Category Archives: culture

A Recap of Faith on the Fringe September 2024

Posted on October 1, 2024 by jim

A recap of Faith on the Fringe for September 2024. Continue reading →

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A Recap of Faith on the Fringe August 2024

Posted on September 1, 2024 by jim

A recap of Faith on the Fringe for August 2024. Continue reading →

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A Recap of July 2024

Posted on August 1, 2024 by jim

A recap of Faith on the Fringe for July 2024. Continue reading →

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A Recap of June 2024

Posted on June 30, 2024 by jim

A recap of Faith on the Fringe for June 2024. Continue reading →

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A Visit to Merton’s Louisville and Abbey of Gethsemani

Posted on June 30, 2024 by jim

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With God on Our Side

Posted on May 9, 2024 by jim

By Bob Dylan Oh my name it is nothin’My age it means lessThe country I come fromIs called the MidwestI’s taught and brought up thereThe laws to abideAnd that the land that I live inHas God on its side Oh … Continue reading →

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Sunny day suicides – reminding us of who we are

Posted on June 10, 2018 by jim

“Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.” Working on my high school newspaper, a classmate and I wrote an article about suicide. I don’t remember which of us physically wrote the article. (My friend was much, much smarter than I … Continue reading →

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White Men: demanding rights for themselves they refuse to extend to others

Posted on May 26, 2018 by jim

Discrimination is wrong. Some people need to be told discrimination is wrong. For whatever reason, they never learned that it’s wrong to discriminate against others because of skin color, or gender or size or age or sexuality or nationality or religion. … Continue reading →

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Z Powerful Love and Progressive Christianity

Posted on May 20, 2018 by jim

The Royal Wedding was eye-opening for many people. The Right Rev. Michael Curry, leader of the Episcopal Church in the USA, preached for 13 minutes about God’s love. (A transcript of his sermon is below.) This is what Progressive Christianity … Continue reading →

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Toxic Christianity

Posted on May 8, 2018 by jim

I saw these bumper stickers on a truck recently. There’s so much going on here, I didn’t bother to look at the other side of the vehicle. It’s a toxic mix of nationalism, violence, racism, ignorance, gun fetishism and bad … Continue reading →

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C.S. Lewis

Posted on April 25, 2018 by jim
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Facing the Unimaginable

Posted on April 11, 2018 by jim

No one in the lynch mob that murdered Walter Johnson was ever convicted. Government officials tried to save his life by hiding him in the woods when the armed crowd attacked the Princeton City Jail in Mercer County, West Virginia. … Continue reading →

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March for Our Lives – Williamsburg, Virginia, Part 2

Posted on April 3, 2018 by jim
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March for Our Lives – Williamsburg, Virginia

Posted on March 25, 2018 by jim

Through the heart of Colonial Williamsburg. Literally in the footsteps of Thomas Jefferson and George Washington.

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