God's Politics Blog » Julie Clawson 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 The Jewish Roots of Christianity http://blog.sojo.net/2010/03/10/the-jewish-roots-of-christianity/ http://blog.sojo.net/2010/03/10/the-jewish-roots-of-christianity/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:00:16 +0000 Julie Clawson http://blog.sojo.net/?p=16662 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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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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