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Interview with Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove on Friendship and Leadership

Multiple Authors 1-28-2010

Claiborne For Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, "subversive" friendship is about creating God's counterculture in the midst of a dominant culture.

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My Son's Struggle with Christianity vs. Christ

Chandra White-Cummings 1-27-2010
As is the case for many Americans, I use the Christmas and New Year holidays as a time to reflect and try to gain perspective on matters near and dear to me.
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What is God? An Interview with Jacob Needleman

Becky Garrison 1-22-2010

In Jacob Needleman's newest book What Is God?, he examines some new ways of approaching one of the critical questions asked by humanity.

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The Nazareth Declaration

Multiple Authors 12-30-2009
On November 20, 2009, to considerable media fanfare, a group of 140 senior Christian leaders issued 'The Manhattan Declaration.' In brief, it calls fo
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Praying the Hand

Valerie Elverton Dixon 12-23-2009
I do not remember where I learned the idea that the hand represents a pattern of prayer. I do not recall my mother or other teachers teaching it to me.
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Interview with a 'Hopeful Skeptic' Nick Fielder

Becky Garrison 12-18-2009

I first connected Nick Fiedler at Soularize 2007 and have since followed the adventures of this Atlanta-based twenty-something writer, podcaster, Apple employee, world traveler, and amateur s

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Obama's Nobel Speech: What If?

Jarrod McKenna 12-17-2009
What if? What if Obama's speech had not simply referenced Gandhi and King but followed them in following the way of Jesus?
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Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill: A Betrayal of Christ's Teachings

Jim Wallis 12-11-2009
There are times in the "culture wars" when a very diverse group of religious leaders can come together across the political spectrum in a common cause.
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The Murphy Report on Clergy Sexual Abuse: Why We All Need Accountability

Margaret Benefiel 12-08-2009
The day the Murphy Report on clergy sexual abuse of children in Dublin, Ireland was recently released found me
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Boys are Warriors and Girls are Princesses? Spiritual Gifts are not Divided by Gender

Mimi Haddad 11-18-2009
Have you ever visited your local Christian bookstore as an exercise in gender studies?
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Repeat After Me: Profit is NOT Satanic

Charles Gutenson 11-06-2009
Don't you love it when someone tries to argue for one thing by distracting your attention to another?
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How Deadly Viper Character Assassins Undermines its Message with Co-opted Culture

Soong-Chan Rah 11-04-2009
An open letter to Zondervan and to Mike Foster and Jud Wilhite, authors of Deadly Viper Character Assassin: A Kung Fu Survival Guide for Life and Leadership.

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Billy Graham's Theological Humility Should Challenge Evangelical Attitudes

Aaron Taylor 11-03-2009
Every three years, young evangelists from around the world gather in Portland Oregon to attend a conference put on by the Next Generation Alliance, an organization dedicated to mentoring the next g
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Ending AIDS' Stigma

Cesar Baldelomar 11-03-2009
President Obama and his administration were busy this past Friday.
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Confronting Urban Violence with Jesus' Nonviolence

Efrem Smith 10-27-2009
This morning as I was running on the treadmill, I was also watching CNN. A story came on about a shooting in Washington, D.C. The police chief was speaking, with the mayor of D.C looking on.
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The Conservative Bible Project, Jesus, and Hell

Valerie Elverton Dixon 10-09-2009
There is a conservative project to translate the Bible to reflect a conservative ideology.
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Teaching Hope

Luke McFadden 10-07-2009
My first job after college forever changed the way I prayed. Before I started it, I prayed that God would show me how to best serve him after receiving my diploma.
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Wisdom of a 5th-Grade Solomon

Nicole Baker Fulgham 9-30-2009

"Ms. Baker, why are you teaching here?" one student, whom I'll call Solomon, inquired during one of our after school tutoring sessions. "You went to college," he continued unabashedly.

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Health Care, Immigrants, and the Character of our Country

Jim Wallis 9-29-2009
With an issue like health, deeply personal, but of great public concern, the faith community has a unique and important role to play -- to define and raise the moral issues beneath the policy debat
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Thou Shalt Not Abuse the Ten Commandments

Diana Butler Bass 9-29-2009

ABC's Nightline has been running a series on the Ten Commandments in which they explore the issues and dimensions of each commandment in contemporary society.

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