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March, 2009

Links for March 10th

The Future of Christian Eschatology 1 – Jesus Creed
Begins a fascinating series of posts by Scot McKnight on the future of eschatology. This one looks at his own upbringing as a fundamentalist dispensationalist, and chronicles parts of his own theological journey. I think these posts will be incredibly important, and encourage you to follow them.
tags:
theology
bible
new-testament
eschatology
The Future of Christian Eschatology 2 – Jesus Creed
Continues a fascinating series of posts by Scot McKnight on the future of eschatology. This one looks at what Jesus thought about the future, and summarizes "partial preterism." Again, I think these posts are incredibly important, and encourage you to follow them.
tags:
jesus
bible
new-testament
eschatology

Invisible Children TRI 2009

March 10th, 2009

Invisible Children is one of my favorite organizations. I have always loved the ways that they combine art with justice, and the attitudes with which they work, whether they are in the United States or in Uganda.

International Women’s Day

March 8th, 2009

So today is International Women's Day, which is a major day of global celebration for the economic, political and social achievements of women.

Links for March 7th

The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan (March 06, 2009) – The Center Moves Left?
"There's nothing wrong with such principles – low taxes, balanced budgets, small and limited government. I share them. But no self-respecting conservative would ever defend such principles without considering the full context in which we now find ourselves."
tags:
obama
economics
politics
andrew-sullivan
What Bruce Sterling Actually Said About Web 2.0 at Webstock 09 | Beyond the Beyond from Wired.com
"Far from the action here at the antipodes, you people, you just don't get it about the original principles of Web 2.0! Too often, you've got no architecture of participation, sometimes you don't have an open API! Out here at the end of the earth, you think it's all about drop shadows and the gradients and a tag cloud, and a startup name with a Capital R in the middle of it!"
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art
business
design
user-experience
culture
technology
web2.0
Tap Project Homepage
"In 2007, the Tap Project was born in New York City based on a simple concept: restaurants would ask their patrons to donate $1 or more for the tap water they usually enjoy for free, and all funds raised would support UNICEF’s efforts to bring clean and accessible water to millions of children around the world."
tags:
poverty
activism
Color Scheme Designer
Amazing tool for generating color schemes.
tags:
tools
software
design
color

Form attribute aria-required

March 6th, 2009

Recently, I noticed that the default WordPress theme includes the following code in its comment form:

Links for March 6th

YouTube – A Call to the Emerging Church
Philip Clayton issues a plea to the emerging church in hopes that it will engage in a dialogue with the scientific vision of emergence.
tags:
theology
culture
science
emerging
emergent
YouTube – Re: A Call to the Emerging Church
Tony Jones responds to Phillip Clayton's call to the emerging church.
tags:
culture
science
emerging
emergent
tony-jones

Jesus is my ideology

March 6th, 2009

There is an interesting discussion happening at this post from Tony Jones. It is spurred on by a youth pastor trainer in various street fighting techniques who apparently believes that Jesus' direct statement to turn the other cheek is an ideology that fosters martyrs and victims.

Links for March 5th

More Connected Than We Think – Jim Wallis – God's Politics Blog
"Last Friday, I met a vice president for the insurance giant, AIG. While I try to be a gracious person, senior management for a giant corporation highly culpable for our current crisis and currently eating up billions in public funds wasn't my top choice for grace that day."
tags:
politics
culture
economics

The irrelevance of the far right

March 5th, 2009

There is a growing irrelevance that the far right is experiencing in this country, and many believe that it is entering what will be an extended loss of influence due to a failure to recognize that people in the United States have moved away from its mannerisms. Interestingly, this is an area in which the church is proceeding at the same pace as, or actually faster than, the rest of culture: as the lords of the political Right flail for the remnants of their influence, the lords of the Religious Right do so as well.

Links for March 4th

Courageous COWARDism: The Church Must Be One, and it Must Err on the Side of Justice
"It is imperative to the integrity of the Church that Biblical literalism gives way within our faith communities to Biblical literacy. These contrasting concepts often stand at opposite gates of a wide bridge between the popular church and the body of Christ in the world today."
tags:
church
politics
marriage
human-rights
Examining Paul's Perspective on 'Authority' – Mimi Haddad – God's Politics Blog
"However, the fullest truth is that the authority Paul seeks to limit is not that of women, but that which is domineering, and even abusive."
tags:
paul
new-testament
bible
gender

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Jonathan Stegall is a web designer and emergent / emerging follower of Jesus currently living in Atlanta, seeking to abide in the creative tension between theology, spirituality, design, and justice.

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