Jesus Creed
October’s here!
This is the way to write a blog post. Good on you, Justin: “Getting back to the issue at hand then, what are the limits of science? Frankly, I don’t think that there are any. I firmly believe that science can provide answers to any question we deem fit to pose. Does that mean that I think science can provide insight into issues, areas, and questions, normally reserved to religion like belief in God, morality, and love? Absolutely.” Incisive, full of robustness, and ready for a discussion.
Worth the read: Roger Olson discusses the rise of Calvinism (and the deconstruction of evangelicalism). And :mic sketches Hasker’s stuff; this is valuable for those who are interested in our Creation Untamed posts (sketching Fretheim’s book).
A beautiful pastoral response by Brian McLaren. Speaking of pastoring, Jason Poling has a series in the Baltimore newspaper about things clergy would like you to know. And a Top Ten list from a pastor. (HT: :mic)
The Church of the Transfiguration, on Cape Cod, is the community behind Paraclete Press.
From David Opderbeck: Seton Hall Law School Faith, Law and Culture Speaker Series — Miroslav Volf — October 27, 2010 This is an invitation to all the Jesus Creed community to join us at Seton Hall Law School in Newark, New Jersey, for a lecture by Miroslav Volf on Wednesday, October 27, at 4:30 p.m. The lecture is free. You can register here: http://law.shu.edu/About/News_Events/faithlawculture/registration.cfm
Our friend JR Woodward is hosting UNconference.
Faith pondering joy, or is it joy facing Faith? Chaplain Mike pondering Adam, but Adam’s not pondering Chaplain Mike.
For teachers: The Widget Effect. (HT: LEMB)
For readers: LaVonne Effect.
Ted Olsen has a thoughtful, careful discussion of a new book about Wilberforce that points out a glaring inconsistency (in Wilberforce himself).
Rob‘s getting this about right: “It may be that fifty is what fifty always was: fifty. And it may be that no matter how much I want to believe otherwise, fifty is very different than thirty. And perhaps most radical of all, it may just be that that is OK.”
Dr Bill gives seven core practices. Patrick has a nice brief sketch on post-Christendom Ireland’s future.
Speaking of inconsistencies, did you see this?
Eric Metaxas taken to pieces by Clifford Green.
Meanderings in the News
1. Roland Martin, on bullying: “Bullying has always been around in schools, so that is nothing new. What is different today is that kids are committing suicide because of the constant taunting. We can have all of the town hall meetings about bullying, but what is going to change all of this is to have teachers, administrators and other parents get in the face of parents and guardians and make it clear to them that they must discipline their own children and teach them not to be bullies.”
2. Seriously, protest because retirement is raised to 62? “France entered a fifth day of nationwide strikes Saturday as tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets, rallying against a government proposal to raise the national retirement age to 62.” [It is now at 60.]
3. Barbara Billingsley has died, at 94, and if you don’t know her, I just feel sorry for you. (Mrs. Cleaver is shown to the right.)
4. Speaking of Hollywood stars, did you see this about Patricia Heaton?
5. Hilary Stout: “The iPhone has revolutionized telecommunications. It has also become the most effective tool in human history to mollify a fussy toddler, much to the delight of parents reveling in their newfound freedom to have a conversation in a restaurant or roam the supermarket aisles in peace. But just as adults have a hard time putting down their iPhones, so the device is now the Toy of Choice — akin to a treasured stuffed animal — for many 1-, 2- and 3-year-olds. It’s a phenomenon that is attracting the attention and concern of some childhood development specialists.”
6. Condoleeza Rice: “”I am not going to chirp at the people inside,” Rice said Wednesday on Jon Stewart’s “The Daily Show”on Comedy Central. “I know that it’s a lot easier out here than it is in there, and these are patriotic people who are trying to do their best every day.”
7. Sarah Lyall, on UK cuts at universities: “It’s a savage cut, and it’s unprecedented, and it’s the government moving out of the funding of higher education,” Professor Smith, vice chancellor of the University of Exeter, said in an interview. “We’ve had a big comfort blanket called state funding, and now we’re being thrown out of the nest.”
8. I got confused and wondered if Victor Davis Hanson was working for Jon Stewart: “If this ten-step program were to be followed, we might just getunemployment up to near 10 percent, consumer confidence down to historical lows, food-stamp use to record highs, the dollar to a new low, and annual budget deficits at levels previously unimaginable. That way we will never waste a crisis, since all sorts of new possibilities open up once we turn a normal recession into a genuine old-fashioned depression.”
9. Kathleen Hennessey, on “man up”: “Male candidates have traditionally been assumed by would-be voters to be tough and competent. Women have traditionally been assumed to be caring and have to establish their competence,” said Kathleen Hall Jamieson, a professor of communication at the Annenberg Public Policy Center. ” ‘Man up’ frames the attacker as tougher than the person attacked and suggests the male candidate is not taking responsibility or being accountable for his failures.”
10. Peter Bergen, always insightful.
Meanderings in Sports
New manager for the Cubs: Mike Quade (Kwa-dee)
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