04/15/08 08:27 - 33ºF - ID#44014
Didn't sleep much last night
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Location: Buffalo, NY
04/12/08 11:42 - 38ºF - ID#43994
Pet sitting
Money, beer, cookies, trade: we will compensate you one way or another if you want to take care of our old dog, our fat cat, and our bad cat.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: politics
04/10/08 11:47 - 46ºF - ID#43980
No way Clinton wins
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: eva
04/09/08 08:54 - 42ºF - ID#43967
I'm in.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
04/06/08 04:20 - 61ºF - ID#43923
Front porch.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
04/04/08 02:34 - 42ºF - ID#43901
I ain't too proud.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: religion
04/01/08 09:05 - 60ºF - ID#43855
Can your church musician do this?
Ours can.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
03/31/08 04:18 - 54ºF - ID#43848
To lazy for a real post.
For the record, I have started to put most of my sermons there. It's not because I don't like you all, but just because that's where people tend to go look for sermons. So if you want theological content, go to elmwoodjesus.org/news
Oops. Can't copy and paste the links. So if you want to see the post, you have to go here.
I promise to be a better (e:strip)per soon.
This is also on the other site. Shane Clairborne talking about "Jesus for President":
Ok. Time to go home. My wonderful wife is making a good dinner tonight.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
03/28/08 02:16 - 33ºF - ID#43816
Tonight
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: religion
03/26/08 09:32 - 37ºF - ID#43794
A good description of Jesus . . .
I wish I had written this. When I get permission, I will probably adapt this for the elmwoodjesus.org website.
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I think it is a betrayal of the message that more Christians don't live like Shane, since he behaves a lot like Jesus did.
But I can't criticize them too much, because I am one of them.
If everyone lived faithfully, things would not need to be "Evened out," by the government, or anybody else. Shane would say that the governemnt, more often than not, makes things more uneven, or at least maintains inequality.
Anyway, I just finished the book today. The first half is almost all Biblical history/theology. The second half is application of it. I think I could spend a lot of time talking about the book, so if you get done and want to have a beer, I'm game.
Thats his name! I watched the video you posted of him a bit ago and I was sucked in... I had to know where this guy was coming from so I went to his website and read sections of his book.
Personally I don't think government is unjust... even the suggestion of it begs me to ask what exactly someone would mean by that, or if its entirely appropriate for government to serve the function as someone like Shane would like to see it. I'm not of the opinion that government should be the vehicle for "evening things out" as it were, but you know what? Guys like Shane are right when they say that many so-called Christians do not live their spiritual life the way Jesus did. Evangelicals in the Falwell mold are not compassionate people in my view, and betray the message that Jesus gave his disciples and all Christians throughout history. Not that this is a new phenomenon, as we know. I admire what Shane does for his community. He is fighting the good fight and that is all I care about. Bottom line!
I'm about to post a somewhat personal (in my family anyway) spiritual story that you may find incredible, and maybe even inspiring!
Shane Clairborne is the author. He founded and lives at the simple way in Philly :::link:::
He's more interested in setting up alternative communities that more or less work outside the systems of government (or even against them, in love). Wallis, is more interested in helping governments be just, and Clairborne things that government is inherently and systematically unjust.
I'm sorry that I can't remember the name of the author, but he seems like an interesting guy. Isn't he the one that lives in a commune in Philly?
Sorry, I don't know anything about this book to make an intelligent comment... not that this stopped me.