Posted by: Drew on: 30 September 2009
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Posted by: Drew on: 30 September 2009
In my Sex and Gender class, someone brought up the recent incident in South Africa over an intersex runner competing in the women’s competitions. One of my classmates then basically said that there is no place for the intersexed in athletics. I beg to differ, and this is how I responded. Any additional comments?
On the [...]
Posted by: Drew on: 22 September 2009
In light of this module’s readings, please discuss the statement “Anatomy is Destiny.” Do you agree or disagree? why? Be sure to define and explain your position as either essentialist or constructivist. Is there any way to transcend this divide?
Whether or not I agree with the statement that “anatomy is destiny” depends on how one [...]
Posted by: Drew on: 22 September 2009
My first writing assignment for my Sex and Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspectives class was to write a short reflection on why I’m actually taking the class. You could probably say this actually a reflection on what my life goals are, not just my class goals. So here it is.
Academically, my reasons for taking this course [...]
Posted by: Drew on: 16 September 2009
Posted by: Drew on: 14 September 2009
I just discovered a really good site today. Called World Prayers, its aim is to collect prayers from all the world’s traditions and non-traditions. Whether Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, or Pagan, the many prayers found here are words that inspire and direct mind and spirit outward and upward. I will definitely be using this resource [...]
Posted by: Drew on: 11 September 2009
Of course, I’m already convinced that I shouldn’t have to do what this young man did.
Posted by: Drew on: 11 September 2009
Over the next month or two (or three….) I plan I writing on the closest thing the Mennonites have to a creed, the Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective. I’ll try to explain what each article means for me, maybe discuss what it means for others, what it intentionally does or does not say, [...]
Posted by: Drew on: 11 September 2009
l ife is a garden,
not a road
we enter and exit
through the same gate
wandering,
where we go matters less
than what we notice
Bokonon
http://www.panhala.net/Archive/Life_Is.html
Not sure who actually came up with this, since Bokonon is the fictional religion developed by Kurt Vonnegut, but I have [...]
Posted by: Drew on: 8 September 2009
Zondervan and the Committee on Bible Translation have made an announcement that greatly saddens me. The translation that I use most often, Today’s New International Version, is being discontinued. For reasons that are beyond me with my current worldview, this version was attacked as deviant. And it appears that the people behind it have succumbed [...]
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