Sunday Seven

Today I preached on creating a culture of life for everyone. The first three links provide some rich food for thought along those lines.

  1. The seamless garment of life. A Catholic scholar lays out the rationale for linking all life-issues in this article from The Word Among Us.
  2. Facing the myth of redemptive violence. Walter Wink outlines in great detail this myth that I spoke about this morning. I certainly disagree with some of Wink’s views about Scripture, but I am deeply moved by his take on violence. From Ekklesia.
  3. Confessing Christ in a world of violence. Before the 2004 elections, many Christian leaders signed this statement, which is an attempt to apply Christ’s teachings to current events of a violent nature. From Sojourners.loc
  4. The Commons - Old photos from the Library of Congress at Flickr. I recently mentioned the delightful Shorpy as a source for old photos. Now the Library of Congress is opening parts of its huge photo collection through Flickr. One of the first available sets contains photos from the 1930s and 40s in beautiful color. Via TechCrunch.
  5. Apostrophe Abuse. Another great blog waging the war for decent punctuation (alongside The “Blog” of Unnecessary Quotation Marks which I recently mentioned). “Thank’s” to Summer for this one.
  6. Suzanne Pleshette dies at 70. Her crowing achievement wasn’t Newhart or The Birds, but being mentioned in That Thing You Do, a movie that swept away MHCC’s youth group in the late 90s. P.S. - Sam the Butcher died too.
  7. True art.

January 20, 2008 · Filed Under Sunday 7, Tough Issues

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