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Honor and Shame in the Psalms (Zabur)

Posted in Honor/Shame on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I completed the series on Honor and Shame in the Psalms a few weeks ago. The posts were slightly edited sections of a larger paper I had written, which I am now posting as a whole. Please use it and share it freely with anyone you think might be interested. Honor and Shame in the [...]

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Ramadan Pictures

Posted in Islam on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

These are great pictures of Muslims observing Ramadan all over the world. You see Muslims looking for the moon in Malaysia, praying in Indonesia, reading the Qur’an in Kenya, listening to a sermon in Beijing, grocery shopping for iftar (the meal after sunset when they break the fast) in Bangladesh, sleeping in a mosque in [...]

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Black and White Together

Posted in Christians, Peace on August 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »

This is way the church should be. Jesus Christ tore down the racial dividing walls when he died on the cross for all peoples. Many churches don’t get this. I’m glad St. Paul Baptist Church @ Shively Heights does. Some will make much of the fact that the merger of a predominantly black church with [...]

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President Obama’s Ramadan Greetings

Posted in Islam, Understanding on August 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Ramadan began Saturday. I don’t ever remember President Bush giving Ramadan greetings to Muslims as they begin this month of fasting, but a quick Google search shows that he did. I did, however, see President Obama’s Ramadan greetings this year and I thought it would be good to post it here for you to hear. [...]

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Ramadan Mubarak

Posted in Islam, Theology on August 21, 2009 | 6 Comments »

Saturday marks the beginning of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting. Muslims all over the world will fast from food, drink, cigarettes and sex from sunrise to sunset for 30 days. From Wikipedia: Fasting is meant to teach the Muslim patience, modesty and spirituality. Ramaḍān is a time to fast for the sake of [...]

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The Importance of Truth in Peace

Posted in Jesus Christ, Peace, Truth on August 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

If you’ve read my about page you know that I enjoy U.S. presidential history. Currently I am reading An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 by Robert Dallek. Most of you probably know that the Cuban missile crisis in October, 1962 was the closest the US and the USSR ever came to actually engaging in [...]

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Sister Cities, Partnership and Peace

Posted in Peace, Understanding on August 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I was encouraged to read that Minneapolis, MN and Najaf, Iraq have become sister cities. This partnership includes cultural and educational exchange as well as the effort to build tangible connections between the two cities. Luke Wilcox writes on the Engage Minnesota blog what I think is so significant about this: People on both “sides” [...]

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The Hajj & Unity in Islam

Posted in Islam, Theology on August 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »

There are five pillars in Islam, things that each Muslim is required to do. One of the pillars is the hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. A Muslim is to go on pilgrimage to Mecca once in his lifetime if he is able. Each year over 2 million Muslims from all over the world [...]

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The Lord’s Supper & Unity among Followers of Jesus Christ

Posted in Theology on August 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »

There is a mystical bond between followers of Jesus Christ. We are brothers and sisters in Christ. This union is beautifully seen in communion (the Lord’s Supper). I love eating the Lord’s supper. It is a symbol of so many things: Christ’s death and resurrection, the unity of the people of God, the feast that [...]

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Perinatal Hospice

Posted in Life on August 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

It is a tragedy when parents have an ultrasound and find out that their baby has some type of problem, especially when that problem is incompatible with life. Unfortunately the tragedy is compounded as they are counseled to abort the baby (who will die anyway). Certainly grief can steal our peace, but this is especially [...]

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