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Marking Time · 3d ago

Protests, NATO, Egyptian Elections and a Hope for True Change

Now that the NATO meetings are over, there’s not much of a “hangover” here in Chicago — at least not in the circles where I run. All a bit of a “tempest in a teapot”, if you ask me. But I could be wrong… maybe just too “out of it” to be aware of significant [...]

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Marking Time · 6d ago

Prayer to St. Judas (original poem & discussion by Mark Nielsen)

Prayer to St. Judas by Mark Nielsen, 5-19-12 “Look, you have been told everything. Lift up your eyes and look at the cloud and the light within it and the stars surrounding it. The star that leads the way is your star.” – Jesus, to Judas, from the Gospel of Judas Oh poor Judas, sad [...]

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Marking Time · 2M ago

Justice & Ignorance: CNN on Biblical Doofuses in America

Not to be a know-it-all, but as I am reading through Tim Keller’s Generous Justice (along with my home church congregation, Redeemer Lutheran in Chicago & Park Ridge), I continue to be struck by how the biblical passages he uses are often not new to me. Many of the names, influences and authors he q

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Marking Time · 2M ago

Double Duty = 10x Grace: Making Disciples AND Doing Justice

I have been listening with holy curiosity to the discussions taking place in our church small groups and adult Sunday School over Tim Keller‘s book Generous Justice. As it happens, Keller’s City to City organization puts out a monthly newsletter, wherein Keller himself continues a dialogue this mont

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Marking Time · 2M ago

Free Lunch – Sweepstakes, Justice, & the Scam of the Month Club

You are qualified to win $10 Million Dollars in this unique opportunity! Act now to claim your prize! My mother got a series of phone calls this week, implying that she had won 2.5 million dollars, or five million… they couldn’t decide how generous they wanted to be, apparently. To be fair, it was o

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Marking Time · 2M ago

On Conversion, Women In Jail, and Doing Justice

“The process of conversion begins with genuine openness to change–to be open to the possibility that just as natural life evolves, so our spiritual life is evolving…. Each time you consent to an enhancement of faith, your world changes and all your relationships have to be adjusted to the new perspe

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Marking Time · 2M ago

Lions & Lambs, Hawks & Doves, Asses & Elephants

“The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them.” (Isaiah 11:6) In the introduction to the book Generous Justice, Tim Keller gives a brief but effective overview of the history of what have

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Marking Time · 3M ago

Justice In Narnia, America, Denmark & the World

Woke up today with the melody of the flee-from-winter Joni Mitchell song “Urge for Going” playing in my head, and snow falling on the ground here in Chicago. If I go outside, any chance I’ll find Mr. Tumnus’ footprints in the backyard? I watched Voyage of the Dawn Treader on DVD with my son and [.

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Marking Time · 3M ago

Justice in Ashes: _Generous Justice_ & God’s Compassion

“Because I do not hope… Desiring this man’s gift and that man’s scope I no longer strive to strive toward such things (Why should the agéd eagle eagle stretch its wings?) Why should I mourn The vanished power of the usual reign?” T.S. Eliot – opening lines of Ash Wednesday (1930) * * * “Do [...

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Marking Time · 3M ago

Tebow, Lin, Big Z & A.C.: On Faith & Race in Pro Sports

First, the article/link that sparked my blog post below, from the CNN Belief Blog: My Take: Linsanity vs. Tebowmania, key similarities and differences [article by Stephen Prothero, highlights as follows] “Lin differs from Tebow in his approach to the Christian faith, which is more subtle Asian Ameri

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