Love wins – the book review

This post is a followup to my thoughts on the controversy that preceded the release of this book.  You can read those thought on the wandering road  here, and on YAR  here.  This post is also on the MWR blog here. An artist is, first and foremost, someone who sees the world differently than other [...]

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Questioning everything

I’ve said for years that I’m not particularly fond of math.  No, I should be honest.  I hate math.  There’s a reason I was a Bible and Religion major in college.  Namely, the major was one of the smallest and there was no math involved.  (oh yeah, and that whole calling-to-be-a-pastor thing too)  In fact, [...]

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The end of Christendom: part 2

This post is the second half of some previous thoughts which you can read here.  This post is also available on the MWR blog here. Christianity has enjoyed ubiquitous control over Western society and culture for thousands of years. But this control is falling apart. So as Mennonites, what will we need to change in order [...]

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The end of Christendom: part 1

There is no doubt that Christians have become a force to be reckoned with in American politics.  But are we fighting a loosing battle? For about the last 50 years of American politics Christians have been asserting and inserting themselves into the political landscape in a way that has been truly amazing to watch.  One [...]

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Love Wins

Is Gandhi in hell?  What’s more, what is hell?  Or heaven, for that matter? These are some of the questions that have sparked a bit of a firestorm around Rob Bell’s new book Love Wins: a book about heaven hell and the fate of everyone who ever lived.  This first came across my radar screen when I [...]

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