Category Archives: Ethnicity and race

Live the Trinity – into suspended animation?

Posted on July 22, 2011 by admin

I might have to take a page from the Red Stick Rant book and put this website into temporary(?) hibernation. The last 2 weeks have been working 10-12 hours/day which is fine. Hard work is part of congregational ministry. But … Continue reading →

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Two artists worth noting – one Israeli/Jewish and one Indian

Posted on June 24, 2011 by admin

I cannot explain how but starting about five years ago in two thousand and six began to include works of art in our worship guides. So if one of the Bible readings for that day 1 Samuel 3 would include … Continue reading →

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SERMON – “Tradutore no sempre traditore (or) “Truth, Translation, and Transluscence” (Acts 2)

Posted on June 15, 2011 by admin

    Truth, Translation, and Translucence: <Traduttore (no) Traditore!> (or) The Flesh/Word Became Word/Flesh and Pitched His Language Among Us (Acts 02) Richard M. Wright Church of the Nations Pentecost Sunday (A) June 12 2011 Everyone speaks French. Not really. … Continue reading →

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Nonsense and solipsism (or) Morning coffee

Posted on April 29, 2011 by admin

Even if we disagree with an idea – even find it repellent – we must try to understand it on its own terms. In other words understand it as the person who holds that idea understands it. Otherwise we are … Continue reading →

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Urban conservatism – a movement worth noting

Posted on December 16, 2010 by admin

Several times on this website I have written about the importance of the urban-rural divide in our nation. That in my opinion our country is becoming more divided along urban/rural lines than along racial/ethnic lines. It just so happens – … Continue reading →

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Academia recognizes complexity of evangelicalism

Posted on December 14, 2010 by admin

Interesting article at Chronicle of Higher Education by Timothy Beal entitled “Among the Evangelicals”. Yet as soon as evangelicalism becomes a subject, it splinters and splits. Indeed, taken together, recent studies by more-or-less outsiders show there is no such thing … Continue reading →

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The Lucy Fallacy (or) The mental contortions some employ to condemn Juan Williams along with millions of others

Posted on October 26, 2010 by admin

The Lucy Fallacy. In The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis the youngest Pevensie child finds her way into the magical world of Narnia through the back of an old wardrobe. After she returns to this … Continue reading →

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Juan Williams and the Europeanization of America (or) Afternoon diet cola

Posted on October 25, 2010 by admin

I am not going to drink coffee at 4:38 p.m. Yeah yeah am supposed to stay away from political topics. But two words. Juan Williams. I have listened to National Public Radio for years. Like it most of the time. … Continue reading →

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Why conservatism = racism does not hold up to minimal examination (or) Rational voice at the Washington Post

Posted on September 12, 2010 by admin

Yeah yeah not another politics post. But this was huge. Many others have made similar arguments. But not in the Washington Post. Kudos to the Washington Post – not normally a bastion of classical liberalism aka “conservatism”* – for publishing … Continue reading →

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How to refute Obama apologists with a single sentence

Posted on August 21, 2010 by admin

Not that it will make much difference but here goes. I would vote every single time for a classic liberal aka “conservative” who happens to be a black Muslim born in the Sudan running for president of the United States … Continue reading →

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