Julie Clawson reflects upon MIchelle Obama's attempts to end childhood obesity, and specifically the statement that the government shouldn't be telling folks what to do. Julie observes that it is, in fact, the government's financial subsidies that are in part the cause of so much of the problem.
"However else it may be defined, it is generally agreed that a (if not the) major feature of modernity is the pervasiveness of the myth of progress." Reflection upon the modern myth of progress, and the ways in which it is still alive and affecting us.
Greg Boyd examines a text in Ezekiel, and what it says about how God works in the world. Compelling observations that make me really exited about the upcoming book he mentions.
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.