I honestly can't tell if I'm coming or going.

Note to self: IT IS NOT FRIDAY.

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A number of links, mostly faith-related.

Lessons from the Rise And Fall Of Mars Hill Church

The Mars Hill Podcast puts blame anywhere except where it belongsEvangelical identity politics and its imbrication with white supremacy, heteropatriachy, and neoliberalism are ( Read more... )

Overpopulation is a convenient scapegoat so we can continue to consuem
The issue is not the headcount, but what that headcount consumes: 1 billion westerners consume far more than 1 billion third-worlders.

Unlearning The Myth Of American Innocence
An American unlearns her history.

The White People backlash against Black Lives Matter

An aromantic ( Read more... )

US Politics: A Chart With The Nitty Gritty of Voting

Conflicted Allegiance
A US Christian reflecting on the Pledge of Allegiance, and on Christianity and politics. It's aimed at a US audience, but I feel this works for Australia, too.

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Christian and related:

Early Church Understandings Of Jesus as the Female Divine
Haven't actually read this yet.

A ( Read more... )

I can't encompass everything today.

Turns out that the security app process for Canberra is SLOW. As in 4-6 weeks slow. So. We're looking at a job in a couple of months unless there's a way to fast-track it. But the job is still there. (Until it isn't; then IDEK.)

I won't lie, it's going to be tight and it'll put pressure on B1. So long as she ( Read more... )

( tw: child sxxual abuse in the church, related to George Pell )

( I'm starting to feel that travel is a-okay...so long as you're white )

I was only going to give up alcohol for a month, but I wasn’t prepared for the impact it had
I drank to pretend my life was more interesting. Feeling slow or a little sad in the mornings was so normal I barely noticed it.Frankly, I don’t think I could handle if my life got any more interesting. I do like a drink every now and then - a glass of wine ( Read more... )

George Pell: The inconsistencies of his defenders just shows how much power they have.

Not a particularly enjoyable read about power and the abuse of it to build up the strong and keep down the weak.

( a little thought )

Common Grace is an Australian movement of Christians seeking to live, speak and act more graciously, more compassionately, more like Jesus in today's world.

They do an Advent series every year (and a Lent series before Easter). This year, the topic is "Fear Not".
Day 1: Down The Humble Path:
What if, instead of fear, we waited ( Read more... )

When you can barely keep up with the incoming flow of information.

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Cracked.com: What Helped Convince Me To Stop Being Hardcore Right WingI think the most notable part of this is that people are more likely to listen to people who think the same as them 90% of the time, and are only 'crazy' 10% of the time. The 2nd most notable part was that ( Read more... )