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02/17/2012
In a thoughtful commentary for Sojourners, the excellent evangelical writer Cathleen Falsani writes of finding on Facebook a “third place” of community, creating a kind of online church for friends to share sorrows and joys. I too have found Facebook a wonderful source of comfort and community at times.
10/29/2011
Heartwell invited the Occupy representatives to the city meeting following the panel, which featured Jim Wallis speaking on what was originally billed as “What Would Jesus Cut” out of the federal budget (hint: not aid for the poor), but focused largely on the Occupy movement instead.
07/02/2011
To great segments of the unchurched and the no-longer-churched, Christianity is more about what it says than what it does. And what it says is widely perceived to be judgmental: “We’re saved, and you’re not.”
03/19/2011
Charles Honey of The Grand Rapids Press writes an insightful opinion piece the prominently mentions the What Would Jesus Cut campaign.