February 2012
January 2012
“Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968. Four decades later,...”
– An incredible radio documentary on the like of MLK American RadioWorks - King’s Last March
Watch(via ‘Glory’: Jay-Z’s Song For Daughter Blue Ivy, Beyonce’s Baby (LISTEN))
“Altogether, I think we ought to read only books that bite and sting us. If the...”
– —Franz Kafka, from a letter to Oskar Pollak dated January 27, 1904.
Walter Brueggemann loosely cited this passage from Kafka in our interview being released this week and so, while fact-checking the script, we thought we’d verify for attribution. And, we wanted to read what he originally wrote....
December 2011
On Being Blog: A Prayer for Nature That Holds 100... →
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by Susan Leem, associate producer
Photo by Joel Bedford/Flickr, cc by-nd 2.0
Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, who is our featured guest this week at On Being, shared this poem by his great-grandfather along with his moving Thanksgiving Day Prayer. Nearly a century old, this…
November 2011
A Statement from the General Assembly of Occupy... →
We remind the people of Portland and the people of the world that we have come together to address the deepest problems of our economic and political system, and that these problems have no easy solutions— especially when those openly seeking the solutions are painted as filthy, ignorant, violent hooligans by those with a vested interest in maintaining the current broken system. We remind them who...
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“The top 0.1%— about 315,000 individuals out of 315 million— are making about...”
– The Top 0.1% Of The Nation Earn Half Of All Capital Gains - Yahoo! News (via beautiful-mundane)
After Pepper-Spraying, A Powerfully Silent Protest... →
Suppressing Nonviolent Dissent →
An anthology of police brutality at encampments across America.
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“you against me a .50 cal versus squirt gun”
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Hey if this the cut I’m the surgeon Assassinate your character cast aspersions You ain’t gotta verse better than my worst one You ain’t gotta verse better than my worst one Hey, I know I hurt son, but you against me a .50 cal versus squirt gun You ain’t gotta verse...
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No Shrine Required: The Death of Moses (Deut 34)
This is the message I gave during meeting for worship at Camas Friends Church this past Sunday (11.6).
Terrified by death_ In his book “the denial of death” Earnest Becker opens with this line, “The prospect of death wonderfully concentrates the mind.” And that “The idea of death, the fear of it, haunts the human animal like nothing else; it is a mainspring of...
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Think Out Loud Live From Camas (11.14.2011)
I’ve posted both on facebook and twitter that OPB’s Portland-based radio program “Think Out Loud” will be hosting a live show about Camas on Monday 11.14 from 9-10am. If you’re in the area and you want to come it will be recorded live from our beautiful Camas Library (be there by 8:30am). I am going to be one of the guests on the show with the purpose of discussing...
WatchModeselektor ‘Shipwreck’ (via All Songs Considered Blog : NPR)
August 2011
"We're anti-excellence, pro-participation" →
Mainline churches have had success in building connections to social movements and in some cases to people of other faiths. A bridge that has been harder to build is one that connects to a generation born outside the church—young people interested in spirituality but allergic to organized religion. Nadia Bolz-Weber, founding pastor of House for All Sinners and Saints in Denver, described how young...
“Seneca has said that when a person has reached his thirtieth year he ought to...”
– Kierkegaard on Repetition
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Weird Fishes (Radio) And Our Newborn | cwdaniels ...
The Wild Hunt » Invisible Christian Privilege →
Jason Pitzl-Waters writes a provocative and to-the-point essay about the myth of the Christian (white/evangelical) minority. It’s worth a read through (ht/ chris spinks).
When people talk about a “Religious Right” or a “Religious Left” they are usually talking about the political positions of Christians, and it’s only prominent Christians who are defined as presidential “king-makers” in...
Lily Singing Simple Gifts | cwdaniels My new...
Empty Promises? Walmart's new urban strategy comes... →
The debate over building Walmart stores in D.C. is engaging intense public sentiment, and for good reason. While Walmart promises new jobs in a community, in reality it displaces other local businesses, leaving in question whether there is a net jobs gain; one study showed that for every retail job Walmart brought, communities lost 1.4 other jobs. In addition, Walmart passes on the cost of its low...
WatchI missed this when it first aired. So good. (via “Poor” in America - The Colbert Report - 2011-26-07 - Video Clip | Comedy Central)
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“Unlike solidarity, which is horizontal and takes place between equals, charity...”
– Eduardo Galeano
Evangelicals Question The Existence Of Adam And... →
Nice short radio program on the question of Adam and Eve and evolution.
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OPB Music Studio Sessions: David Bazan →
Great live video recording of Bazan from Portland’s OPB Music.
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“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the...”
– Rainer Maria Rilke
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A Catholic Prayer Book →
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“My life is but an instant,
a passing hour.
My life is but a moment,
that I...”
– Thérèse of Lisieux
July 2011
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WatchMy friend Jeremy Seifert, the guy behind the popular documentary Dive!, which I have reviewed on my blog gathering in light in the past, is beginning work on a new documentary about GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms). Check out the preview above. Then visit the webpage and watch the longer “sizzle” reel. There’s some amazing footage from a people’s movement in Haiti that...
April 2011
“Here Christ is felt to be our Shepherd, and under his leading people are brought...”
– John Woolman
“Many people fear nothing more terribly than to take a position which stands out...”
– Martin Luther King Jr. (The Strength to Love, 23)
March 2011
“Our goal is to create a beloved community and this will require a qualitative...”
– Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
“Reviewing the book “Love Wins” (a book on heaven and hell), Quaker...”
– A Silly Poor Gospel: And Fit Us For Heaven…
“When I share something personal with a client (when I’m wanting to be...”
– Ministry Leadership: Being ‘Authentic’ Doesn’t Mean ‘Bleeding All Over the Congregation’ | Rhett Smith