Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective
Posted by: Drew on: 11 September 2009
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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, etc.
life is a garden…
Posted by: Drew on: 11 September 2009
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 to say that I really like the image. The road and the journey are often symbols of spiritual life, ones that I often invoke. But I feel that the journey is just as important as the destination. Much of popular contemporary Christianity is devoted to being saved. In other words, the only thing that matters is the eternal life guaranteed to us at the end of the journey. I haven’t believed this though for quite some time now. And I feel like this wise image might be a better way to express what life is, not a journey but a garden.
Setback in Equality of the Body
Posted by: Drew on: 8 September 2009
Zonderva
n 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 to these attacks, though they will never admit it. To replace the TNIV they will be releasing an updated version of the New International Version. Go to www.nivbible2011.com to voice your views on this. Let your voice be heard that things such as unnecessarily male-gendered language are not appropriate in a modern English translation of the Bible.
Litany of Resistance
Posted by: Drew on: 6 September 2009
Today’s worship service was beginning of a series on national identity and living in the Empire. Anne led today, and to launch the series she chose to use Christian Peacemaker Team’s Litany of Resistance. I helped out in reading it, and I found it incredibly moving to be a part of. I hope to see this litany used more often in our church. Check it out.
the Second Coming?
Posted by: Drew on: 30 August 2009
Well, maybe that title’s a bit dramatice. If I ever did actually have any regular readers, I’m sure I’ve lost them by now, as I’ve realized that it’s been 5 months since my last post which came after a long absence itself. But if anybody is still out there look out for what I have to say in the near future. I’m going back to school, which should provide much in the way of interesting posts. I’m taking a gender theory class, as well as a film history class, and then there’s my ever present interest in the(a/o)logy and politics. So look out, maybe this is the time where I’ll be able to flood this blog with my thoughts.
Sanity exists in Albany?
Posted by: Drew on: 27 March 2009
It amazes me how the justice system works in our society. All people think about is vengeance and punishment. But I’m glad to hear that New York State has taken a step in the right direction by relaxing the draconian Rockefeller drug laws. Instead of sending all drug offenders right off to confinement, judges are now allowed to send them to treatment, the thing that they actually need. Drug offenses are so deeply rooted in other issues such as poverty and dysfunctional relationships. These people really are victims of society and to punish them for that with no chance of redemption is just plain wrong. So kudos to the State Legislature and the Governor for doing what is right.
Wave of the Future?
Posted by: Drew on: 26 March 2009
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So I’m sure anybody coming across this blog will probably understand what a CSA is. If not click on the link. In any case, the bakery that I having been working/cooperating at for the past couple of months is closing the storefront that we’ve been operating the last couple of months and moving to a CSA sales model, or I guess you could say a Community-supported Bakery. Our members will subscribe for a certain period of time and will receive a loaf of bread every week, either delivered right too them or too one of many drop-off points that we will be developing. Live in Rochester, NY and are interested in signing up? E-mail me at andrew[at]smallworldbakery[dot]com.
Prayers for Bobby on Lifetime
Posted by: Drew on: 24 January 2009
- In: LGBT| christianity| church| evangelicals| gay| homosexuality| journeys| movies| queer
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Look out for this movie, Prayers for Bobby, over the next few days on Lifetime. It promises to be a very good one, at least I know that it’s a very well told story in book form, tragic and moving as it is. For the queer community it gives a glimpse of hope that even most hardened individual can come around to acceptance, while for those closed to acceptance can see the very real consequences of rejecting the ones they love for something they can’t change. Hopefully, I myself will be able to watch it. They’re showing it tonight at 9pm and 11pm, then on Sunday at 8pm and then on Tuesday at 9pm.
Depression’s Ugly Face
Posted by: Drew on: 31 December 2008
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Where did that demon of depression come from? I was doing so well. Even got a new job that actually speaks to my condition, instead of the tyranny of the corporation. Maybe it’s the uncertainty of change.
What about the brown (or pink…) triangles?
Posted by: Drew on: 17 December 2008
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Today, I finished reading a book called Fires in the Dark by Louise Doughty. This is novel is about the very real sufferings of a Romani (Gypsy) family during the Nazi Holocaust. And it makes you think about how terrible this blight on our history is. But why is it that when we remember these horrible events we forget those marked with the brown triangle, or those many others marked in different ways. Yes, the sufferings of the Jews were terrible. But why is it that they get all the attentions and sympathies? It is appalling the numbers of “others” that the Nazis determined had to be eliminated; the Gypsy, the queer, the Jehovah’s Witness, the communist, the pacifist, the mentally ill, the prostitutes. It is actually the case that more of these individuals met their doom at the hands of the Third Reich than did the Jews. So let’s all take some time to remember those whose only crime was to be different.
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