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Friday, April 03, 2015
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Wanted: Sane Comment on Indiana
This week, as America Left and Right panics about the Indiana religious
freedom law, I felt like writing a short editorial: Can everyone just
calm down? The Left acts like the law would return us to the era of Jim
Crow, the Right like we're about to undergo a new Inquisition. Can we
all agree that (a) we don't want to discriminate against anyone and (b)
we all want to protect everyone's religious and moral sensibilities? We
may not be able to find legislation that perfectly balances those
concerns, but we can do better than screaming at one another about the
malevolent motives and sweeping injustice this or that law is going to
create. Instead, let us reason together—like
this calm and thoughtful essay by David Brooks does. Also check out the fine summary news story by CT's Bob Smietana.
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Organic Traffic Control
The small Dutch village of Oudehaske may have discovered a new way to get drivers to slow down and take care in more heavily populated areas. And it has nothing to do with speed bumps or more stop signs.
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Meeting Jesus through Luther
If you're looking for a way to go deeper both theologically and
spiritually, you could do worse than reading a lot of Martin Luther. And
the Luther Reading Challenge
is making that convenient—no trudging to the library and loading up on
large dusty volumes. It's an effort to reacquaint us all with the great
reformer leading up to the 500th anniversary of his famous posting of
the 95 Theses. Note: The site won't display the readings until you sign in.
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'How to Destroy Your Pastor'
This blog post
by Peter W. Chin is going crazy online, so perhaps you've already read
it. I was a pastor for ten years, and he describes well how the steady
drip of criticism can wear on pastors. Something to consider now when
pastors are busy with Holy Week services.
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Global Picture of Holy Week
I find BuzzFeed lists annoying most of the time, but this one, a pictorial list of how Holy Week is celebrated around the world, is the exception. It's a visual reminder that we really do belong to a global church.
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Grace and peace,
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