Posted on May 30, 2008 by bunderwood
guest blogger: Keila Underwood
I imagine that people back in the day thought of Rizpah much like I thought of Cindy Sheehan back in 2005. After all, didn’t her son sign himself up for the military? Wasn’t he fulfilling his patriotic duty? Wasn’t her unrelenting stand outside of Bush’s ranch considered traitorous?
Oh, but [...]
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Posted on May 28, 2008 by bunderwood
Guest Blogger: Matt Sadler
I think the joke goes something like this- When is baseball first played in the Bible? When? Genesis- in the Big Inning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Thank goodness for 9 years of Christian school education!
Also thank goodness for the popular trend over the recent years to [...]
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Posted on May 26, 2008 by bunderwood
A few weeks back I posted a quote from Jesus for President by Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw that explained from their perspective why they wrote this book. Here it is again…
This book is a project in renewing the imagination of the church in the United States and of those who would seek to [...]
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Posted on May 26, 2008 by bunderwood
I remember reading the post below a year ago, and in some ways it has started me down a path that I’m not sure I have recovered from and maybe I don’t really want to recover from.
A Conflicted Memorial Day by Greg Boyd
Hope you all had a happy Memorial Day. (Isn’t that something of [...]
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Posted on May 21, 2008 by bunderwood
The artist at sharpseven design who designed every page of Jesus for President to be creative and unique…
…also has put out some excellent music!
Having become a big fan of the The Cobalt Season, I have come to appreciate the honest, gut wrenching lyrics and passion that has filled his albums. This is true with [...]
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Posted on May 18, 2008 by bunderwood
Jamie Moffitt from the Ordinary Radicals will be following the Jesus For President Book Tour this summer making a featured documentary. Here is a one minute interview clip from an interview he had with Shane Claiborne:
We still have need for people to review different sections of J4P. Let me know if you are [...]
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Posted on May 13, 2008 by bunderwood
On July 23rd the Jesus for President Book Tour will be coming through Richmond. Until then I plan on posting interesting articles, things to ponder and other conversation starters on this site.
David Fitch has an excellent article over on the site: the church and postmodern culture: conversation.
Zizek, and the danger of Obama [...]
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Posted on May 9, 2008 by bunderwood
Not too far back, Zack Exely posted a review of “Jesus For President for atheists” on the Huffington Post.
You can find the review here: PART 1 & PART 2
Zack also blogs at Revolution in Jesusland…
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Posted on May 8, 2008 by bunderwood
Posted on May 7, 2008 by bunderwood
Here is the audio or video of Shane Claiborne (Author of Jesus For President), Greg Boyd and Chuck Colson having a conversation about faith and politics. All three come from different places and yet, do a good job of having a respectful conversation.
Consider it a warm-up to what is ahead.
You can listen to it [...]
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