March, 2010

Links for March 17th

24-7 Prayer International // Features // Prayer and Justice by Alana Wiens

Great thoughts from 24-7 Prayer on justice – its links to prayer and action, and also the differences between charity and justice.

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24-7prayer

spirituality

activism

prayer

Solidarity and Resistance in Community 3: On Private Property | the Jesus Manifesto

Third part of a series that investigates solidarity and resistance in community. This part examines the concept of private property, and what kind of effects it can have on people and what should be done about it. I'm not sure that I agree with any of the options that are put forth, but it's the kind of language that can cause us to think, and I do agree that this is necessary.

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activism

community

faith

Using HTML5 elements in WordPress post content – Nicolas Gallagher — Blog & Ephemera

Using HTML5 in WordPress post content. Without these options, WordPress tries to add all kinds of unnecessary HTML, so this is incredibly helpful whether one is using HTML5 or even XHTML.

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php

wordpress

html5

html

Cameron Moll: Designer, Speaker, Author New Design, New Host, and Tumblr: How, Why

Cameron Moll writes about the methods and reasons for his new blog's design. I'm really interested in his thoughts on combining external links with longer articles, and have pondered doing that with this site. We'll see.

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blogging

design

Pentecostal Scholars Call for Academic Freedom | Sexuality & Gender | ReligionDispatches

The former president of the Society for Pentecostal Studies reflects upon her resignation, the culture wars that rage within the society, and a new academic study that will try to avoid the “echo chamber” of the SPS.

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theology

pentecostal

Beta faith and Theology After Google

March 16th, 2010

I'm a big fan of the Homebrewed Christianity podcast. I just got my first iPod for Christmas, and have been catching up on old and new episodes of this podcast, and some others, since then.

Links for March 16th

The i, b, em, & strong elements | HTML5 Doctor

An explanation of how the i, em, b, and strong elements differ in HTML5 when compared to their meanings (or lack thereof) in HTML 4 and XHTML.

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design

html

html5

The small & hr elements | HTML5 Doctor

Another explanation of how elements in HTML5 have semantically different meaning than they did in HTML 4 and XHTML. This one covers the small and hr elements.

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design

html

html5

Solidarity and Resistance in Community 1: Captivated by Our Own Radicality | the Jesus Manifesto

First part of a series that investigates solidarity and resistance in community. This part examines our tendency to congratulate ourselves for very small things – moving into poor neighborhoods, living in community, serving a few of the poor, helping a few folks change their lives, etc. – in light of the fact that larger structural changes go unachieved. Powerful things for us to think about.

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culture

faith

community

activism

Solidarity and Resistance in Community 2: Into the Margins | the Jesus Manifesto

Second part of a series that investigates solidarity and resistance in community. This part examines how easy it is to move into poor communities and do a few things without actually focusing on marginalized people in these communities, and yet still feel the right to be self-congratulatory. While I haven't yet done this kind of move (it compels me and will hopefully happen in the not-too-distant future), it is essential to remember that doing this must lead us to solidarity and mutual liberation.

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faith

community

activism

Links for March 15th

Hey, Mr. Falwell, Read Your Bible – Jesus Creed

Scot McKnight reflects upon the growing trend of equating libertarian politics with the biblical world. I'm with him on this: I really love the Anabaptist tradition and resonate deeply with its understanding of the kingdom of God as utterly separate, but I have no problem supporting and seeking a government that will care for the poor.

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poverty

activism

bible

scot-mcknight

Cameron Daigle Dot Com | PodCamp Nashville 2010 Presentation

Why the iPad is not just a big iPhone, and why designers need to respond to it knowing that it is something different.

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mobile

user-experience

apple

design

Links for March 13th

DIOSA | Communications: Facebook Best Practices for Nonprofit Organizations

Really random link, I know, but this is a great list of best practices for nonprofits who want to create Facebook pages.

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activism

facebook

web2.0

Links for March 10th

Society for Pentecostal Studies Paper: What Pentecostals Have to Learn from Emergents | Tony Jones

Tony continues posting his paper on Pentecostalism and Emergent; this time with what Pentecostals can learn from Emergent. There's great truth in the things he mentions here as well, from my own experiences with both movements.

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emergent

pentecostal

tony-jones

Links for March 8th

Society for Pentecostal Studies Paper: Characteristics | Tony Jones

Tony continues his paper on what Emergent and Pentecostalism have to learn from one another; this time speaking of the characteristics of each movement. This is also where the profound similarities start to be mentioned.

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tony-jones

pentecostal

emergent

Society for Pentecostal Studies Paper: What Emergents Have to Learn from Pentecostals | Tony Jones

Tony continues his paper on Pentecostalism and Emergent, looking at what Pentecostals have to teach us within Emergent. There's a deep humility in this post, and it's my hope as a person with a deep love for both streams here that this can mark something significant.

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emergent

pentecostal

tony-jones

Links for March 7th

An Awesome Book

This is a fantastic picture book. You can read it on the site, though it is so great that it's worth buying it as well. Best picture book ever.

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books

Links for March 6th

Society for Pentecostal Studies Paper: Introduction | Tony Jones

Tony Jones is giving a paper to the Society of Pentecostal Studies on what Emergent and Pentecostalism have to learn from each other, which is an important thing for me. This is the introduction.

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pentecostal

emergent

tony-jones

Sociey for Pentecostal Studies Paper: Definitions | Tony Jones

Tony Jones is giving a paper to the Society of Pentecostal Studies on what Emergent and Pentecostalism have to learn from each other, which is an important thing for me. This is a section of definitions that are necessary at the beginning.

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pentecostal

emergent

tony-jones

Links for March 4th

Type Tips—short, quick tips on all things web typography from Harry Roberts of CSS Wizardry

Great list of uncommon typography tips for the web.

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html

typography

css

design