{"id":2998,"date":"2009-12-21T22:39:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-21T22:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/12\/via-e-mail\/"},"modified":"2009-12-21T22:39:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-21T22:39:00","slug":"via-e-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/12\/via-e-mail.html","title":{"rendered":"Via E-Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>The Center for Progressive Christianity sends regular e-mails, and today\u2019s had so many interesting articles that I thought I\u2019d share the links. First, there\u2019s Jim Burklo\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcpc.org\/library\/article.cfm?library_id=691\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cO Little Town\u201d<\/a> which fits the music but reflects the modern situation in Bethlehem far more than the original carol. (And as for Nazareth, presumably you\u2019ve <a href=\"http:\/\/jwest.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/21\/a-first-century-home-found-in-nazareth\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">already<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/paleojudaica.blogspot.com\/2009_12_20_archive.html#1677011690393429515\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">heard<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/pursiful.com\/2009\/12\/sorry-skeptics\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">from<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/theopoet4camp.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/interesting-archaeological-find.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">one<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/ferrelljenkins.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/21\/first-century-residence-uncovered-in-nazareth\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">source<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/thechurchofjesuschrist.us\/2009\/12\/big-news-from-the-iaa-at-nazareth-did-they-find-marys-house\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheChurchOfJesusChrist+%28The+Church+of+Jesus+Christ%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">or<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/bibliahebraica.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/house-of-jesus-himself-discovered-in.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">another<\/a> about the first-century house archaeologists have uncovered there).<\/p>\n<p>Back at TCPC, Michael Moorwood has a piece on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcpc.org\/library\/article.cfm?library_id=687\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">progressive Christians and God-talk<\/a>. Fred Plumer also has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcpc.org\/library\/article.cfm?library_id=692\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">piece on God Talk<\/a>, and there was also a link to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifepositive.com\/Spirit\/god\/concept-of-god.asp\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">an article about concepts of God<\/a> which I probably wouldn\u2019t have shared if it weren\u2019t for the Yiddish proverb it shared: \u201cIf triangles had a God, He\u2019d have three sides.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also via e-mail, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readthespirit.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">David Crumm<\/a> shared this money-making opportunity for college students:<\/p>\n<p>CALLING ALL CAMERA-TOTING COLLEGE STUDENTS!<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a Way to Make Some Serious Bucks!<\/p>\n<p>Listen up readers who are in college\u2014or work regularly with college students!<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/<\/a> Web site is hosting a filmmaking contest called \u201cFaith on Campus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The goal is to inspire college kids to make videos shorter than 5 minutes on 1 of 3 themes:<\/p>\n<p>1.) \u201cWhy I Am a (blank).\u201d (Whatever your religious affiliation may be.)<\/p>\n<p>2.) \u201cHow I Live My Faith on Campus\u201d<\/p>\n<p>3.) \u201cRituals and Practices of My Faith\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The prize money is serious: 1st Prize is $2,500; then three other prizes are $1,000; and a fifth prize is going to the top video vote-getter on the Patheos Web site.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not to mention the way-cool credibility of winning a contest judged by Patheos\u2019 slate of notable judges. Trying to get into grad school? Trying to qualify for an internship? Winning a classy contest like this is great for your resume. PLUS, GET THIS: Patheos has been welcoming videos since November 12 and so far competitors have only managed to post 6 videos!<\/p>\n<p>Do the math and pull out your cameras!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/contest\/information\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">HERE IS A LINK to the Patheos Contest site<\/a>. Check out the 6 entries, so far\u2014most of which don\u2019t seem focused on the actual categories. <\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s plenty of room to win here, and the deadline for videos is January 31. Somebody\u2019s going to make some serious bucks for college bills next year by simply expending a little sincere creative effort \u2026 And, you can\u2019t say we didn\u2019t make this opportunity as plain as day!<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-3794364194989979354?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Center for Progressive Christianity sends regular e-mails, and today\u2019s had so many interesting articles that I thought I\u2019d share the links. First, there\u2019s Jim Burklo\u2019s \u201cO Little Town\u201d which fits the music but reflects the modern situation in Bethlehem far more than the original carol. 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