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July 2007
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clergy, health, ministers, stress
Does ministry make clergy sick?
A friend sent me a provocative article from Pulpit & Pew that notes a fifty year rise in general unhealthiness among Protestant clergy. Fifty years ago, clergy were among the healthiest professional groups. Now the opposite is true. Much of the clergy health problem may be rooted in the very nature of ministry today—what Stephanie […]
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atheism, belief, god
Find the atheist
07.14.07 | Permalink | 21 CommentsAn atheist is usually defined as either (a) someone who has no belief in God or (b) someone who believes God doesn’t exist. (Passive vs. active atheism.) Sharon Welch defines her own atheism as someone who does not desire God. Then there are those of us who desire a God we do not believe in. […]
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cable, dsl, internet-access
Can we talk about the weather?
07.11.07 | Permalink | 3 CommentsLast night and tonight my net access fell off at exactly the same time. Then kicked back in when I relaunched the browser. It didn’t do things like this until we switched from DSL to cable. It’s quicker but spotty as hell. So now I’m wishing I had satellite net access so I could bitch […]
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industry, politics, religion, religion-industrial-complex
Introducing the “religion-industrial complex”
Writes Jacques Berlinerblau: “The 2008 presidential election is probably the first in American history that has spawned a veritable faith and politics industry.” We haven’t had one for a while?? I can see the complex part though. Ralph Reed has to have some trippy hang ups. But industry? It’s a far cry from the Model […]
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bureaucracy, death-penalty, fda
China deadly serious about bureacratic accountability
07.10.07 | Permalink | 2 CommentsSo much so that it just executed the head of its version of the FDA for corruption. Yowza!
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okc, okc-zoo
My favorite animal at the OKC Zoo
07.10.07 | Permalink | 5 CommentsThe mighty T-Rex! Which would make me Uncle T-Rex. Though he was calling me Mister Uncle Chutney. Well, yet another identity crisis…
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