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In Mark Oestreicher’s review of Sara Miles’ latest book Jesus Freak: Feeding Healing Raising the Dead he describes Sara as one of those rare people who would make conservatives nervous because of her liberalism, and make liberals nervous because she’s so dang Jesus-y. Intrigued…

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Categories: Books, Theology

100215-if-the-church-were-christianAs I stated in an earlier blog post, the juxtaposition of reading Philip Gulley’s book If the Church Were Christian while attending Trinity Institute’s “Building an Ethical Economy” really intrigued me. I decided to e-mail this Indiana-based Quaker minister to see…

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Categories: Books, Theology

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Continued from part 1 of an interview with Shannon Hopkins of Sweet Notions and Alissa Moore of Nomi Network.

How did you get involved in ministries aimed at helping those involved in sex trafficking?

SHANNON: In early 2004 Si Johnston and I were talking…

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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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Tomorrow, Jamie Moffett, director of The Ordinary Radicals, will debut the first seven minutes of his documentary Return to El Salvador.  This release will be posted immediately on the film’s Web site following Moffett’s interview with Derrick Ashong on Oprah Radio (XM…

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Categories: Film, Global Issues

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During Trinity Institute’s 2009 conference “Radical Abundance: A Theology of Sustainability,” presenter David C. Korten stated the obvious irony that he was promoting his forthcoming book while standing at the intersection of Broadway and Wall Street. Given Episcopalians’ aversion to talking…

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Categories: Economics

100201-woolworthOn 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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100122-what-is-godIn Jacob Needleman’s newest book What Is God?, he examines some new ways of approaching one of the critical questions asked by humanity. I was intrigued by his insights and decided to explore some of the book’s themes with him…

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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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Categories: Spirituality, Theology

091218-hopeful-skepticI 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 skydiver. In his first book, The Hopeful Skeptic: Revisiting Christianity from the Outside, Nick explores…

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As we reflect on the current economic crisis and the Copenhagen Climate Summit, I’m reminded of the documentary The Burning Season, which I caught during the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival. In this film Dorjee Sun, a young Australian entrepreneur, asks the question,…

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Categories: Environment, Film

The forthcoming documentary The End of Poverty? opens with the question “Why does poverty persist in a world of growing wealth?” Through a series of interviews with newsworthy leaders like John Perkins, author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, Bolivia’s…

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Categories: Global Issues, Poverty

091120-big-fishWhile touring the press preview for the Tim Burton exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), I felt transported to a mythical land of whimsical horror and fantasy. This exhibit brought up memories of my Wittenburg Door interview with Daniel…

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Categories: Books, Film

In my ongoing quest to turn my travels into pilgrimages, I keep discovering resources that help me along the way. Here are a few of my recent finds that I thought might be of interest to fellow pilgrims.

Bicycle Diaries. In…

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Categories: Books, Culture Watch

091110-israeli-wallAs 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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091106-crossing-the-linesIn Crossing the Lines: A Novel, author Richard Doster enabled me to enter the world of Jack Hall, an idealistic white reporter based in the South during the late 1950s who struggled between his need to report the truth with…

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In my ongoing quest to find a third way between the extremes espoused by the Religious Right and their secular counterparts, I came across the  Frank Schaeffer’s latest book Patience with God: Faith for People Who Don’t Like Religion (or…

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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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Categories: Film, War & Peace

090928-yes-men-fix-the-worldFans 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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To commemorate the International Day of Peace (September 21st), I had the opportunity to attend a screening of the documentary Pray the Devil Back to Hell.  I first caught this film at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival. I reported on…

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