Today is Ash Wednesday. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3L3c23MfC0?rel=0] More than 70 Episcopal parishes in 18 states will bring Ash Wednesday to the streets, kicking off the Lenten season with a twist.They’ll offer the Christian sign of repentance — a smudged cross of ashes...
Censoring Jesus
posted by Clint Ribble
It was beautiful, the ever-changing vistas, the cool breeze, the very unexpected sunshine. It was a place that was instantly recognized as sacred. A holy place, made all the more transcendent because of whom I experienced it with. It was Ireland, and we were on a four-course, five-day golf marathon. It was exhilaratingly brutal. I won’t forget when my brother stepped up to the tee-box and crushed the ball with a near-perfect slice that was caught by the wind, exacerbating the ball’s problematic trajectory. It was lost. A curse rang out. The phrase wasn’t lost in the breeze that took the ball. It was clear. My father looked...
The Hippies
posted by Aaron Manes
You know whose fault this is? The Hippies. They decided that they didn’t have to do what their parents said and ultimately did something that was counter-cultural. They imagined a world that has changed the place of women, African-Americans, homosexuals, government responsibility,...
Welcome to Your Plac...
posted by Melissa Greene
What if there really was a place at the table for everyone? An equal place…What if we really welcomed everyone who sat? What if we saw worth in everyone who sat here? What if we valued their opinion or what if we simply just vowed to listen, to hear their story, their life? What if...
My 10 for ’10
posted by Aaron Manes
It’s too hard to write a long blog about 10 albums and 10 movies and etc. etc. … so I just figured I would write a blog about my favorite ten things about this year – you can’t stop me. So here goes: The Best Album of 2010: This one is the easiest category for me to find...