Nate Silver at 538 Blog says that Obama has 91.6% probability of an electoral win and Romney: has an 8.4 percent probability of an electoral win. Votamatic.org gives the edge to Obama 326/212. What’s most interesting about 538 Blog and Votamatic is that they are the only poll aggregators who factor in economic indicators as well as polling data. This is especially crucial in states like Ohio, where the economy is outperforming the nation as a whole. Silver’s model still... Read more
Content Director’s Note: This post is a part of our Election Month at Patheos feature. Patheos was designed to present the world’s most compelling conversations on life’s most important questions. Please join the Facebook following for our new News and Politics Channel — and check back throughout the month for more commentary on Election 2012. Please use hashtag #PatheosElection on Twitter. I’ve been inundated with comments and emails telling me that Nate Silver at the 538 Blog is crazy and... Read more
I confess that I am struggling to keep a healthy balance right now. I think the two things that keep me most off balance are time spent at work and time spent reading up on politics, polling, and pundits so that I have something intelligent to say on this blog. I confess that one important metric I use when evaluating my own writing about politics is whether or not I’m being criticized by both liberals and conservatives. This week I’ve... Read more
Content Director’s Note: This post is a part of our Election Month at Patheos feature. Patheos was designed to present the world’s most compelling conversations on life’s most important questions. Please join the Facebook following for our new News and Politics Channel — and check back throughout the month for more commentary on Election 2012. Please use hashtag #PatheosElection on Twitter. PRESIDENTIAL RACE: Nate Silver’s 538 Blog at The New York Times has the probability of an Obama re-election at... Read more
Content Director’s Note: This post is a part of our Election Month at Patheos feature. Patheos was designed to present the world’s most compelling conversations on life’s most important questions. Please join the Facebook following for our new News and Politics Channel — and check back throughout the month for more commentary on Election 2012. Please use hashtag #PatheosElection on Twitter. (Follow Tim Suttle on Twitter at: @Tim_Suttle) Where is the Presidential Race Right Now? As I wrote a couple... Read more
Content Director’s Note: This post is a part of our Election Month at Patheos feature. Patheos was designed to present the world’s most compelling conversations on life’s most important questions. Please join the Facebook following for our new News and Politics Channel — and check back throughout the month for more commentary on Election 2012. Please use hashtag #PatheosElection on Twitter. As of this morning, it seems as though the election has broken Barak Obama’s way. I’ve heard it suggested... Read more
Content Director’s Note: This post is a part of our Election Month at Patheos feature. Patheos was designed to present the world’s most compelling conversations on life’s most important questions. Please join the Facebook following for our new News and Politics Channel — and check back throughout the month for more commentary on Election 2012. Please use hashtag #PatheosElection on Twitter. The dynamics of this election have not changed very much since last week’s prediction, but I think some things... Read more
I’m in the midst of a long term experiment with the staff at Redemption Church where I pastor. Over the past few decades it has become popular for the typical church staff to study leadership books. Evangelical pastors in our society are expected not only to be theologians, preachers, and pastors, but they are expected to be leaders. The paradigm for the pastor-as-leader has undergone a significant change over the past decade as business paradigms have come front and center.... Read more
I confess that I’m praying this morning that things won’t get too bad for the precious folks living on the East Coast. I pray that they will keep faith with one another and make it through together. I confess that I have been acutely aware lately of how vulnerable we are as human beings. We are so fragile. I confess that I am hurting today for those that I love who are in pain, and whose ship has sailed too... Read more
Peterson is a genius. In this short clip he leans on the difference between reading the bible to glean information that we can use to control ourselves and others, and entering into the bible in order to be called into question and changes. These are two very different approaches to the scripture, and lead to two very different kinds of obedience. It has taken me a decade to try and learn how to do the latter one, and I still... Read more
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