Blog Topic: Poverty/Activism

Found: Theology on ESPN.com

The events at Penn State are horrific, tragic and draining on our public consciousness. Deeply troubling questions emerge about revered leaders.

If there is any good that comes from this disaster, it might be found in the reminder about the concept of power in Howard Bryant’s article on theology factory more...

 

Film Review: EGGSPLOITATION

Jennifer Lahl, producer, director, writer and winner of California Film Festivals ‘Best Documentary’ presented her film Eggsploitation to a full room at Fuller Theological Seminary. Many Fuller students like myself came into the viewing with the assumption of discussing the moral ethics involved in the decision making to donate ones eggs. [...]

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Got It Goin’ On: Enough War! Enough Domination! Enough Violence!

The Burner knows it’s Friday evening and nobody is reading blogs right now. However, this post from Jenny Rae Armstrong caught TB’s attention on RedLetterChristians.org. One of the most well-written posts TB has read in a while:

Where is God when a woman is [...]

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Motivation Monday: Occupy the World

The Burner spent some time in New York City this past week for the Q Epiphany conference (more later). Before the conference began, though free time in the Big Apple meant that TB found his way to the drum beats of Zuccotti Park–the epicenter for the in/famous Occupy Wall Street protests. (OWS is protesting [...]

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Movie Review: Machine Gun Preacher

“If I can bring your loved one home, does it matter how I do it?”

It’s hard to get a quote in a dark theater, but The Burner thinks that is pretty close to the snippet tagged onto the credits of Marc Forster’s new movie Machine Gun Preacher. Known for Oscar-bait films [...]

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The September 11th Post – Turning the Other Cheek

Since The Burner doesn’t blog much over the weekend, TB will do the September 11th post today. And wouldn’t you know it, the NYT already stole my angle:

What would have happened if the U.S. had not retaliated?

For most Americans, it’s not a question. If attacked, counterattack is logical, prudent and [...]

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Much Ado About World Peace

The Burner remembers it like it was 21 years ago: Saved by the Bell darling Kelly Kapowski was getting ready to go prom dress shopping when her dad lowers the boom: “World peace broke out.” ”Well, that’s good, isn’t it?” ”For the world, yeah. Not when you work for in a defense plant. I [...]

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