed Christian progressive from a liturgical denomination. How would people in their theological camp respond to my preaching? Would they think, as I do of them, that I misuse scripture?
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Won't You Be My Neighbor?

by Tim King 10-03-2008
Aaron jumped back when he heard the words. He looked at me in disbelief. "Like, a real one? A born-again one?" he asked.
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Uniting to Ban Torture

by Tyler Wigg-Stevenson 10-03-2008
Those of us who categorically oppose U.S.-sponsored torture were gratified to hear the consensus between John McCain and Barack Obama in their recent debate at Ole Miss.
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