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eberhard aronld
I’ve been slowly picking through Eberhard Arnold: A Testimony to Church Community from His Life and Writings about the founder of the Bruderfof Communities. The last section of the book is a collection of correspondence from those who knew Arnold. One of these letters recalls this interaction, At a conference we asked Eberhard Arnold how…
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the jesus way
This week I begin reading The Jesus Way by Eugene Peterson. My friend Won is also reading the book and we’ll meet a few time to talk about it. You may know of Peterson from his earthy translation of the Bible, The Message. The Jesus Way is the third book in his 5-part spiritual theology…
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conflicting emotions
At the end of July a woman in our neighborhood was attacked with sulfuric acid and robbed. It was an ugly thing to do and the woman remains in the hospital under sedation. While the incident seemed pretty random, it still introduced me to an unaccustomed element of fear. Yesterday morning I read that the…
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christian faith and the election (4)
This is part four of this series of posts by some friends answering this question: In what ways does your faith in Christ impact how you think about and engage with the upcoming presidential election? See the introduction for more info. Also check out part one, part two and part three. I think I was…
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tom petty and the heartbreakers
On Thursday evening I stumbled onto a Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers concert on PBS. Ah the memories. The first concert I ever attended was Tom Petty’s Dog with Wings tour in southern California during my junior year of high school. In college I spent a late night sitting by my radio listening to a…
David W. Swanson
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