Monthly Archives: March 2005

Community: Deliberate Obedience

Posted on Thursday, March 31, 2005 by Summiteer

By Community, I mean the commonwealth and common interests, commonly understood, of people living together in a place and wishing to continuing to do so. To put it another way, community is a locally understood interdependence of local people, local … Continue reading →

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Polity: Bible Offends the Court

Posted on Wednesday, March 30, 2005 by Summiteer

-Associated Press, March 29, 2005. The Colorado Supreme Court…threw out the death penalty in a rape-and-murder case because jurors had studied Bible verses such as “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth” during deliberations…During oral arguments before … Continue reading →

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A Soldiers Homecoming

Posted on Friday, March 25, 2005 by Summiteer

KATU 2 – Portland, Oregon We met our returning soldier here in Portland on March 25th, an answer to frequent prayer over the past year. Earlier we spent a couple of hours with him up at Fort Lewis. Today he … Continue reading →

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What Floats Our Boat

Posted on Thursday, March 24, 2005 by Summiteer

I just ordered a recent new book by Jim Wallis–haven’t got it yet–called God’s Politics : Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn’t Get It. Sounds intriguing. Here’s another quote I like from The Sacred Romance, by … Continue reading →

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From Subculture to Counterculture

Posted on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 by Summiteer

(The third of three parts. Continued from March 22&23) By counterculture I’m not advocating adversarial expressions of faith. The term “counter” needn’t require revolution. I agree with Jim Peterson, “Change by revolution is almost always more destructive than constructive. It … Continue reading →

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An Outsider’s Code of Conduct

Posted on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 by Summiteer

(Second of three parts. Continued thoughts from March 21, 2005) The community that Jesus had presented to his followers was simple: * You are not of this world. Don’t try to live like you are. * Love each other. That … Continue reading →

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Faces of the Fallen

Posted on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 by Summiteer

David & Iraqi Child Today, our friends, David’s parents, are in Washington, D.C. to participate in the memorial to fallen soldiers of the Iraq war called, “Faces of the Fallen.” The photo above is one such face of the war. … Continue reading →

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