http://spacebetween.blogsome.com "ed elli avea del cul fatto trombetta" - Dante, Inferno, XXI.139 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:38:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Rudy linked to an opinion by Jonah Goldberg on National Review Online, “The Spoiled Children of Capitalism.” “Leaving religion out of it, no idea has given more to humanity,” than capitalism, argues Goldberg. It has generated more wealth for more people than any economic system prior to it or since ... http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2008/08/06/responding-to-some-thoughts-on-capitalism/ I plan on consulting FactCheck.org several times through the next few months. They’ve already got two corrections for the recent back and forth advertisements from the McCain and Obama campaigns. Obama’s Celebrity Cred: A new McCain ad calls Obama a celebrity (true) who says he’ll raise taxes on electricity (false). Obama’s Overstatement: ... http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2008/08/06/recommended-reading-factcheckorg/ In his sermon this past Sunday at Pasadena Covenant Church, Leslie Allen made an observation that American culture doesn’t like fear and the Church has assimilated to this view. Thus, we make God the personification of niceness. We dismiss whole sections of the Bible because they deal with the reality ... http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2008/07/29/my-truncated-bible/ My review of Christopher Nolan’s latest take on Batman, The Dark Knight can be read here. The brief summary is that I liked it. A lot. http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2008/07/29/na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-batman/ I regularly watch Matt Harding’s videos of himself dancing in front of various locales around the world. Seeing his joyous dancing reminds me that we live in a magical world full of wonder and beauty. His inclusion of so many people in his most recent video (the second one below) ... http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2008/07/11/beauty-a-weird-dance-and-worship/ On July 3, 2008, the Fresno Bee ran an article about kids of different faiths using their time and money to help others. The story, “Good Guys,” by Ron Orozco highlights, amongst other kids, my nephew Joshua. They are doing a lot of good things for others, driven by loved ones ... http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2008/07/07/children-faith-and-service/ I posted my review of Pixar’s latest film, Wall-E over on my arts blog. You can read it here. http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2008/07/01/an-inspiring-trash-compactor/ Rick Meigs at The Blind Beggar initiated a synchroblog on “What is Missional?” Busyness kept me from signing up, but I’ve enjoyed reading the answers others have posted. Though I’m not participating, I thought I’d offer the following quotation from Darrell L. Guder’s book, The Continuing Conversion of the Church ... http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2008/06/27/gods-mission-is-historical/ It certainly took me a long time, but I finally finished reading Jeffrey Stout’s political, theological, and philosophical tome, Democracy and Tradition. In the work, Stout sets out to defend a pragmatic approach to building a democratic society that takes seriously each citizen’s right to reach decisions via whatever means ... http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2008/06/16/a-pragmatic-vision-democracy-and-tradition-review/ As I was eating lunch I saw the headline that Tim Russert died today of a heart attack. My prayers go to his family. In recent years Carey and I have become a huge fan of Russert’s work on Meet the Press. I appreciate how he pushed politicians and officials ... http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2008/06/13/rest-in-peace-tim-russert/