God's Politics Blog » Becky Garrison http://blog.sojo.net A Blog by Jim Wallis and Friends Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:00:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 So Dang Jesus-y: Sara Miles’ Jesus Freak http://blog.sojo.net/2010/02/22/so-dang-jesus-y-sara-miles-jesus-freak/ http://blog.sojo.net/2010/02/22/so-dang-jesus-y-sara-miles-jesus-freak/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:09:48 +0000 Becky Garrison http://blog.sojo.net/?p=16100 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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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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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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]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2010/02/01/50-years-later-from-a-sit-in-to-a-civil-rights-museum/feed/ 2 What is God? An Interview with Jacob Needleman http://blog.sojo.net/2010/01/22/what-is-god-an-interview-with-jacob-needleman/ http://blog.sojo.net/2010/01/22/what-is-god-an-interview-with-jacob-needleman/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:30:05 +0000 Becky Garrison http://blog.sojo.net/?p=15201 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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Bicycle Diaries. In…

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]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/09/28/the-yes-men-corporate-pranksters-on-a-mission/feed/ 15 How Women of Faith Fought a Dictator with Nonviolence http://blog.sojo.net/2009/09/23/how-women-of-faith-fought-a-dictator-with-nonviolence/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/09/23/how-women-of-faith-fought-a-dictator-with-nonviolence/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:00:37 +0000 Becky Garrison http://blog.sojo.net/?p=11834 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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