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I was intrigued recently over a story I saw on the news about a Chicago man who faces possible jail time for taking his daughter to church. Apparently in the custody settlement with his ex-wife (a Jew), Joseph Reyes (a Catholic)…
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Tags: bumper stickers, Catholic, Catholicism, Chicago, Christ, Christianity, Diversity, God, History, Jesus, Jewish, jewish carpenter, Jews, Joseph, Judaism, perception, Politics, rabbi, Scripture, Story, teaching, tradition, Women, Worship
Most countries around the world are celebrating a holiday today. While here in the United States we might have a few blog posts and an auxiliary lunch or two, other countries are hosting parades and setting aside time to honor…
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Tags: Christ, class, courage, dignity, Economic, existence, feminist, Global, gratitude, hate, hatred, Holiday, home, inclusion, International, International Women's Day, justice, manhood, march, Mercy, mom, mother, national holiday, patriarchy, power, rally, social achievements, target, United States, victim, Western, witness, Women, Work, world
 So I finally got around to reading Dan Brown’s latest book, The Lost Symbol . My point here isn’t to comment about the book – it was entertaining, I wasn’t expecting more. What I found intriguing through are the ways he…
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Tags: allegiance, apostles, Bible, bible history, biblical, biblical scholars, book, c s lewis, Christ, Christian, Christianity, church, churches, da vinci code, dan brown, Emerging, Evangelical, evangelical tradition, Evangelicals, faith, Global, God, heresy, History, justice, Mary, mary magdalene, opinion, Orthodox, Orthodoxy, patriarchy, perspective, Politics, postmodern, prostitute, scholarship, school, Story, sunday school, symbol, system, the lost symbol, tradition, truth, unity, Women
I knew I was dreaming when Michelle Obama sat down across from me. I was wearing a formal dress sitting on one of the tall bar stools at our local pub, in the quiet back corner near the dartboard. And…
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Tags: anger, business, Christ, christian circles, church, conflict, culture, fear, feminist, first lady, forbes article, forbes magazine, fraud, God, healing, humility, imposter, impostor syndrome, Jesus, justice, leaders, leadership, lie, michelle obama, Obama, peers, Politics, profession, professional women, self, self doubt, self loathing, sin, virtues, Women
The point of Lent is not denial.
But for a long time I thought it was. Everything I heard about Lent revolved around acts of self-denial. It was all about what object or habit one would give up and how hard…
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Tags: ash wednesday, body of christ, Chocolate, Christ, coffee, Community, discipline, Easter, Emerging, facebook, giving, God, justice, kenosis, kingdom, legalism, Lent, love, Politics, power, Religious, rituals, sacrifice, self, self denial, Spirituality, tradition, truth
I love my church. And I love that it isn’t afraid to explore the difficult issues – and figure out how to do so in loving ways. We just finished a series that was designed to start the conversation about how…
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Tags: anger, church, Community, courage, crowd, culture, disciple, disciples, embrace, faith, Family, fear, God, hate, healing, holistic, husband, Jesus, Jew, Jewish, justice, leaders, love, marginalized, miracle, parents, patriarchy, power, pray, rabbi, sin, Stories, Story, synagogue, torah, truth, wife, Women
Tags: bondage, Campaign, Children, clothes, employee, Families, Family, fear, Feminism, human trafficking, illegal immigrants, Immigrant, justice, Kidnapped, lawmakers, male, microloans, Migrants, modern day slavery, New Orleans, oppression, pimps, Politics, prostitutes, sex slavery, Slavery, Trade, Trafficking, Women, young girls
Tags: blogging, choice, Community, dangers of the internet, facebook, fear, friend, Global, identity, interaction, Internet, Media, myth, N.T. Wright, pew study, role playing, self, technology, temptation, true self, twitter, Video, writing
 At church on a recent Sunday we were encouraged to find ways to see the world differently this week. Change our routine and change our perspective to help us get out of the rut of going through life without actually…
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Tags: abuse, baby girl, choice, courage, culture, Emerging, fear, feminine, Gender, girls, henry viii, heresy, History, Jesus, joan of arc, Joseph, justice, Kingdom of God, magnificat, male heirs, Mary, Ministry, mother, oppressed, oppression, paradigm, parents, patriarchy, prophet, Prophetic, rape, ridicule, Ruth, sacrament, sacrifice, savior, Story, Theology, truth, viewpoint, wives, womb, Women
So the stores are playing Christmas music and down here in Texas the highs are only the 70s and 80s, so the holiday season must be upon us. But as we gear up for the celebrations, the spiritual reflections, and…
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Tags: Advent, Advent Calendar, calendar, Campaign, celebration, Chocolate, choice, Christ, Christmas, church, coffee, consumption, creation, Fair Trade, Family, food, gift, Global, green, Holiday, Indigenous, Jesus, justice, oppression, Poor, Poverty, Trade, tradition, Video
