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Jon Patell - An Old Car on Jun 23
I'm super excited to be able to show you this video of Jon Patell performing the title track from his brand new album "an old car"!
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Pro-life. on Jun 11
I have a Barack Obama t-shirt, and it gets me into a lot of trouble. I was wearing it the other week, and a pastor I know was just staring at it. From the look on his face, you'd think I was wearing a shirt celebrating the Holocaust. One time, I was wearing it and a girl asked me if I was pro-life. When I told her I was, she asked me how I could support someone who supports abortion.
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Becoming Poor on May 18
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Community, Jean Vanier, Living Gently In a Violent World, Poverty
Recently I've been thinking about how the Church typically approach ministering to the poor. I think our first problem is that we are "ministering to the poor." This automatically sets up a dichotomy between ''us'' and ''them'', with us standing in a position of privilege, status and overall better-ness, holding out our helping hands to those we deem to be in need. I think the way of following Jesus calls us to a different approach- I think that the Church should stop ministering to the poor and start becoming poor. How could this not be one of the central implications of the Incarnation?
Jean Vanier, in his book, "Living Gently in a Violent World," says the following:
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