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Comment on Lit Journey revisited by Michael Harris

Michael Harris — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:50:09 +0000

Wow Chris. I’m impressed with your sense of direction. You’re certainly more farsighted than I. I sort of stumble around picking up whatever presents itself to me at the moment – I believe it’s called reading compulsively.
Out of all of those books I’ve only ever read Native Son. I was impressed by it, certainly. It gave me a greater respect for the black folks I saw in and around the neighborhood. It was an enlightening peak into the black consciousness, one that I was able to understand to some degree being one who feels isolated and “apart from”, as well as having grown up poor.
I like what you wrote about these former generations having a greater sense of place. I heard that. My maternal grandpa took me and some others of my family to his/our sort of “ancestral” farm in the Ozarks. We went to the farm where his great grandfather lived and saw the barn which he built and which my grandpa labored in as a young man. My grandpa grew up in a log cabin in a hollow way out beyond the reach of even gravel roads. I’ll have to tell you more about it sometime. I gotta go for now. Adios.

Comment on Christianity’s doom by justthischris

justthischris — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:52:01 +0000

Looking back at this post from over five years ago, I think I have far more hope now that God knows what he’s doing. God knows His own. I still believe in the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, and the life everlasting. I still believe in one holy catholic church. God has not failed in his promises nor is He slow.

Comment on Christianity’s doom by uccoalition

uccoalition — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:04:54 +0000

It is true that one of Christianity's biggest enemies is the Christians themselves. Agnostics don't waste thier breath anymore because they don't need to, Christians are doing a good job on thier own destroying eachother. Visit me I would love to get your oppinion on a similar topic. God is Creator, Christ is Savior. For God so loved the world he gave his Only Begotton Son so that whoever believes in him shall never die but have everlasting life!!! Lord Bless.

Comment on Three stories from Jeremy by Jack

Jack — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:27:34 +0000

I liked your blog good work!

It is a very rough time for a lot of people everywhere in the world. My brother and I are starting a coalition for the prevention and the cure for this ever-growing problem. I think you could help us a lot by just getting our serious message to as many people as we can. Please visit my blog and maybe get as many people to comment about this problem so we can get known and find out who is willing to actually do something about poverty and homelessness.

Thank You,
Jack

Comment on The Zombie Apocalypse is hereby OVER by Dave King

Dave King — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:37:31 +0000

You had a zombie post??? Can I request a copy via email?

- Peace
Dave

Comment on Journalists and community by Richard

Richard — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:21:43 +0000

Possibly. I comes of the back of reading Janja Lalich’s ‘Bounded Choice’. Lalich co-wrote Cults in our midst with Margaret Singer so you can probably guess her angle. However, this is a more academic treatment (it’s a revision of her Phd thesis) and I’m considering engaging with her argument as I have a couple of weeks off work. Whether anything will come of it I don’t know.

Comment on Journalists and community by justthischris

justthischris — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:43:47 +0000

That’s interesting, Richard. Do you have some writing project in mind with all the study? I’ve continued my Bonhoeffer reading and have had like three ideas for an article, but never seem to take the time to collect it all and put the work into it.

Comment on Journalists and community by Richard

Richard — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:20:48 +0000

Chris,

This is great – I’m doing a lot of reading on the subject at the moment recently finished Lorne Dawson’s “Comprehending Cults” and Chidester’s (excellent) survey of the Peoples Temple and am currently on Newport’s “The Branch Davidians of Waco” – all make a point of lambasting media coverage.

I am myself undecided on the use of of cult label, I think there’s probably a place for it but the anti-cult movement and, more importantly, the press has destroyed the idea of this being used as a reasonable sociological term (for one thing it seems to me that the Branch Davidians of Waco were clearly a sect – as per many protestant movements – rather than of a entirely different order.

Comment on The Fellowship of Rolls-Royce Jesus Scoffers by Palko

Palko — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:17:01 +0000

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Comment on Karl Barth for critiquing 20th Century Evangelical American theology today by Mary Aloe

Mary Aloe — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 01:26:07 +0000

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