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On his blog, international missiologist Andrew Jones made this prediction: “Emerging church energies will be re-directed from creative worship arts to creative social enterprises which will enable long-term sustainability. In both realms, women will come to the front as some…
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 On Feb. 1, 1960, four African-American students sat down at the “whites-only” lunch counter at the F.W. Woolworth store in Greensboro, North Carolina. As I child, I was told by my late father that he took his youth group to…
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One day when I was walking along the Hudson River on a crisp winter’s day, I caught a glimpse of my reflection. The face staring back at me bore little resemblance to the kind of Christian I wanted to be.…
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 As we celebrate the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, let us reflect on walls that are currently being built across the U.S.-Mexico border as well as in Bethlehem and the West Bank. Such walls never seem to contain the…
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When covering film festivals, I find I have to be careful not to see too many war-themed flicks in rapid succession. I can only absorb so much violence within a relatively short time frame without becoming one of the walking…
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 Fans of gonzo political activism may remember the Yes Men’s infamous stunt in which Andy Bichlbaum posed as a Dow Chemical spokesperson named Jude (patron saint of the impossible) Finisterra (earth’s end). In front of a worldwide television audience estimated…
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