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Year of Biblical Womanhood | Notes & Review
Rachel Held Evans. A Year of Biblical Womanhood: How a Liberated Woman Found Herself Sitting on Her Roof, Covering Her Head, and Calling Her Husband “Master”. Thomas Nelson, 2012. (352 pages; 5684 Locations. This review is for the Kindle Edition.) Rachel Held Evans’ Project page; Desiring God Review; Huffington Post; Christian Post Introduction I was […]
Love Free or Die | Review
November 17, 2012
watch: http://video.pbs.org/video/2294044250/ (only through November 19, 2012) descriptions: LOVE FREE OR DIE (Special Jury Prize winner Sundance 2012) is about a man whose two defining passions the world cannot reconcile: his love for God and for his partner Mark. It is about church and state, love and marriage, faith and identity-and one man’s struggle to […]
Endgame: AIDS in Black America | Notes & Reflections
July 13, 2012
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/endgame-aids-in-black-america/ Transcript with my underlines, and annotated reflections: ENDGAME: AIDS in Black America WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY Renata Simone ANNOUNCER: Tonight on FRONTLINE, an intimate journey. MARVELYN: I was a heterosexual all-American teenager. HIV and normal didn’t go together, so I thought. JOE HAWKINS, Bench and Bar Nightclub: The minister put his hand […]
Half The Sky | Review & Notes
April 12, 2012
Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn. Half The Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity For Women Worldwide. Vintage Books, 2009. (296 pages) www.halftheskymovement.org, www.facebook.com/kristof, https://www.facebook.com/halftheskymovement, http://twitter.com/nickkristof, — Review — The book reads much like one long New York Times article (or several stringed together), and is riveting, educational, inspiring, and evocative. My only regret is not reading […]
This Gay & Age
March 10, 2012
PBS POV project, “This Gay & Age” by Morgan Wilcock Watch This Gay and Age on PBS. See more from PBS Online Film Festival. Below are a couple quotes that highlight key elements of the discussion and debate.: Just ask yourself…if it’s true, that sexual orientation is innate and God-given, then what does it mean […]
Milk | Notes & Review
February 25, 2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_%28film%29 Here is the closing line of the movie: If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door… And that’s all. I ask for the movement to continue. Because it’s not about personal gain, not about ego, not about power… it’s about the “us’s” out there. Not only gays, but […]
Junia | Notes & Review
April 30, 2011
Eldon Jay Epp. Junia: The First Woman Apostle. Fortress, 2005. (138 pages) FOREWORD: To begin with, most scholars now agree that Romans, in common with other early Christian texts, was written in a specific context and to address a specific set of issues or concerns. (IX) To put the point sharply: there is no Greek […]
Man and Woman, One in Christ | Notes & Review
April 29, 2011
Philip B. Payne. Man and Woman, One in Christ: An Exegetical and Theological Study of Paul’s Letters. Zondervan, 2009. (511 pages) Let’s begin with the end: To the degree my thirty-six years of research on this topic has led me to understand correctly the message God intends to communicate through his Word, I pray that […]
Trembling Before G-d | Notes & Review
December 2, 2010
http://www.filmsthatchangetheworld.com/site/ http://www.tremblingbeforeg-d.com/index2.html As with other independent films/documentaries (see http://vialogue.wordpress.com/2010/10/03/for-the-bible-tells-me-so-notes-review/), this one portrayed a variety of testimonies and stories of various LGBT people within Orthodox Jewish communities. As with other productions, the emotional humanity of the suffering is juxtaposed with the cold and seemingly heartless ideals of the conservative fundamentalists. Also, however, as with other productions, […]
China’s Lost Girls | Notes & Review
November 10, 2010
National Geographic, 2005 Lucy Ling follows a group of American families to China and captures the key moments of their adoption process illuminating the unforeseen effects of China’s one-child policy coupled with ancient traditions and social constructs along the way. Some of them being, prioritization of boys as they are the parents’ “social security.” prioritization […]
TED Talks Worth Talking About | Mechai Viravaidya: How Mr. Condom made Thailand a better place
October 6, 2010
— VIA — Unconventional, witty, funny, innovative, vision-driven, and staunchly ethical. While many of the faith community would balk at the blatant disregard for “values,” in a puritanical sense, the ethic for “saving lives,” and “increasing standards of living,” is clear and ought to be acknowledged and applauded. A few things I appreciated: 1. The […]
For The Bible Tells Me So | Notes & Review
October 3, 2010
http://www.forthebibletellsmeso.org/index2.htm [NR] There’s something about doing justice with your [gay] son that is so empowering. New Interview with Bishop Gene Robinson and Director Dan Karslake [After a program aired which featured a lesbian street theologian,] I got an email from a kid in Iowa which ultimately drove me to make this film: Last week I […]
10 Commandments of Dating | Notes & Review
February 8, 2009
Ben Young & Sam Adams. The 10 Commandments of Dating (Student Edition). Thomas Nelson, 2004. (127 pages) An extensive outline of the Original Edition is available at Listology. (The Ten Commandments of Dating: Time-Tested Laws for Building Successful Relationships. Thomas Nelson, 2008) A very practical read, obviously, and one that I actually recommend. Now to […]
The Religious Case For/Against Gay Marriage | Saying A Lot About So Little
December 12, 2008
While reading the current Newsweek cover article (“The Religious Case for Gay Marriage” by Lisa Miller), it struck me how much we say about how little the Bible mentions. The summation of the Newsweek article is found, really, in one sentence, The practice of inclusion, even in defiance of social convention, the reaching out to […]
California’s Proposition 8 | Reasoning Through the Rhetoric of Same-Sex Marriage
December 12, 2008
I received an email from a family member from the Courage Campaign to repeal proposition 8. There’s also a new post at Out of Ur entitled “A Win-Win on Same-Sex Marriage.” By now, everyone is well aware of the emotional and contentious nature of same-sex marriage (SSM) and there are thousands of posts/links regarding the […]
Pregnancy Boom at Gloucester High – Philosophies for Juvenile and/or Delinquent Behavior
June 24, 2008
(UPDATE: The Plot Thickens, by Time, and a short clip of a statement from the Mayor by CNN.) (DISCLAIMER NOTE: While this uncertainty is floating around regarding the validity of the pregnancy pact mentioned in the Time article, I believe my post below still stand true, regardless of whether or not “the pact” be substantiated) […]
RELEVANT’s Burning Issues: Homosexuality
April 23, 2008
The May_June 2008 edition of Relevant Magazine posted 7 burning issues: Injustice, Homosexuality, Faith, Politics, Culture, Consumerism, and War. HOMOSEXUALITY: How Should We Respond? The range on this question is much more difficult to decipher. I’m also working on a “Surprised at Love Won Out, pt.3” (link not up yet) post in which I will […]
Surprised at Love Won Out – The Church and Homosexuality, pt.2
April 14, 2008
This post is part two; part one can be found here. What garnered a standing ovation at this particular conference was Mike Haley’s testimony (a written edition can be found here.) If you are interested in getting audio editions of this, or any session of the LWO conference, contact Christian Audio Tapes, 888-228-2737 or www.catapes.com. […]
Surprised at Love Won Out – The Church and Homosexuality, pt.1
April 13, 2008
I attended the Love Won Out conference this Saturday, hosted by Focus on the Family, and I was pleasantly surprised. Their website reads: Focus on the Family’s Love Won Out ministry exhorts and equips the church to respond in a Christ-like way to the issue of homosexuality. And to those who struggle with unwanted same-sex […]
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