 I’ve gotten used to popular TV shows going the after-school special route and highlighting some issue or another. Granted, it boosts their ratings, but it also brings attention to issues that need attention. So I was intrigued recently when the…
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Tags: border, business, crime, csi episode, Global, greed, human, human trafficking, injustice, justice, Kidnapped, Kidnapping, money, oppressed, oppression, perpetrators, prostitutes, rape, Russia, slave labor, system, systems, traffickers, Trafficking, Women
 This is what a girl power movie should be. I went to see Whip It because it looked fun and was a totally Austin film (there’s something fun about sitting in the Alamo Drafthouse watching a movie where the characters go…
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Tags: adolescent, choice, cliche, coming of age, Community, conflict, dream, ellen page, Family, Film, friend, girl power, identity, Kids, mother, movie, movies, parents, relationship, roller derby, school, stereotype, Story, teenage, whip it, Women
So I’ve been having a few interesting conversations about my book Everyday Justice recently. I was being interviewed for a very conservative Christian talk radio show, and when I mentioned that a simple way to define biblical justice was “the practical…
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Tags: Bible, biblical, biblical justice, Books, Capitalism, Christ, class, Conservative, consumerism, consumption, creation, critique, culture, Economic, economic system, economic systems, Economics, economy, Empire, Global, God, greed, Idolatry, injustice, interview, Jesus, jesus christ, justice, market, money, neighbor, oppression, philosophy, Politics, power, radio show, rich, Scripture, simplicity, sin, socialism, system, talk radio, tradition, Wall Street, Workers, world
Over the past couple of months, I’ve followed the unfolding story of Lubna Hussein, the Sudanese woman who was arrested for wearing pants and who decided to not be quiet about her arrest. The facts of the story are that…
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Tags: Africa, African-American, America, arrest, Bible, christian colleges, church, class, Conservative, discipline, equality, government, guilt, indecency law, indecent act, injustice, Khartoum, lashes, lashings, law, lubna, morality, pastor, police, public morality, rape, Religion, Schools, shame, Sudan, sudanese woman, system, White, Women, Youth
I spent some time this summer visiting my parents in Taos, NM, and while doing all the touristy things there, I couldn’t help but encounter stories of the history of the place that truly made me think. It is strange…
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Tags: Abraham Lincoln, attack, bomb, bombing, Catholic, church, civil war, culture, development, Hispanic, Holocaust, invasion, manifest destiny, Mexico, murder, oppressed, oppression, ownership, patriotic, refugee, remembering the alamo, slaves, Southern Baptists, territory, U.S. Army, War
 So a friend of mine, Shelton Green, has started an organization to help fight human trafficking — What’s Your Response. The purpose of the group is “Bringing the issues of human trafficking and modern-day slavery into the consciousness of our…
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Tags: atrocities, border, compassion, deportation, Hispanic, human trafficking, illegal immigrants, illegal immigration, Immigrant, Immigration, Mexican, Migrants, modern day slavery, prejudice, Slavery, slaves, Trafficking
Recently, while traveling through Michigan, I attended Mars Hill for church one Sunday. Rob Bell was speaking on Genesis 2 — our call to be co-creators through stewarding creation and how sin disorders the way that was meant to happen.…
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Tags: Christ, church, confession, genesis, guilt, holistic, injustice, injustices, justice, kingdom, Kingdom of God, mars hill, oppressed, oppressed workers, oppression, pollution, relationship, relationship with god, rob bell, Shalom, sin, stewardship, system, teaching, tradition, world
Tags: Africa, Asia, bachelor parties, captivity, castration, Children, criminals, death, girls, Immigrant, India, jail, jaycee dugard, Kidnapped, massage parlours, Media, polaris project, police, prison, prostitution, rape, rapists, sex slaves, sexual assault, Slavery, slaves, Stories, strip clubs, testimonies, Women
 I’ve been following the news story of New Zealand Olympic hopeful Logan Campbell. If you haven’t heard, he’s the taekwondo athlete who said he was forced to open a brothel to cover his training expenses for the 2012 London Olympics. Prostitution…
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Tags: 2008 beijing olympic, 2008 beijing olympic games, 2012 london olympics, Asia, Chinese, development, disparity, government, injustice, injustices, justice, money, Olympics, oppression, Poor, Privilege, prostitution, rich, seoul south korea, social justice, South Korea, Sports, summer olympic games, taekwondo athlete, wealth, wealthy, Women, World Cup, Youth
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